“In reading these folktales, recorded and transcribed by Alain Sissao and masterfully translated by Nina Tanti, we savor a rich and varied selection of the oral cultural heritage of the Moose of Burkina Faso. Embedded in these entertaining folktales are the values, attitudes, philosophy of life and world view of the Moose community. They are aesthetic expressions of an oral wisdom that is intimate, informal and universal.”
