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    A Pantomime Of African Drama And Life
    A Pantomime Of African Drama And Life
    A Pantomime Of African Drama And Life
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    A Pantomime Of African Drama And Life

    By Zoe Bates

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    A Pantomime of African Drama and Life is an allegorical portrayal of some of the lessons embedded in Manyu Folklore. It is a revelation of African beliefs, stories, culture. The stories show the power of imagination. They have been formulated and written to bring moral lessons as well as wise teaching to many people across the globe and Africa in particular. It demonstrates exactly the method of education in Africa in the past centuries condemning vice in its totality. The book contains eleven chapters or sub stories, which includes anecdotes, fictions all of which address salient issues of contemporary society and above all demonstrates literary understanding, giving it an outstanding place in the contemporary literary world. They include:
    Chapter 1: Fighting For Leadership
    Chapter 2: The Most Expensive Joke: Ta-Agbor and the talking Hydrocoel!
    Chapter 3: The Super Powers: Rain with Sunshine, Who Knows Why?
    CHAPTER 4: Two Good Friends: The Dog and the Tortoise
    CHAPTER 5: The Animal's Festival and the Chameleon
    Chapter 6: Twin Ema and the Beautiful Bird
    CHAPTER 7: Ngando and the Chimpanzees
    Chapter 8: The Two Brothers and the Changing Time
    CHAPTER 9: The Sheep becomes wise
    CHAPTER 10: The Ungrateful Woman - A Bad Marriage
    CHAPTER 11: The Journey to America and the Two Roads.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDoroClem Publishing
    Release dateJul 8, 2012
    ISBN9781476028170
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      A Pantomime Of African Drama And Life - Zoe Bates

      A Pantomime Of African Drama And Life

      By Zoe Bates

      Copyright 2012 by Zoe Bates

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      Introduction

      A Pantomime of African Drama and Life is an allegorical portrayal of some of the lessons embedded in Manyu Folklore. It is a revelation of African beliefs, stories, culture. The stories show the power of imagination. They have been formulated and written to bring moral lessons as well as wise teaching to many people across the globe and Africa in particular. It demonstrates exactly the method of education in Africa in the past centuries condemning vice in its totality. The book contains eleven chapters or sub stories, which includes anecdotes, fictions all of which address salient issues of contemporary society and above all demonstrates literary understanding, giving it an outstanding place in the contemporary literary world. They include:

      Chapter 1: Fighting For Leadership

      Chapter 2: The Most Expensive Joke: Ta-Agbor and the talking Hydrocoel!

      Chapter 3: The Super Powers: Rain with Sunshine, Who Knows Why?

      CHAPTER 4: Two Good Friends: The Dog and the Tortoise

      CHAPTER 5: The Animal's Festival and the Chameleon

      Chapter 6: Twin Ema and the Beautiful Bird

      CHAPTER 7: Ngando and the Chimpanzees

      Chapter 8: The Two Brothers and the Changing Time

      CHAPTER 9: The Sheep becomes wise

      CHAPTER 10: The Ungrateful Woman - A Bad Marriage

      CHAPTER 11: The Journey to America and the Two Roads.

      A Pantomime Of African Drama And Life

      CHAPTER 1

      Fighting For Leadership

      With the advent of human civilization and democracy, there has been a constant fight for leadership in many communities in the world; be it in Africa, America, Asia, Australia or Europe, the struggle to lead, being led or not to be led has occurred at many levels in our societies.

      In the past centuries, we have heard and most probably learnt about the numerous wars, battles, and ‘coup d'etats, putsches and quarrels faced by humans at different times in history. Man has always gone far to analyze conflicts concerning the human race and society or seek solutions to them. The rest of the animal kingdom has hitherto never been touched. Yet man has emphatically, talked of an ‘animal kingdom'.

      No reports have been made nor do we have a vivid historical knowledge about the struggle for leadership in the rest of the animal communities or kingdom. We Think animals are always okay with their governance.

      You have probably read elsewhere how one animal or the other had been king of the forest community. Perhaps presently, 99 percent of humans ignorantly believe that the lion is the king of all animals, while a meager 0.9 percent shares the view that the elephant has always been the king of animals. The rightful but insignificant 0.1 percent of the population and perhaps the most accurate know exactly which animal is the king but have not known the series of events that led to his enthronement. Many more stories, tales and fictions have been told about this king-animal. Here comes the series of events that led to its final enthronement as the king of the forest community.

      There came a time when the elephant was the only educated animal. His gigantic size and his knowledge have made him fit as the king of animals. The kangaroo was the best journalist and announcer. The tortoise, however, has been known as the wisest of all animals. The tortoise felt bad when his candidature was rejected. The tortoise decided to go abroad for studies. After five years, he returned to assert his role in the animals' kingdom. When he told the kangaroo about his qualification, the kangaroo reported the matter to the elephant. The elephant did not believe the story; then he called for the tortoise. Tortoise, so you want to succeed me as the king, asked the elephant in dismay. "Yes, because I'm

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