Thursday, June 10, 2010

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folk Tales-Non-Fiction 6/10/10




Gelman, S. (2009). Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.


This was a three disc audio set featuring African folk tales selected by Nelson Mandela. Thesee audio discs contained 22 folk tales told be various celebraties. One of the folk tales was an African version of Cinderella. The folk tale Mantis and the Moon, told how the front claws of the mantis ended up in a praying position. The King Lion's Gifts was a folk tale of how the animals in Africa received their various features which were given to them by the lion. Many of these folk tales ended without any explanation, only as a story.

If you liked this you may also like African Folk Tales by HughVernon-Jackson.

Discussion Questions
1. How is the folk tale Natekee similar to the Cinderella story that we know? How is it different?

2. Think of an animal with unique features and write a short folk tale of how the animal got its unique features.




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