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Home > Outreach > Did you ever wonder why ‘The Owl Never Sleeps at Night?’ | |
| You’ll find the answer to that question in the Cameroonian folktale provided by the African Studies Program on the Bloomington campus. As part of the program’s outreach for teachers, there are other stories, as well. Try reading “Why the Lizard Often Nods,” “Tappin, the Land Turtle” and “The Invisible Tortoise.”
At the end of the folktales there are suggestions of how the tales can be used in teaching. For example, the owl and lizard tales contain some lessons about good behavior. The Tappin story touches on the brutality of slavery, and the tortoise has a message about honesty. The stories were collected in Cameroon by a groups of teachers. | |
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