Chiamaka Nwaobia

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Chiamaka Nwaobia traces her love of folktales to stories shared by her parents and extended family, children's storytelling programs, and books she read growing up. Her work draws on African proverbs and the Igbo trickster figure Mbe, the tortoise, using folktales to entertain while exploring the consequences of choices.

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African Folktales for the Young at Heart

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Books by Chiamaka Nwaobia

African Folktales for the Young at Heart

Adventures of Mbe the Tortoise

By Chiamaka Nwaobia

Twenty-one lively tales center Mbe, the tortoise trickster of Igbo storytelling, in a new title in African Folktales for the Young at Heart.

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