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When the stones were soft : East African fireside tales
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Title
When the stones were soft : East African fireside tales / by Eleanor B. Heady. Illus. by Tom Feelings.
Published
New York : Funk & Wagnalls, [1968]
Physical Description
94 p. illus. 24 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN JWJ Zan F3212 968W: Dust jacket. From the papers of Tom Feelings.
Summary
Sixteen stories told by Mama Semamingi whom the village children believe must have lived when stones were soft since she knows such things as why cats live with women and how men were created with different colored skins.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 29, 2010
Contents
Mumbele and the goats
The Namashepani
The cattle egret
The rug maker
The pots that sang
Why dogs live with men
The little crow
Colored coats
The baobab tree
The sky people
Why the hyrax has no tail
The silent maiden
The rainbow
The trap
Why cats live with women
Men of different colors.
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