African Folk Tales
Pourquoi tales
Oh, Kojo how could you – Aardema
Why mosquitoes
Beautiful
Blackbird -
Why the sky is far away – Gerson
Anansi does the impossible
Ananse and the lizard
The Leopard’s drum – Souhami
Zomo the Rabbit – McDermott
Spider weaver – Musgrove
Head, body legs – Paye
Mrs. Chicken and hungry crocodile – Paye
In the rainfield, who is greatest – Ololeye
Masterman – Shepard/Wisnewski
Trickster
tales
Rabbit makes a monkey of Lion –Aardema
Rhinos for lunch and elephants for supper
Anansi and the magic stick
Anansi and the moss covered rock
Who’s in Rabbit’s house – Aardema (cumulative)
Bringing the rain to kapiti Plain – Aardema (cumulative)
Message
Mabela the clever –MacDonald
Sebgugugu the glutton – Aardema
Traveling to Tondo – Aardema
What’s so funny, Ketu – Aardema
Hatseller and the monkeys – Diakite
Hunterman and the crocodile – Diakite
Mufaro’s beautiful daughters – Steptoe
Village of round and square houses – Grifalconi
Others
Village that vanished – Grifalconi
Story, a story – Haley
When the drum Sang – Rockwell
Shadow – Brown
Talk talk – Chocolate
Collections of stories
Safiri the singer – Heady
Pride of African tales – Washington
How many spots leopard – Lester
Why leopard has spots – Paye
Beat the story drum –
Misoso – Aardema