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Why the Elephant Has No Butt

Why the Elephant Has No Butt

Osonye Tess Onwueme

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African Books Collective
Año de edición:
1994
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9780966383720
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Recreates and globalizes an Igbo folktale about the animals’ struggle for survival and triumph in a world where the weak and poor tortoises must strive to alter their powerless condition by confronting the oppressive forces of the rich and powerful elephants, who constantly push them to the edge of power and insecurity.

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