West African Folk Tales by William H. Barker

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West African Folk Tales by William H. Barker

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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,...

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01 – How We Got The Name Spider Tales

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West African Folk Tales by William H. Barker

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01 – How We Got The Name Spider Tales

02 – How Wisdom Became The Property Of The Human Race

03 – Anansi and Nothing

04 – Thunder and Anansi

05 – Why the Lizard Continually Moves his Head up and Down

06 – Tit For Tat

07 – Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property

08 – The Squirrel and the Spider

09 – Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves

10 – Why Spiders are Always Found in Corners

11 – Anansi and the Blind Fisherman

12 – Adzanumee and her Mother

13 – The Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by Itself

14 – Morning Sunrise

15 – Why the Sea-turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast with Its Forelegs

16 – How Beasts And Serpents First Came Into The World

17 – Honourable Minu

18 – Why the Moon and Stars Get Light from the Sun

19 – Ohia and the Thieving Deer

20 – How the Tortoise got its Shell

21 – The Hunter and the Tortoise

22 – Kwofi and the Gods

23 – The Lion and the Wolf

24 – Maku Mawu and Maku Fia

25 – The Robber and the Old Man

26 – The Leopard and the Ram

27 – Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left Side

28 – Quarcoo Bah-Boni

29 – King Chameleon and the Animals

30 – To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren is a Very Foolish Thing to Do

31 – The Ungrateful Man

32 – Why Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are Provoked

33 – The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles

34 – How Mushrooms First Grew

35 – Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies

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