The African imagination unmercifully breaks down European preconceptions of what a folktale is supposed to look like.
These stories came into the hands of the Czech artist David B hm in the suitcase of his sister Terezie as a stack of student essays from a small C.
Most of them come out of traditional African folklore, as reimagined by child storytellers, with a rather distinctive flavor.
Poetic, somewhat absurd, and in some places dark - such are the short Folktales in this book.
The African imagination unmercifully breaks down European preconceptions of what a folktale is supposed to look like