THE RICH MAN AND THE SINGER: Folktales from Ethiopia

by Mesfin -- Told by Habte-Mariam ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 30, 1971

Possibly seven or eight fully developed stories, most of them familiar in other variants, are buried in this collection of thirty brief items of folklore; the rest are mere anecdotes, primitive puns, or flat illustrations of such morals as ""faithfulness is wealth,"" ""happiness is better than wealth,"" or ""united we stand, divided we fall."" Courlander's The Fire on the Mountain (1950) remains the Ethiopian folktale collection of choice; this one will do if younger material from Ethiopia is required.

Pub Date: April 30, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1971

Categories: NONFICTION