Yoruba trickster tales /

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Author / Creator:Owomoyela, Oyekan.
Imprint:Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, c1997.
Description:xviii, 218 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3273280
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ISBN:0803235631 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803286112 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • The Obligations of Friendship. Ajapa and Elede the Pig. Ajapa and Adaba the Turtle Dove. Ajapa and Adan the Bat. Ajapa and Ojola the Royal Python. Ajapa and the Blind Spirits
  • Appetite. Ajapa and the Akara Hawker. Ajapa and the Roasted-Peanut Seller. Ajapa and the Dawn Bird. Ajapa's Sudden Baldness. Ajapa's Instant Pregnancy
  • Resourcefulness. Ajapa, Aja the Dog, and the Yams. Ajapa and Bola the Mute Princess. Ajapa and Kiniun the Tyrannical King Lion. Ajapa and Aaya Oniru-Meje the Seven-Tailed Colobus Monkey. Ajapa and Ajanaku the Would-Be Oba. Ajapa Humbles Erin the Elephant
  • Mischievousness. Ajapa and the Playful Children. Ajapa and Jigbo the Would-Be Hunter. Ajapa, Iya-Olodo the Undersea Mother, Oni the Crocodile, and Kiniun the Lion. Ajapa and Inaki the Baboon
  • Vanity. Ajapa, Aja the Dog, and the Princess. Ajapa and the Bounteous Ladle. Ajapa and the Gourd of Wisdom.