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Author:
Ayuninjam, Funwi F.
Title:
The egg polisher and other tales / Funwi F. Ayuninjam.
Publisher:
Langaa RPCIG ;
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
viii, 92 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Folklore--Cameroon.
Tales--Cameroon.
Contents:
The cricket roaster -- Abanda, the village menace I (or how the bush fowl came to have red marks) -- The songbird and the hunter (or how a bird and a dog enriched a family) -- The tadpole fisher (or the woman who preferred tadpoles to her daughter) -- Abanda, the village menace II -- The egg polisher (or how a water buffalo lost her eggs and a chief his life) -- A wife's man -- The farmer and the apes -- Dibong, the jealous friend -- Revenge of the coaster (or how a witch took advantage of a helpless woman) -- The farmer and the cannibal -- The search for Mr. Handsome -- The tortoise and the chief (or how the tortoise gained respect as the most intelligent of animals) -- The uncooperative sons -- The farmer and the goat herder -- The cocoyam farmer who accepted payment in flesh.
ISBN:
9789956578207
9956578207
OCLC:
(OCoLC)693156854
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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