Dr. Raouf Mama is a Distinguished Professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State University, a writer, and a storyteller of international renown, the only one in the world today who tells in Eng...vizualizați mai multeDr. Raouf Mama is a Distinguished Professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State University, a writer, and a storyteller of international renown, the only one in the world today who tells in English, French, Yoruba and Fon, folktales from his native Benin. He is the author of five books including Fortune’s Favored Child, (Northwestern University Press, 2014), Why Monkeys Live in Trees (Curbstone Press 2006), winner of the 2008 National Children’s Book Award, Tropical Tales (Barefoot Books, 2001), Pearls of Wisdom (Pro Lingua Associates, 2000) and Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin (Shoestring Press, 1998).vizualizați mai puține