Fairy Tales from South Africa
Mrs. E. J. Bourhill and Mrs. E.J. Bourhill
Read by NoelBadrian
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 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Story Of The King's Son And The Magic Song | 14:16 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Story Of The Little Birds Who Lived In A Cave | 5:25 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Story Of The Shining Princess | 15:45 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Rabbit Prince | 20:38 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Unnatural Mother | 11:42 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Three Little Eggs | 17:34 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Serpent's Bride Part 1 | 31:00 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Serpent's Bride Part 2 | 22:03 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Fairy Bird | 23:44 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Cock's Kraal | 9:58 | Read by NoelBadrian |
Baboon-Skins | 16:04 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Reward Of Industry | 13:02 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Story Of Semai-Mai Part 1 | 15:31 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Story Of Semai-Mai Part 2 | 23:48 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Fairy Frog | 14:17 | Read by NoelBadrian |
Nya-Nya Bulembu; Or, The Moss-Green Princess | 18:38 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Enchanted Buck | 16:45 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The Beauty And The Beast | 18:19 | Read by NoelBadrian |
The White Dove | 18:58 | Read by NoelBadrian |