Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales: An Audiobook that Benefits Children

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales, ISBN 978-1-60024-666-1, HachetteAudio) is an audiobook that shares African culture with the rest of the world. Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales audiobook shares folktales from countries across the breath of the African continent. While most of the folktales come from Mandela's native South Africa, others come from Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries.

The stories range from The Ring of the King and The Sultan's Daughter to Mpipidi and the Motlopi Tree and The Mother Who Turned to Dust. The stories are backed by music with performers actually singing, often haunting, cultural folksongs. The Mother Who Turned to Dust encourages taking care of our earth. Another story is reminiscent of the Cinderella story. Others are sad, poignant or amusing and are rich in African and cultural details. Some of these stories may be sampled at the Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales audiobook web site.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales audiobook adds an important contribution to our knowledge of African culture. After all, folktales pass on family history, cultural mores and truths through story and song. Folktales evolve from each unique culture and experiences and are an important method for passing on beliefs, traditions and a people's background and way of living to the next generation.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales are performed by a variety of well known actors who donated their time for this project. These include, but are not limited to, LaVar Burton, Samuel L Jackson, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg and Hugh Jackman. There is also a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales audiobook benefits children in South Africa impacted by HIV/AIDS, which is at epidemic proportions in this small South African country. In fact, there are 1.4 million AIDS orphans in South Africa. Many of these South African orphans are not receiving adequate care.
Money from Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales goes to taking care of these needy orphans.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales would be a good resource for both home and school to help children understand peoples and cultures far away on the African continent. While the book would be good reading, the audio book adds richness and depth with music, cultural songs and moving retelling of African folktales.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales audiobook consists of 3 CDs of approximately three hours of listening time. This audiobook also includes a PDF of full color illustrations.

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