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Fairy Tales from South Africa

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The stories in this collection come from the oral traditions of the people from Swaziland, Matabeleland (Ndebele people) and Zululand in South Africa. The authors, Mrs. E. J. Bourhill and Mrs. J. B. Drake, or more properly the collectors and editors of the stories assert that: "All the stories in this book are real Fairy Tales, just as much as Jack the Giant-killer or The Sleeping Beauty. By this I mean that they are traditional, handed down by word of mouth. Nobody knows how old they are, or who told them first." The stories are full of witches and magicians and monsters, as well as heroes and princesses and good and bad rulers.
They have done a marvellous job of putting these stories into English but admit that there is much lost in the translation and in not being able to see the storyteller who would not only tell the story but act it out while doing so. Mrs. Bourhill and Mrs. Drake were concerned that, as the way of life and the customs of the people were slowly changing, these wonderful traditional stories might fade away. They thus decided to write them down for posterity. - Summary by Noel Badrian (5 hr 51 min)

Chapters

Setuli; Or, The King Of The Birds

24:19

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The Story Of The King's Son And The Magic Song

14:16

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The Story Of The Little Birds Who Lived In A Cave

5:25

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The Story Of The Shining Princess

15:45

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The Rabbit Prince

20:38

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The Unnatural Mother

11:42

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The Three Little Eggs

17:34

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The Serpent's Bride Part 1

31:00

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The Serpent's Bride Part 2

22:03

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The Fairy Bird

23:44

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The Cock's Kraal

9:58

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Baboon-Skins

16:04

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The Reward Of Industry

13:02

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The Story Of Semai-Mai Part 1

15:31

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The Story Of Semai-Mai Part 2

23:48

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The Fairy Frog

14:17

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Nya-Nya Bulembu; Or, The Moss-Green Princess

18:38

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The Enchanted Buck

16:45

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The Beauty And The Beast

18:19

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The White Dove

18:58

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