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Africa is the second largest continent in the world. The earliest humans we know of are discovered in Africa.
The collection of folktales from Africa consists of four books with 88 folktales: 28 South African folktales, 40 Nigerian folktales and 10 Tanzanian folktales.
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7.The Hare and the Lion
8.Why the sun and the moon live in the sky
9.The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
10.The Ape, the Snake, and the Lion
Outa Karel's Stories
South African Folk-Lore Tales
Notes: Contains 15 South African folktales.
Author: Sanni Metelerkamp
Published: 1914
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited
St. Martin's Street, London
Old Hendrik's Tales
Notes: Contains 13 South African folktales.
Author: Captain Arthur Owen Vaughan
Published: 1904
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York & Bombay
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
Notes: Contains 40 Nigerian folktales. The introduction is written by Andrew Lang.
Author: Elphinstone Dayrell
Published: 1910
Publisher:Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta
Zanzibar Tales
Notes: Contains 10 folktales told by natives of the East Coast of Africa.
Author: Various
Translator: George W. Bateman
Published: 1901
Publisher: A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago