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West African Folk Tales

Name: West African Folk Tales
Author: William H. Barker

William H. Barker

Read by Lizzie Driver, roolynninms, Eva-Marie Quinones, Ezwa, Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014), Shurtagal, Esther, David Barnes, Tammi L. Coles, Julian Jamison, Christabel and hefyd · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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How We Got the Name "Spider Tales" (3:39)
How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race (2:55)
Anansi and Nothing (4:18)
Thunder and Anansi (6:53)
Why the Lizard Moves his Head up and Down (6:55)
Tit for Tat (5:11)
Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property (4:24)
The Squirrel and the Spider (3:28)
Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles (5:26)
Why Spiders are Always Found in Corners (4:32)
Anansi and the Blind Fisherman (2:30)
Adzanumee and her Mother (3:13)
The Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by Itself (4:31)
Morning Sunrise (2:29)
Why the Sea-turtle Beats its Breast (2:19)
How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World (7:33)
Honourable Minu (2:44)
Why the Moon and Stars Get Light from the Sun (5:21)
Ohia and the Thieving Deer (9:31)
How the Tortoise got its Shell (3:45)
The Hunter and the Tortoise (3:25)
Kwofi and the Gods (2:16)
The Lion and the Wolf (2:28)
Maku Mawu and Maku Fia (8:08)
The Robber and the Old Man (2:21)
The Leopard and the Ram (3:44)
Why the Leopard only Catches Prey on its Left (2:00)
Quarcoo Bah-Boni (8:57)
King Chameleon and the Animals (3:58)
To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren (3:09)
The Ungrateful Man (3:54)
Why Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are Provoked (3:11)
The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles (6:55)
How Mushrooms First Grew (4:32)
Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies (5:21)