How Rabbit Beat Tortoise in a Race
The Yoruba folk story of how wily Tortoise beat much faster Rabbit in a race
has been for centuries part of the Nigerian oral culture.
As part of Black History Month 2003, National Museums Liverpool developed a project to produce a published version of the traditional tale, retold by Ronnie Williams and Sewanu Jones.
Children from Liverpool 8 primary schools were invited to create illustrations for the book. The children took part in a visit to Liverpool Museum, where they learnt more about traditional African culture and listened to a professional performance of the tale.
Karl Eversley, a local artist, led a number of workshops with the group to create vivid and colourful illustrations for a published version of the story.
This website contains the artwork produced by the children, an animated version of the story and project diaries from the children who took part.
For more information please contact kate.rodenhurst@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
