Status
Available
Call number
Genres
Collections
Publication
Oxford university press (1965)
Description
Drawn from all parts of Africa, the myths and legends of the African people demonstrate a fierce sense of justice, great powers of patience and endurance, and supreme ability as story-tellers.
Local notes
A collection of African tales.
• Why the dog is the friend of man (Congo : Bushong)
• The man who learned the language of the animals (Ghana : Akan)
• Tortoise and the lizard (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The rubber man (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Tortoise and the baboon (Nyasaland : Nyanja)
• Spider and the lion (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Thunder and lightning (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
• Why the crab has no head or how the first river was made (Eastern Nigeria : Ikom)
• A test of skill (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• The tale of the superman (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Why the bush-fowl calls at dawn and why flies buzz (Eastern Nigeria : Ekoi)
• Spider and squirrel (Ghana : Akan)
• Unanana and the elephant (South Africa : Zulu)
• Spider's web (Central Nigeria : Tiv)
• The magic horns (South Africa : Xhosa)
• Snake magic (East Africa : Swahili)
• Hare and the corn bins (Northern Nigeria : Fulani)
• What the squirrel saw (Congo : Mongo)
• Hare and the hyena (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The calabash children (Tanganyika : Chaga)
• The blacksmith's dilemma (Uganda : Baganda)
• The magic drum (Western Nigeria : Yoruba)
• Why the sun and moon live in the sky (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
• The monkey's heart (East Africa : Swahili)
• The children who lived in a tree-house (Tanganyika : Kamba)
• Why the bat flies at night (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
• Tug of war (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The discontented fish (Senegal : Fulani)
• Hallabau's jealousy (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Goto, King of the land and the water (Northern Nigeria : Fulani)
• The singing drum and the mysterious pumpkin (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The snake chief (South Africa : Xhosa)
• The two brothers (South Africa : Zulu)
• Fereyel and Debbo Engal the witch (Gambia : Fulani).
• Why the dog is the friend of man (Congo : Bushong)
• The man who learned the language of the animals (Ghana : Akan)
• Tortoise and the lizard (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The rubber man (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Tortoise and the baboon (Nyasaland : Nyanja)
• Spider and the lion (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Thunder and lightning (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
• Why the crab has no head or how the first river was made (Eastern Nigeria : Ikom)
• A test of skill (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• The tale of the superman (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Why the bush-fowl calls at dawn and why flies buzz (Eastern Nigeria : Ekoi)
• Spider and squirrel (Ghana : Akan)
• Unanana and the elephant (South Africa : Zulu)
• Spider's web (Central Nigeria : Tiv)
• The magic horns (South Africa : Xhosa)
• Snake magic (East Africa : Swahili)
• Hare and the corn bins (Northern Nigeria : Fulani)
• What the squirrel saw (Congo : Mongo)
• Hare and the hyena (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The calabash children (Tanganyika : Chaga)
• The blacksmith's dilemma (Uganda : Baganda)
• The magic drum (Western Nigeria : Yoruba)
• Why the sun and moon live in the sky (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
• The monkey's heart (East Africa : Swahili)
• The children who lived in a tree-house (Tanganyika : Kamba)
• Why the bat flies at night (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
• Tug of war (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The discontented fish (Senegal : Fulani)
• Hallabau's jealousy (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
• Goto, King of the land and the water (Northern Nigeria : Fulani)
• The singing drum and the mysterious pumpkin (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
• The snake chief (South Africa : Xhosa)
• The two brothers (South Africa : Zulu)
• Fereyel and Debbo Engal the witch (Gambia : Fulani).