{"product_id":"the-sacred-door-and-other-stories-cameroon-folktales-of-the-beba-volume-86-paperback","title":"The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba Volume 86 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMakuchi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. Makuchi retells the stories that she heard at home when she was growing up in her native Cameroon. The collection of thirty-four folktales of the Beba showcases a wide variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Revenge, greed, and deception are among the themes that frame the story lines in both new and familiar ways. In the title story, a poor man finds himself elevated to king. The condition for his continued success is that he not open the sacred door. This tale of temptation, similar to the story of Pandora's box, concludes with the question, \"What would you have done?\" Makuchi relates the stories her mother told her so that readers can make connections between African and North American oral narrative traditions. These tales reinforce the commonalities of our human experiences without discounting our differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMakuchi\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English andComparative Literature at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Her publications include a book of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eYour Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGender in African Women's Writing: Identity, Sexuality, and Difference\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.67 x 5.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780651122976,"sku":"9780896802568","price":41.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/489373b3137d18b867307e3d3e1355f5.webp?v=1780533499","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sacred-door-and-other-stories-cameroon-folktales-of-the-beba-volume-86-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}