Inkathaso Tales: Folklore Legends and Fairy Tales From Southern Africa: 3 (Tales from the World's Firesides - Africa)

Tales From The Worlds Firesides is a grand project. Ive collected thousands of traditional texts as part of other projects and while many of the original texts are available through channels like Project Gutenberg some of the narratives can be hard to read for modern audiences and so the Fireside project was born. Put simply I collect collate and adapt traditional tales from around the world and publish them as a modern archive.This is the third book in Part 3 - Africa following on from the titles in Parts 1 and 2 covering a host of nations and regions across Europe and North America.Southern African Folklore is firmly rooted in an oral historical tradition. It is tied to the regions landscape and fauna with fantastic creatures playing an important role in these stories. Music and song is often used to tell the story and the tales values are usually firmly African with community and sharing being key.The stories can of course be brutal and often contain death and disaster. In this too they reflect a certain African reality although collectors and regular readers of folklore and fairy tales will recognise that brutality as a common theme in cautionary tales the world over.As always it is a delight to collect and adapt these stories to discover new ways of thinking and to immerse yourself in the lore of such a fabulous land.