Length2h 56m
About this audiobook
Compiled by an American missionary, West African Folk Tales by William H Barker is a delightful collection of folk tales from Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and other countries along the west coast of Africa. These stories spread in various forms to other countries like the West Indies, Suriname, the Netherland Antilles, etc and can be still heard today among the people of these countries.
Audiobook details
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Includes Goodreads
GenreFairy Tales and Folklore, Children's Literature
Length2 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
2INTRODUCTION
3I. ANANSI, OR SPIDER, TALES
4I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’
5II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE
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6III. ANANSI AND NOTHING
7IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI
8V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN
9VI. TIT FOR TAT
10VII. WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTY
11VIII. THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDER
12IX. WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVES
13X. WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS
14XI. ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMAN
15XII. ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHER
16XIII. THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELF
17XIV. “MORNING SUNRISE”
18XV. WHY THE SEA-TURTLE WHEN CAUGHT BEATS ITS BREAST WITH ITS FORE-LEGS
19XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD
20XVII. HONOURABLE MINŪ
21XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN
22II. MISCELLANEOUS TALES
23XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER
24XX. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL
25XXI. THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE
26XXII. THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANT
27XXIII. KWOFI AND THE GODS
28XXIV. THE LION AND THE WOLF
29XXV. MAKU MAWU AND MAKU FIA
30XXVI. THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MAN
31XXVII. THE LEOPARD AND THE RAM
32XXVIII. WHY THE LEOPARD CAN ONLY CATCH PREY ON ITS LEFT SIDE
33XXIX. QUARCOO BAH-BONI
34XXX. KING CHAMELEON AND THE ANIMALS
35XXXI. TO LOSE AN ELEPHANT FOR THE SAKE OF A WREN IS A VERY FOOLISH THING TO DO
36XXXII. THE UNGRATEFUL MAN
37XXXIII. WHY TIGERS NEVER ATTACK MEN UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKED
38XXXIV. THE OMANHENE WHO LIKED RIDDLES
39XXXV. HOW MUSHROOMS FIRST GREW
40XXXVI. FARMER MYBROW AND THE FAIRIES
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