Welcome to Bura
Folk Culture! Please read these traditional folktales from my homeland
in Northeastern Nigeria (shown on map).
These stories are reproduced from Education of Primitive
People: A Presentation of the Folklore of the Bura Animists With
a Meaningful Experience Curriculum A. D. Helser. (1934). New
York: Fleming H. Revell Company*. Despite the book's objectionable
title, the intent of the author, Church of the Brethren missionary Albert
Helser, was quite advanced at the time. The founder of the missionary
school in Garkida, Dr. Helser incorporated existing Bura folk wisdom in
the educational curriculum for Bura children instead of only using out-of-context
Western material. Therefore, each folk tale begins with the lesson
objectives that Helser identified and deemed important for Bura children
to know.
BURA FOLKTALES
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*Used by Permission of Fleming H. Revell, a divison
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