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In this traditional tale, discovered in Kenya, a young herd boy Ki-pat must find a way to end the dreadful drought that has come to the beautiful Kapi...
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain....
An Ashanti Tale
Lazy Anansi seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself. Anansi, in ...
Noted children's author and storyteller Verna Aardema recounts her life and describes how her daily activities and writing process are interwoven....
Folkeeventyr fra Afrika om en moskito, der ved at fortรฆlle en grov lรธgn, sรฆtter gang i en masse begivenheder...
For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think....
A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up....
A Swahili Tale
Rabbit, aided by her friends Turtle and Bush-rat, sets out to outwit Lion in order to feast on the honey in lion's calabash tree...
Rabbit has a problem--someone is inside her house and won't let her in....
a Masai tale
A presumed foolish spender proves his wisdom when he trades one of his 'useless' purchases for a magic gift....
A Masai Tale
From Equatorial Africa
Nine African folk tales recount the adventures of a lonely lioness, a cunning spider, a lying hyena, and others....
An Ashanti Tale Retold
Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki rescues Fly from Leopard and, in the ensuing fray, Leopard receives a spotted coat forever....
Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi....
A collection of nine folk tales from Africa....
King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found....
pale ya Nandi