Description: Drawing on extensive research and his own wide travels, Ford vividly retells ancient African myths and tales and brings to light their universal meanings.
Review Quotes: "This fascinating exploration of African stories and myths...tells us who we are as human beings--all of us."
--Cornel West, author of Race Matters
--NAPRA ReView "A master storyteller....Clyde Ford picks up where Joseph Campbell left off."
--Jonathan Young, Ph.D., founding curator, Joseph Campbell Archives and Library "This is a breakthrough book on the mythic imagination of Africa."
--Atlanta Daily World "An important first look at the universal themes of some of the principal African myths...excellent and much-welcomed."
--Seattle Times "An excellent introduction to African mythology....Brings insights into the myths themselves and encourages further reading."
--The Bloomsbury Review