A review by frayenbow
African Folktales by Roger D. Abrahams

3.0

I admire that they included folktales that were written out exactly as they were told, but I have to admit I found them nigh unreadable. Oral storytelling and written storytelling are two very different beasts. The ones that were written out like that are not all of them, or even the majority, but the collection generally leans pretty hard in retaining as much of the oral qualities of the original stories. Which makes for an interesting collection, but not as entertaining of one.