African Folktales African Folktales VS VS

African American FolktalesAfrican American Folktales

By: Stephanie JonesBy: Stephanie Jones

Why this topic is interesting to me.Why this topic is interesting to me.

This topic is interesting to me This topic is interesting to me because, I’ve always liked folk tales, because, I’ve always liked folk tales, and I didn’t really know anything and I didn’t really know anything about African and African American about African and African American folktales.folktales.

What I already knew about my What I already knew about my topic.topic.

I already knew that Anasi the Spider I already knew that Anasi the Spider was a popular character in African was a popular character in African folktales.folktales.

What A Folktale IsWhat A Folktale Is

““A story or legend that is passed A story or legend that is passed down orally from one generation to down orally from one generation to the next and becomes part of a the next and becomes part of a community's tradition.”community's tradition.”

What do African What do African and African Americanand African American

Folktales teach?Folktales teach?

What they teachWhat they teach

African Legends teach lessons, about African Legends teach lessons, about the culture of the land, like the the culture of the land, like the climate and physical features, and climate and physical features, and they teach traditions of the land.they teach traditions of the land.

African American Folktales teach African American Folktales teach wisdom, African Culture, and wisdom, African Culture, and struggles that African Americans had struggles that African Americans had to go through as Slaves.to go through as Slaves.

CreatedCreated

African folktales African folktales were created to were created to hand down hand down traditions to each traditions to each generation.generation.

African American African American folktales were folktales were created to express created to express the wish to be the wish to be freed from slavery.freed from slavery.

SimilaritiesSimilarities

African and African American African and African American folktales are similar because most of folktales are similar because most of their folktales contain animals who their folktales contain animals who tell the stories.tell the stories.

In both of their folktales there are In both of their folktales there are tricksters, and wise animals.tricksters, and wise animals.

In both of their folktales there is In both of their folktales there is usually a moral to the story.usually a moral to the story.

DifferencesDifferences

African and African American African and African American folktales are different because most folktales are different because most African stories don’t have happy African stories don’t have happy endings, but most African American endings, but most African American folktales do have happy endings.folktales do have happy endings.

Importance to African cultureImportance to African culture

African folktales are still a African folktales are still a meaningfull part of everyday living in meaningfull part of everyday living in Africa.Africa.

The folktales pass down traditions, The folktales pass down traditions, and ways of living to other and ways of living to other generations, so that their culture generations, so that their culture carries on.carries on.

Differences Cont.Differences Cont.

Another difference is that they call Another difference is that they call the animals different names in their the animals different names in their stories. For example the rabbit is stories. For example the rabbit is Bruh Rabbit in African american Bruh Rabbit in African american stories and in Africa it’s Brer Rabbit. stories and in Africa it’s Brer Rabbit.

Importance to African American Importance to African American CultureCulture

African American folktales are African American folktales are important to the culture because important to the culture because they teach all of the new generations they teach all of the new generations about their struggles that their about their struggles that their ancestors had to go through in a fun ancestors had to go through in a fun wayway

Surprising Info.Surprising Info.

What really surprised me was how What really surprised me was how different African and African different African and African American Folktales are.American Folktales are.

Another thing is that have happy Another thing is that have happy endings surprised me was that most endings surprised me was that most African folktales.African folktales.

Questions I still haveQuestions I still have

What was the first African folktale?What was the first African folktale? Are folktales still being created in Are folktales still being created in

Africa?Africa? How many African folktales are How many African folktales are

there?there?

Where I found my info.Where I found my info.

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/folk-tales/resource/3716.html?page=1

The People Could FlyThe People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton by Virginia Hamilton www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/

1993/2/93.02.08.x.html1993/2/93.02.08.x.html www.mythencylopedia.com/A-Am/www.mythencylopedia.com/A-Am/

AfricanMyhtology.htmlAfricanMyhtology.html http://www.tip.sas.upenn.edu/http://www.tip.sas.upenn.edu/

curriculum/units/2007/05/07.05.04.pdfcurriculum/units/2007/05/07.05.04.pdf

Where I found my info. continuedWhere I found my info. continued

http://encarta.msn.com/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561533228/folktale.htmldictionary_561533228/folktale.html

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