Gelman, S. (2009). Nelson Mandela's favorite African folk tales. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
This is a three disc audio set featuring African folk tales selected by Nelson Mandela. These audio disks contained 22 folk tales told by various celebrities. 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 gifts given to them by the lion. Many of of these folk tales ended without an explanation, only as a story.
If you liked this you may also like African Folk Tales by Hugh Vernon-Jackson.
Discussion Questions
1. How is the folk tale Natekee, similar to the Cinderella story that we know? What are the differences?
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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