TALES OF MOGHO: African Stories From Upper Volta.
by Guirma, Frederic (1931- )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ex-library with the usual markings and missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj.
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Macmillan,, (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings and missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj.. First printing. The first appearance in print of eight folktales which have been part of the oral tradition of the Mossi people of West Africa for centuries, illustrated with pen-and-ink line drawings by the author. The author was born in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), and he was its first Ambassador to the United Nations and to the US when it achieved independence in 1960. Glossary. xii, 113 pp.
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- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 83352
- Title
- TALES OF MOGHO: African Stories From Upper Volta.
- Author
- Guirma, Frederic (1931- )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-library with the usual markings and missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1971)
- Keywords
- folktales, Burkina Faso
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Literature;
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