ISBN:
0689847319
,
9780689847318
Language:
English
Pages:
[16] Bl.
,
überw. Ill.
Edition:
1. ed.
DDC:
398.2/096894/04528
Keywords:
Folklore
;
Ila (African people) Folklore
;
Juvenile materials
Abstract:
In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
Note:
"Adapted from a tale from 'The Ila-speaking people from Northern Rhodesia'(now known as Zambia) by Edwin W. Smith and Andrew M. Dale. University Books: New Hyde Park, New York, 1968. vol. 2, pp. 350-51"--Colophon. -- In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
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