Nelson Mandelas Favorite African Folktales Bedtime Story Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novelThe Weight

Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novelThe Weight of Feathersgarnered fabulous reviews and was a finalist for the prestigious YALSA Morris Award

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Nelson Mandelas Favorite African Folktales Bedtime Story Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novelThe WeightA cause for celebration, and a landmark work that gathers in one volume many of Africa's most cherished folktales. In these beloved stories we meet a Kenyan lion named Simba, a snake with seven heads, and tricksters from Zulu folklore; we hear the voices of the scheming hyena, and we learn from a Khoi fable how animals acquired their tails and horns. Creation myths tell us how the land, its animals, and its people all came into existence under a