Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales — John Shaqi
Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore TalesNassau, Robert Hamill
Philosophy
Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales
Nassau, Robert Hamill
Animals -- Folklore; Tales -- Africa, West
1 Swine Talking 81
2 Crocodile 82
3 Origin of the Elephant 82
4 Leopard's Marriage Journey 85
5 Tortoise in a Race 95
6 Goat's Tournament 99
7 Why Goats Became Domestic 100
8 Igwana's Forked Tongue 103
9 What Caused their Deaths? 106
10 A Quarrel about Seniority 109
11 The Magic Drum 113
12 The Lies of Tortoise 121
13 "Death Begins by Some One Person": A Proverb 126
14 Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree 129
15 The Suitors of Njambo's Daughter 134
16 Tortoise, Dog, Leopard, and the Njabi Fruit 140
17 A Journey for Salt 145
18 A Plea for Mercy 149
19 The Deceptions of Tortoise 153
20 Leopard's Hunting Companions 159
21 Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast? 163
22 Dog, and his Human Speech, 1st Version 165
2nd Version 168
23 The Savior of the Animals 173
24 Origin of the Ivory Trade, 1st Version 177
2nd Version 184
25 Dog and his False Friend Leopard 189
26 A Trick for Vengeance 192
27 Not My Fault! 195
28 Do not Impose on the Weak 196
29 Borrowed Clothes 198
30 The Story of a Panic 200
31 A Family Quarrel 201
32 The Giant Goat 202
33 The Fights of Mbuma-Tyetye; and, An Origin of
Leopard 208
34 A Snake's Skin Looks like a Snake 226
PART THIRD
Fang Tribe
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