A Wisp of Wisdom

A Wisp of Wisdom Animal Tales from Cameroon

Short stories

Hardback (29 Dec 2016)

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Publisher's Synopsis

As the sun rises behind Mount Yuhan, a leopard, a hornbill, a civet and a tortoise ascend a ladder into the clouds. A fly picks a fight with an elephant. A monkey pits his wits against a crocodile. And that's all before breakfast.

Armoured pangolins, blue-bottomed drill monkeys, red-legged francolins and red river hogs are just some of the fascinating creatures you will discover in this collection of folk tales from the Korup region of Cameroon, tales that are just as extraordinary as the animals that inspired them...

Book information

ISBN: 9781911373063
Publisher: Lantana Publishing
Imprint: Lantana Publishing
Pub date:
Edition: Short stories
DEWEY: 808.839362
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 152
Weight: 468g
Height: 166mm
Width: 243mm
Spine width: 19mm