The Black Cloth: A Collection of African Folktales

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Summary: Beautiful African stories with a mystical loving voice.
Review: I first read this book seven years ago as part of an African Literature class in college. I came to Amazon today to order it for a business associate who expressed beautiful memories of hearing stories and legends as a child. Each story in this book represents a moral lesson, often about trust and the nature of people. Like the American Indian stories about the adventures of "Coyote" these stories feature a mischievous spider and all the trouble he gets into by being lazy and greedy .

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful African stories with a mystical loving voice.
Review: I first read this book seven years ago as part of an African Literature class in college. I came to Amazon today to order it for a business associate who expressed beautiful memories of hearing stories and legends as a child. Each story in this book represents a moral lesson, often about trust and the nature of people. Like the American Indian stories about the adventures of "Coyote" these stories feature a mischievous spider and all the trouble he gets into by being lazy and greedy .