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Category : Cowries
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Cowry
Author: Only One Cowry
Author: Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0531302881
Category : Children's stories, African (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A clever young fellow persuades an equally clever chief's daughter to marry the king of Dahomey, and both the young man and future queen prosper in the bargain.
Cowries
Author: Jerry G. WallsPublisher: TFH Publications
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
General information about cowries precedes color photographs and brief descriptions of numerous varieties.
Maya and the Studded Cowry
Author: Whilhelmina MathewPublisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543703585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
In an unfair world for girls, Maya is an iconic protagonist having learnt to balance riding on a trident with single minded focus in her quest for the Studded Cowry. This can set her free from her present state of affairs and she can seek her identity, ambitions and aspirations. The Studded Cowry is symbolic with a precious gem inside that has a discrete substance with amazing powers. The gem can change any gem into the most precious gem: A magic formula that can automatically melt away all hurdles and set free her ancient and traditional beliefs. The two in one “The Magical Elixirs” an alchemical, the discovery of a Universal concept to transform things for the better from the ancient world of social, cultural and religious taboos. Mrs. Rumberstin Maya’s step aunt a crafty and ostentatious woman runs a Trident Riding school for girls. The riding school is a cover up, to distract Maya and keep her away from the Studded Cowry that had an unambiguous meaning to her. Amulets, charms, magical formulas- Nothing could hamper her search. The Apartment Castle is abstruse with ancient Asian magical enchantments. Can she break the barrier of finding the Studded Cowry?
Walking on Cowrie Shells
Author: Nana NkwetiPublisher: Black Spot Books
ISBN: 1911648349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A “boisterous and high-spirited debut” (Kirkus starred review)“that enthralls the reader through their every twist and turn” (Publishers Weekly starred review), named one of the Most Anticipated Books for Brittle Paper, The Millions, and The Rumpus, penned by a finalist for the AKO Caine PrizeIn her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti's virtuosity is on full display as she mixes deft realism with clever inversions of genre. In the Caine Prize finalist story “It Takes a Village, Some Say,” Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption, delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who leverages her adoptive parents to fast-track her fortunes. In “The Devil Is a Liar,” a pregnant pastor's wife struggles with the collision of western Christianity and her mother's traditional Cameroonian belief system as she worries about her unborn child.In other stories, Nkweti vaults past realism, upending genre expectations in a satirical romp about a jaded PR professional trying to spin a zombie outbreak in West Africa, and in a mermaid tale about a Mami Wata who forgoes her power by remaining faithful to a fisherman she loves.
The Mothers
Author: Robert Stephen BriffaultPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Australia's Spectacular Cowries
Author: Barry Robert WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cowries
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A Cowrie of Hope
Author: Binwell SinyangwePublisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435912024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This reimagining of the Robin Hood legend tells the story of the young boy behind the bandit hero's rise to fame. Will Shackley is the son of a lord, and though just thirteen, he's led a charmed, protected life and is the heir to Shackley House, while his father is away on the Third Crusade with King Richard the Lionheart. But with King Richard's absence, the winds of treason are blowing across England, and soon Shackley House becomes caught up in a dangerous power struggle that drives Will out of the only home he's ever known. Alone, he flees into the dangerous Sherwood Forest, where he joins an elusive gang of bandits readers will immediately recognize. How Will helps a drunkard named Rob become one of the most feared and revered criminals in history is a swashbuckling ride perfect for anyone who loves heroes, villains, and adventure. From the Hardcover edition.
Sixteen Cowries
Author: William Russell BascomPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208477
Category : History
Languages : yo
Pages : 804
Book Description
" . . . a landmark in research of African oral traditions." —African Arts " . . . a significant contribution to the understanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art." —Journal of Religion in Africa Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition.
Cowries of New South Wales
Author: David TarrantPublisher:
ISBN: 9780646947389
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Description and taxonomic history of the cowry shells found in New South Wales.