The Story of Little Black Sambo

The Story of Little Black Sambo, a children's book by Helen Bannerman, a Scot living in India, was first published in London in 1899. In the tale, a boy named Sambo outwits a group of hungry tigers; the little boy has to sacrifice his new red coat and his new blue trousers and his new purple shoes to four tigers, including one who wears his shoes on his ears, but Sambo outwits these predators and returns safely home, where he eats 169 pancakes for his supper. The story was a children's favorite for half a century, but then became controversial in certain countries due to the use of the word sambo. The children's story takes place in a fairy tale India with Caribbean elements, with the tigers racing around the tree eventually being turned into ghee -- translated as "butter" -- and the humans eating inhuman quantities of pancakes.
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Lille sorte Sambo, (engelsk: "The Story of Little Black Sambo"), er en børnebog fra 1899, skrevet af den skotske forfatter Helen Bannerman under sit ophold i Indien. Bogen udkom første gang på dansk i 1937.Historien omhandler den lille dreng, Sambo, som må give afkald på sin nye røde jakke, nye blå bukser og nye lilla sko til fire tigre, inklusiv en, der bærer hans sko på ørene. Sambo er imidlertidig smartere end tigrene og snyder dem og vender hjem i sikkerhed hvor han spiser 169 pandekager. Historien var en favorit blandt børn i et halvt århundrede før den fik en kontroversiel rolle i visse lande på grund af ordet "Sambo".
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