IKOM FOLK STORIES FROM SOUTH NIGERIA
Offered Value: $15.00
Elphinstone Dayrell, then District Commissioner in Southern Nigeria, compiled 40 folk tales in his book “Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria,” through the hardwork of at least two translators.One of the standout stories from this collection, “Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky,” was transformed into an award-winning children’s book in 1995. Dayrell’s collection was inspired by the tales he heard from the Efik-Ibibio peoples of Southeastern Nigeria, a community that remains vibrant today.
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Elphinstone Dayrell, then District Commissioner in Southern Nigeria, compiled 40 folk tales in his book “Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria,” through the hardwork of at least two translators. One of the standout stories from this collection, “Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky,” was transformed into an award-winning children’s book in 1995. Dayrell’s collection was inspired by the tales he heard from the Efik-Ibibio peoples of Southeastern Nigeria, a community that remains vibrant today.
