The Pied Piper and Other Tales: An African Retelling

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Over the years, parents and teachers have complained about African children reading European fairy tales that do not reflect their culture. It is for this reason that I have done a strike-through in the European title of the story of the girl and the seven dwarfs. These European tales, a patrimony of mankind, have been retold to help assuage these cultural concerns.

 

 

 

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Weight 0.3 kg
Page Count

88

ISBN

979-8878890878

Year Published

2024

Gheysika A. Agambila

Gheysika Adombire Agambila had his education in Ghana (Navrongo and Achimota Secondary Schools) and the USA (Brandeis University, BA; University of Rochester, MBA; and New York University, Ph.D.). After working for many years in the USA, he returned to Ghana. He has been Deputy Minister of State in the Ghana government: Finance and Economic Planning; Harbours and Railways;, and Science and Environment. He was a lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School and a Senior Lecturer of Public Finance at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He has also been a Treasurer and the Vice President of the Ghana Association of Writers. Agambila has performed financial consultancy services in Sierra Leone and for Ghana's National Development Planning Commission. He was a member of Ghana’s Constitution Review Implementation Committee. His novels include Journey, Bolga by Bus, Emigrant, and The Adventures of Hawa and Kofi. His books for children include Solma: Tales from Northern Ghana, Nature Stories, Cinderella and Other Tales: An African Retelling, and An African Retelling: The Pied Piper and Other Tales.

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