9780896802568

The sacred door and other stories; Cameroon folktales of the Beba.

Makuchi.

Ohio University Press

2008

205 pages

$16.95

Paperback

Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series; no.86

PR9372

Makuchi (English and comparative literature, North Carolina State U.-Raleigh) retells 33 tales her mother told her as a child in West Africa, the literary styles reflecting various modes of oral tradition among the Beba people. The Foolish Leopard; the Man-Eating Lion; Penis, Testicles, and Vagina; and King-of-Scabies are among them.

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