Nelson Mandela: Favorite African Folktales

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"Nelson Mandela: Favorite African Folktales" is an anthology of traditional stories from across Africa, selected and introduced by Nelson Mandela to celebrate the continent’s rich oral storytelling heritage.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthology
book
short story collection
aim to celebrate Africa's oral storytelling heritage
to preserve traditional African folktales
author Nelson Mandela
compiler Nelson Mandela
countryOfOrigin South Africa
editor Nelson Mandela
educationalUse teaching African culture
teaching moral lessons
focusesOnRegion Africa
genre African literature
children's literature
folktales
hasContent retellings of African folktales
traditional African stories
hasContributor Nelson Mandela
hasCulturalContext African oral tradition
hasForm collection of short narratives
hasIntroductionBy Nelson Mandela
hasNarrativeForm folktale
hasPerspective pan-African
hasPrefaceBy Nelson Mandela
hasSetting various African countries
hasTheme community
heritage
morality
wisdom
intendedAudience children
general readers
isAbout ancestral wisdom
mythical animals
trickster figures
language English
literaryForm prose
medium book
notableFor association with Nelson Mandela
bringing together folktales from many African cultures
publicationType print
relatedTo Nelson Mandela
relatedWorkType folklore anthology
subject African culture
African folklore
oral storytelling
title Nelson Mandela: Favorite African Folktales self-link

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