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Title Talking drums : a selection of poems from Africa south of the Sahara / edited and illustrated by Véronique Tadjo.
Publication New York : Bloomsbury, 2004.
Distribution [New York] : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Copyright date ©2000
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 96 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Call # J 808.81 T
Summary Presents traditional and twentieth-century poems from sub-Saharan Africa that reflect the spirit and history of the region, written in or translated into English.
Note Includes index.
Contents Our universe -- The animal kingdom -- Love and celebrations -- People -- Death -- Pride and defiance -- The changing times.
Subject Children's poetry, African.
Addl. Author Tadjo, Véronique, 1955-
ISBN 1582348138 (hc.)

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