Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales
Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales [sound recording].
Favorite African folktales
- New York, N.Y. : Los Angeles : Hachette Audio ; Artists for a New South Africa, p2009.
- 3 sound discs (ca. 3 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
"An audiobook benefiting children in South Africa orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS"--Container. Compact discs (discs 1-2). Multimedia on enhanced compact disc includes a map of Africa showing where the tales are taken from; biographical notes on Mandela and the authors/tellers of the stories; a new illustration depicting a scene from 19 of the stories; illustrations for five more stories along with the URL for a web site to download audio files of these stories; words to the five songs, with English translations; glossary of words, names, and places associated with the stories; and complete track information, showing the title, writer or teller, reader, and country of origin for each story. Unabridged recordings of 22 of the 32 stories found in the printed book of the same title.
The ring of the king (Mythical African kingdom) / Asmodeus and the bottler of djinns (South African English) / Mpipidi and the motlopi tree (Botswana) / Natiki (Namaqualand, South Africa) / The mantis and the moon (San, Southern Africa) / The message (Namibia) / The wolf queen (Cape Malay) / Musical interlude Jay Heale (read by Alan Rickman) Alex D'angelo (read by Whoopi Goldberg) Johanna Morule (read by Matt Damon) Glaudien Kotzé (read by Parminder Nagra) Marguerite Poland (read by Forest Whitaker) Jack Cope (read by Sean Hayes) George Weideman (read by Charlize Theron) I.D. du Plessis (read by Benjamin Bratt) disc 1. Message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu (3:03) -- (11:35) -- (15:02) -- (8:40) -- (4:38) -- (7:47) -- How Hlakanyana outwitted the monster (Nguni, South Africa) / (7:03) -- (6:41) -- (8:14) -- (:08). The snake chief (West Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / King Lion's gifts (Khoi, Southern Africa) / Words as sweet as honey from Sankhambi (Venda, South Africa) / Sakunaka, the handsome young man (Zimbabwe) / Wolf and jackal and the barrel of butter (Cape Dutch) / The guardian of the pool (Central Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / Sannie Langtand and the visitor (South African English) / The sultan's daughter (Cape Malay) / Diana Pitcher (read by Scarlett Johansson) Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Ricardo Chavira) Linda Rode (read by Debra Messing) Hugh Tracey (read by LaTanya Richardson Jackson) Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Hugh Jackman) Diana Pitcher (read by Gillian Anderson) Alex D'angelo (read by CCH Pounder) I.D. du Plessis (read by Blair Underwood) disc 2. (6:27) -- (9:40) -- (4:33) -- (6:32) -- (7:48) -- (5:46) -- (22:23) -- (15:25). Van Hunks and the Devil (Cape Dutch) / The clever snake charmer (Morocco) The enchanting song of the magical bird (Tanzania) / The hare and the tree spirit (Xhosa, South Africa) / The mother who turned to dust (Malawi) / Fesito goes to market (Uganda) / Annari van der Merwe (read by LeVar Burton) (read by Samuel L. Jackson) Julius Oelke (read by Jurnee Smollett) Phyllis Savory (read by Sophie Okonedo) Kasiya Makaka Phiri (read by Helen Mirren) Cicely Van Straten (read byDon Cheadle) disc 3. (8:54) -- (5:18) -- (6:11) -- (5:26) -- (17:35) -- (15:53).
Presents 22 tales, chiefly from South Africa and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as written and told or retold by various authors, and compiled by Nelson Mandela. Some include incidental music by Johnny Clegg or Vusi Mahlasela; five tracks at the end of disc 3 are short songs, some drawn from the stories, by these two musicians.
Enhanced compact disc (disc 3).
1600246664 9781600246661
9781600246661 51698
2-72666 Hachette Audio
Folklore--Africa.
Tales--Africa.
Audiobooks.
"An audiobook benefiting children in South Africa orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS"--Container. Compact discs (discs 1-2). Multimedia on enhanced compact disc includes a map of Africa showing where the tales are taken from; biographical notes on Mandela and the authors/tellers of the stories; a new illustration depicting a scene from 19 of the stories; illustrations for five more stories along with the URL for a web site to download audio files of these stories; words to the five songs, with English translations; glossary of words, names, and places associated with the stories; and complete track information, showing the title, writer or teller, reader, and country of origin for each story. Unabridged recordings of 22 of the 32 stories found in the printed book of the same title.
The ring of the king (Mythical African kingdom) / Asmodeus and the bottler of djinns (South African English) / Mpipidi and the motlopi tree (Botswana) / Natiki (Namaqualand, South Africa) / The mantis and the moon (San, Southern Africa) / The message (Namibia) / The wolf queen (Cape Malay) / Musical interlude Jay Heale (read by Alan Rickman) Alex D'angelo (read by Whoopi Goldberg) Johanna Morule (read by Matt Damon) Glaudien Kotzé (read by Parminder Nagra) Marguerite Poland (read by Forest Whitaker) Jack Cope (read by Sean Hayes) George Weideman (read by Charlize Theron) I.D. du Plessis (read by Benjamin Bratt) disc 1. Message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu (3:03) -- (11:35) -- (15:02) -- (8:40) -- (4:38) -- (7:47) -- How Hlakanyana outwitted the monster (Nguni, South Africa) / (7:03) -- (6:41) -- (8:14) -- (:08). The snake chief (West Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / King Lion's gifts (Khoi, Southern Africa) / Words as sweet as honey from Sankhambi (Venda, South Africa) / Sakunaka, the handsome young man (Zimbabwe) / Wolf and jackal and the barrel of butter (Cape Dutch) / The guardian of the pool (Central Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / Sannie Langtand and the visitor (South African English) / The sultan's daughter (Cape Malay) / Diana Pitcher (read by Scarlett Johansson) Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Ricardo Chavira) Linda Rode (read by Debra Messing) Hugh Tracey (read by LaTanya Richardson Jackson) Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Hugh Jackman) Diana Pitcher (read by Gillian Anderson) Alex D'angelo (read by CCH Pounder) I.D. du Plessis (read by Blair Underwood) disc 2. (6:27) -- (9:40) -- (4:33) -- (6:32) -- (7:48) -- (5:46) -- (22:23) -- (15:25). Van Hunks and the Devil (Cape Dutch) / The clever snake charmer (Morocco) The enchanting song of the magical bird (Tanzania) / The hare and the tree spirit (Xhosa, South Africa) / The mother who turned to dust (Malawi) / Fesito goes to market (Uganda) / Annari van der Merwe (read by LeVar Burton) (read by Samuel L. Jackson) Julius Oelke (read by Jurnee Smollett) Phyllis Savory (read by Sophie Okonedo) Kasiya Makaka Phiri (read by Helen Mirren) Cicely Van Straten (read byDon Cheadle) disc 3. (8:54) -- (5:18) -- (6:11) -- (5:26) -- (17:35) -- (15:53).
Presents 22 tales, chiefly from South Africa and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as written and told or retold by various authors, and compiled by Nelson Mandela. Some include incidental music by Johnny Clegg or Vusi Mahlasela; five tracks at the end of disc 3 are short songs, some drawn from the stories, by these two musicians.
Enhanced compact disc (disc 3).
1600246664 9781600246661
9781600246661 51698
2-72666 Hachette Audio
Folklore--Africa.
Tales--Africa.
Audiobooks.