African Nursery Rhymes
Title | African Nursery Rhymes PDF eBook |
Author | Liz Mills |
Publisher | Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | 64 |
Release | 2012-11-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1432300466 |
This delightful collection of 55 nursery rhymes, specially reworked and adapted for South African children, is a must for every young adult’s bookshelf or e-Book collection. Nursery rhymes are an essential part of a child’s development, teaching youngsters rhythm and rhyme as well as word skills and improving memory. They are also useful tools for helping to teach vocabulary and learning to count.
Songs from the Baobab
Title | Songs from the Baobab PDF eBook |
Author | Chantal Grosléziat |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9782923163796 |
Presents a collection of twenty-nine lullabies and rhymes that include lyrics reproduced in the original African language and translated into English.
Oral Literature in Africa
Title | Oral Literature in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Finnegan |
Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages | 614 |
Release | 2012-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1906924708 |
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees
Title | Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees PDF eBook |
Author | Nathalie Soussana |
Publisher | Secret Mountain |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2019-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9782924774533 |
Songs about children playing in the schoolyard, sisters braiding each other's hair at the beach, and parents dancing late into the night mesh together thanks to the music. A wide array of styles--nursery rhymes from Gabon, lullabies from Cape Verde, and rumbas from the Congo--are performed in more than a dozen languages. Luminous artwork and homegrown instruments round off this wonderful celebration of history, language, and culture. Lyrics appear in their original language and in English, along with notes on culture, a world map, and a code for song downloads and print-outs.
Nursery Rhymes and Verse from Africa
Title | Nursery Rhymes and Verse from Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Liz Mills |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 64 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Nursery rhymes, African |
ISBN | 9781431700172 |
Old Mikamba Had a Farm
Title | Old Mikamba Had a Farm PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Isadora |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0698135113 |
This fabulous version of the classic nursery song “Old MacDonald” introduces children to a menagerie of African animals and their sounds. It is beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora, with her signature collage-style artwork. Old Mikamba had a farm, E-I-E-I-O. And on this farm he had . . . a giraffe, a baboon, and an elephant! Meet Old Mikamba, who watches over a wide variety of animals on his game farm in the plains of Africa. Children will discover a whole new set of fun animal sounds as they are invited to sing along and roar with the lions, bellow with the rhino, whinny with the zebras, honk with the wildebeests, and more! A wonderful introduction to African wildlife that is great fun to read aloud, this truly irresistible rendition of a beloved song includes a list of animal fun facts and gives children a huge variety of animal sounds to imitate as they pore over the detailed animals, landscapes and patterns in the stunning illustrations.
Singing Black
Title | Singing Black PDF eBook |
Author | Mari Evans |
Publisher | Sankofa Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN | 9780940975804 |
A collection of original, short poems by Mari Evans that draw their inspiration from Black culture.