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#1. Aardema, Verna. Behind the Back of the Mountain: Black Folktales from Southern Africa. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Published in 1973. Pages: 86. archive.org/details/behindbackofmoun0000unse Verna Aardema [1911-2000] was a prolific author of children’s books based on African folktales, beginning with Tales from the Story Hat in 1960 and More Tales from the Story Hat in 1966; you can find out more in her memoir, A Bookworm Who Hatched, published in 1992. Here in Behind the Back of the

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• [From West African Folk-Tales by William Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, 1917. See
• [From West African Folk-Tales by William Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, 1917. See
• [From West African Folk-Tales by William Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, 1917. See
• [From The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda by Rosetta Baskervi
• [From Moorish Literature by René Basset, 1901. See item #24 in the Bibliography.
• [From Zanzibar Tales Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa by George Batem
• [From Zanzibar Tales Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa by George Batem
• [From The Mantis and His Friends: Bushman Folklore by Wilhelm Bleek, Lucy Lloyd
• [From The Mantis and His Friends: Bushman Folklore by Wilhelm Bleek, Lucy Lloyd
• [From Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent by Natalie Curtis Burlin, C. Kamba
• [From Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider, and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales by
• [From Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider, and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales by
• [From Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria by Elphinstone Dayrell, 1910. See item
• [From Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria by Elphinstone Dayrell, 1910. See item
• [From Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Dennett, 1898. See item #68
• [From Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Dennett, 1898. See item #68
• [From Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Dennett, 1898. See item #68
• [From African Folktales in the Fairy Books of Andrew Lang, originally published
• [From African Folktales in the Fairy Books of Andrew Lang, a Shona story origina
• [From African Folktales in the Fairy Books of Andrew Lang, originally published
• [From Tales, Customs, Names and Dirges of the Tigre Tribes by Enno Littmann, 191
• [From Tales, Customs, Names and Dirges of the Tigre Tribes by Enno Littmann, 191
• [From Kiungani, or: Story and History from Central Africa by Arthur Madan, 1887.
• [From Kiungani, or: Story and History from Central Africa by Arthur Madan, 1887.
• [From Native Fairy Tales of South Africa by Ethel McPherson, 1919. See item #138
• [From Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and the
• [From Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and the
• [From Congo Life and Folklore by John Weeks, 1921. See item #197 in the Bibliogr
• [From Congo Life and Folklore by John Weeks, 1921. See item #197 in the Bibliogr
• #1. How We Got the Name “Anansi Tales.” Anansi, or Ananse, is the Akan name for

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