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The Silence of the Hippo Black Folktales

David Böhm

Poetic, somewhat absurd and in some places dark - such are the short folktales of this book. Most of them come out of traditional African folklore though, in the rendition of children storytellers, with a rather distinctive flavour.

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The Silence of The Hippo: African Folktales Told by Children (Life)

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Length: 64 pages

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