Once Upon a Time in Ghana: Traditional Ewe Stories Retold in EnglishAfrican Books Collective, 2013 - 89 pages Recorded on location in the Volta Region in Ghana in 2006-07, these stories are the result of collaboration between Anna Cottrell and Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah. Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah translated the Ewe stories into English and Anna Cottrell has retold them in contemporary English for the wider European market. This edition presents the 24 stories in their original form for the Ghanian market. |
Contents
Chapter 1 ATSU ATSUTSE AND THE WASP | 1 |
Chapter 2 THE MAN THE WOMAN AND THE TWO CHILDREN | 9 |
Chapter 3 AYIYI THE ANIMALS AND THE TERMITES | 15 |
Chapter 4 AYIYI THE CHIEF AND THE CHILLIES | 34 |
Chapter 5 THE GOAT FARMER AND THE THIEF | 43 |
Chapter 6 THE FATHER AND THE THREE SONS | 53 |
Chapter 7 THE PRINCESS AND THE DOG | 59 |
Chapter 8 THE FROG AND THE LIZARD | 68 |
Chapter 9 THE CATFISH AND THE BIRDS | 75 |
Chapter 10 THE RACOON THE RAT AND THE LEOPARD | 83 |
Back cover | 91 |
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Once Upon a Time in Ghana: Traditional Ewe Stories Retold in English Anna Cottrell Limited preview - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
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