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First printing. These three tales come from East and West Africa. THE HUNTER'S DILEMMA, which celebrates the rivalry between Zoongu the hunter and Teelay the trapper, is from Sierra Leone. Clever Kelfala tries to make the beautiful Wambuna talk with his cunning tricks in KELFALA'S SECRET SOMETHING from the Kikuyys in Kenya. In the last tale from Sierra Leone, THE KING'S RIVAL, young Durosimi challenges wicked King Tonko, a great wrestler. Adjai Robinsin is a native of Sierra Leone. Carole Byard is a painter and illustrator who has travelled through East and West Africa. Here she contributes charcoal drawings. Ex-library with usual markings, in an illustrated library binding, but in a good unmarked dj. .ISBN # 0-399-206566 

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