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Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales [sound recording].

Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: 2-72666 | Hachette AudioPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Hachette Audio ; Los Angeles : Artists for a New South Africa, p2009.Description: 3 sound discs (ca. 3 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1600246664
  • 9781600246661
Other title:
  • Favorite African folktales
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
disc 1. Message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu (3:03) -- The ring of the king (Mythical African kingdom) / Jay Heale (read by Alan Rickman) (11:35) -- Asmodeus and the bottler of djinns (South African English) / Alex D'angelo (read by Whoopi Goldberg) (15:02) -- Mpipidi and the motlopi tree (Botswana) / Johanna Morule (read by Matt Damon) (8:40) -- Natiki (Namaqualand, South Africa) / Glaudien Kotzé (read by Parminder Nagra) (4:38) -- The mantis and the moon (San, Southern Africa) / Marguerite Poland (read by Forest Whitaker) (7:47) -- How Hlakanyana outwitted the monster (Nguni, South Africa) / Jack Cope (read by Sean Hayes) (7:03) -- The message (Namibia) / George Weideman (read by Charlize Theron) (6:41) -- The wolf queen (Cape Malay) / I.D. du Plessis (read by Benjamin Bratt) (8:14) -- Musical interlude (:08).
disc 2. The snake chief (West Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / Diana Pitcher (read by Scarlett Johansson) (6:27) -- King Lion's gifts (Khoi, Southern Africa) / Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Ricardo Chavira) (9:40) -- Words as sweet as honey from Sankhambi (Venda, South Africa) / Linda Rode (read by Debra Messing) (4:33) -- Sakunaka, the handsome young man (Zimbabwe) / Hugh Tracey (read by LaTanya Richardson Jackson) (6:32) -- Wolf and jackal and the barrel of butter (Cape Dutch) / Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Hugh Jackman) (7:48) -- The guardian of the pool (Central Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / Diana Pitcher (read by Gillian Anderson) (5:46) -- Sannie Langtand and the visitor (South African English) / Alex D'angelo (read by CCH Pounder) (22:23) -- The sultan's daughter (Cape Malay) / I.D. du Plessis (read by Blair Underwood) (15:25).
disc 3. Van Hunks and the Devil (Cape Dutch) / Annari van der Merwe (read by LeVar Burton) (8:54) -- The clever snake charmer (Morocco) (read by Samuel L. Jackson) (5:18) -- The enchanting song of the magical bird (Tanzania) / Julius Oelke (read by Jurnee Smollett) (6:11) -- The hare and the tree spirit (Xhosa, South Africa) / Phyllis Savory (read by Sophie Okonedo) (5:26) -- The mother who turned to dust (Malawi) / Kasiya Makaka Phiri (read by Helen Mirren) (17:35) -- Fesito goes to market (Uganda) / Cicely Van Straten (read byDon Cheadle) (15:53).
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Audiobook Children's Audiobook Main Library Children's Audiobook 398.2096 N428 Available 33111006274035
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an extraordinary audiobook featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker and Alfre Woodard with a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Original Music by South African legends by Johnny Clegg and Vusi Mahlasela, Directed by Alfre Woodard. The audiobook was a truly international affair recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, and Johannesburg.

The stories were chosen by the Nobel Laureate himself, from every region of Africa.


"We hope this audiobook will be enjoyed by people of all ages across the globe, increasing awareness of Africa's rich cultures while creating a better future for South Africa's most vulnerable children," said ANSA Executive Director Sharon Gelman .

In his original foreword for the folktales, Nelson Mandela wrote, "It is my wish that the voice of the storyteller may never die in Africa, that all the children of the world may experience the wonder of books." The audiobook brings his vision full circle, as these timeless tales return to the oral tradition to be heard around the world.

"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.

disc 1. Message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu (3:03) -- The ring of the king (Mythical African kingdom) / Jay Heale (read by Alan Rickman) (11:35) -- Asmodeus and the bottler of djinns (South African English) / Alex D'angelo (read by Whoopi Goldberg) (15:02) -- Mpipidi and the motlopi tree (Botswana) / Johanna Morule (read by Matt Damon) (8:40) -- Natiki (Namaqualand, South Africa) / Glaudien Kotzé (read by Parminder Nagra) (4:38) -- The mantis and the moon (San, Southern Africa) / Marguerite Poland (read by Forest Whitaker) (7:47) -- How Hlakanyana outwitted the monster (Nguni, South Africa) / Jack Cope (read by Sean Hayes) (7:03) -- The message (Namibia) / George Weideman (read by Charlize Theron) (6:41) -- The wolf queen (Cape Malay) / I.D. du Plessis (read by Benjamin Bratt) (8:14) -- Musical interlude (:08).

disc 2. The snake chief (West Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / Diana Pitcher (read by Scarlett Johansson) (6:27) -- King Lion's gifts (Khoi, Southern Africa) / Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Ricardo Chavira) (9:40) -- Words as sweet as honey from Sankhambi (Venda, South Africa) / Linda Rode (read by Debra Messing) (4:33) -- Sakunaka, the handsome young man (Zimbabwe) / Hugh Tracey (read by LaTanya Richardson Jackson) (6:32) -- Wolf and jackal and the barrel of butter (Cape Dutch) / Pieter W. Grobbelaar (read by Hugh Jackman) (7:48) -- The guardian of the pool (Central Africa/Zululand, South Africa) / Diana Pitcher (read by Gillian Anderson) (5:46) -- Sannie Langtand and the visitor (South African English) / Alex D'angelo (read by CCH Pounder) (22:23) -- The sultan's daughter (Cape Malay) / I.D. du Plessis (read by Blair Underwood) (15:25).

disc 3. Van Hunks and the Devil (Cape Dutch) / Annari van der Merwe (read by LeVar Burton) (8:54) -- The clever snake charmer (Morocco) (read by Samuel L. Jackson) (5:18) -- The enchanting song of the magical bird (Tanzania) / Julius Oelke (read by Jurnee Smollett) (6:11) -- The hare and the tree spirit (Xhosa, South Africa) / Phyllis Savory (read by Sophie Okonedo) (5:26) -- The mother who turned to dust (Malawi) / Kasiya Makaka Phiri (read by Helen Mirren) (17:35) -- Fesito goes to market (Uganda) / Cicely Van Straten (read byDon Cheadle) (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).

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