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Author Appiah, Peggy.

Title Tales of an Ashanti father / Peggy Appiah ; illustrated by Mora Dickson.

Publication Info. London : Deutsch ; [New York] : [distributed by Elsevier-Dutton], 1981.
1967.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 398.2    Check Shelf
Description 156 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note First published in Great Britain in 1967.
Contents How Kwaku Ananse caught the python -- How Kwaku Ananse was punished for his bad manners -- How the rat and the deer kept faith with the hunter -- The hunter and the tortoise -- The left-handed king -- Why the leopard has spots -- How Kwaku Ananse became bald -- The tortoise and the hare -- Why nephews inherit property in Ashanti -- Kwaku Ananse and the unknown assignment -- Abena and the python -- Why the lizard stretches his neck -- The bitter pill -- Why the snake has no legs -- Why the lion roars -- How Kwaku Ananse won a kingdom with a grain of corn -- Kwaku Ananse and the donkey -- Why the crow chases the hen -- The old man and the mouse -- How death came to mankind -- The gift of Densu -- Kwaku Ananse and the kingdom of the dead.
Subject Tales, Ashanti.
Added Author Dickson, Mora, 1918-2001.
ISBN 0233959270
9780233959276
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