African Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 5

Wow, another week gone! My life has been kind of chaotic (spending this summer remodeling new house), so it is really good to have this little biblio-project helping me do something every day and then watch the weeks zoom on by! Here are the previous round-ups: Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4.

And here's a round-up of the books from Week 5 which focused on storytelling traditions from North Africa:

The Sultan's Fool and Other North African Tales

by Robert Gilstrap and Irene Estabrook

details at the blog post

Tales and Legends of Morocco

by Elisa Chimenti

details at the blog post

Moorish Literature

by Rene Basset

details at the blog post

Wisdom from the Nile

by Ahmed Al-Shahi and F.C.T. Moore

details at the blog post

Folktales of Egypt

by Hasan El-Shamy

details at the blog post

The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

by Howard Schwartz and Barbara Rush

details at the blog post

Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel

by Haya Bar-Itzhak and Aliza Shenhar

details at the blog post