"It is my wish that the voice of the storyteller never die in Africa "Nelson Mandela, from the foreword The vibrant tradition of African folktalesan oral heritage that predates Ovid and Aesopis long and varied, but to date it has been largely overlooked in the West Aware of this gap, Nelson Mandela selected thirty-two stories, одсюх many of them translated from their original tongues, to show the seminal role of African folklore in world literature We meet tricksters from Zulu folklore; we hear the voices of the scheming hyena and learn from a Khoi fable how animals acquired their tails and horns These fables present a veritable bible of stories "universal in their portrayal of humanity, beasts and the mystical " Winner of the NAACP Image Award.  Olympia2004 г Мягкая обложка, 240 стр ISBN 0393326241.