Mungoshi, Charles
Der sprechende Kürbis
Stories from Africa
Translated from English by Susanne Koehler. Illustrated by Christian Kingue Epanya
Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, 1994
144 pages
Out of print
Ages 8 and up

Original: »Stories from a Shona Childhood« and »One day, long ago« © 1989 and 1991 by Charles Mungoshi and Baobab Books, Harare

The hare Tsuro can terrify the animals of the rainforest, even though they are much bigger and stronger than him. Tsuro is just one of the heroes of the stories that the author retells with much humor from his culture's oral tradition.