Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
"Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an extraordinary audiobook featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker and Alfre Woodard with a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Original Music by South African legends by Johnny Clegg and Vusi Mahlasela, Directed by Alfre Woodard. The audiobook was a truly international affair recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, and Johannesburg. The stories were chosen by the Nobel Laureate himself, from every region of Africa.
'We hope this audiobook will be enjoyed by people of all ages across the globe, increasing awareness of Africa's rich cultures while creating a better future for South Africa's most vulnerable children,' said ANSA Executive Director Sharon Gelman.In his original foreword for the folktales, Nelson Mandela wrote, 'It is my wish that the voice of the storyteller may never die in Africa, that all the children of the world may experience the wonder of books.' The audiobook brings his vision full circle, as these timeless tales return to the oral tradition to be heard around the world."
Nelson Mandela (Author), Alan Rickman, Alfre Woodard, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Benjamin Bratt, Blair Underwood, Cch Pounder, Charlize Theron, Debra Messing, Don Cheadle, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Hugh Jackman, Jurnee Smollett, Latanya Richardson Jackson, Levar Burton, Matt Damon, Parminder Nagra, Ricardo Chavira, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Hayes, Sophie Okonedo, Whoopi Goldberg (Narrator)
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