West African Folk Tales


Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

(4.4 stars; 40 reviews)

A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as either a spider, a human or a combination of both. Thus many of the stories are attempts by Anansi to trick others for his own gain. Other stories are about why certain animals act in certain ways. (Summary by Lizzie Driver) (2 hr 35 min)

Capítulos

How We Got the Name "Spider Tales" 3:39 Leído por Lizzie Driver
How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race 2:55 Leído por Lizzie Driver
Anansi and Nothing 4:18 Leído por roolynninms
Thunder and Anansi 6:53 Leído por Eva-Marie Quinones
Why the Lizard Moves his Head up and Down 6:55 Leído por Ezwa
Tit for Tat 5:11 Leído por Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property 4:24 Leído por Shurtagal
The Squirrel and the Spider 3:28 Leído por Esther
Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles 5:26 Leído por roolynninms
Why Spiders are Always Found in Corners 4:32 Leído por Esther
Anansi and the Blind Fisherman 2:30 Leído por Shurtagal
Adzanumee and her Mother 3:13 Leído por David Barnes
The Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by Itself 4:31 Leído por Esther
Morning Sunrise 2:29 Leído por Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Why the Sea-turtle Beats its Breast 2:19 Leído por Tammi L. Coles
How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World 7:33 Leído por Lizzie Driver
Honourable Minu 2:44 Leído por Esther
Why the Moon and Stars Get Light from the Sun 5:21 Leído por Julian Jamison
Ohia and the Thieving Deer 9:31 Leído por Christabel
How the Tortoise got its Shell 3:45 Leído por Esther
The Hunter and the Tortoise 3:25 Leído por Eva-Marie Quinones
Kwofi and the Gods 2:16 Leído por Christabel
The Lion and the Wolf 2:28 Leído por Esther
Maku Mawu and Maku Fia 8:08 Leído por hefyd
The Robber and the Old Man 2:21 Leído por Esther
The Leopard and the Ram 3:44 Leído por Esther
Why the Leopard only Catches Prey on its Left 2:00 Leído por Christabel
Quarcoo Bah-Boni 8:57 Leído por hefyd
King Chameleon and the Animals 3:58 Leído por Tammi L. Coles
To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren 3:09 Leído por Christabel
The Ungrateful Man 3:54 Leído por Christabel
Why Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are Provoked 3:11 Leído por hefyd
The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles 6:55 Leído por hefyd
How Mushrooms First Grew 4:32 Leído por hefyd
Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies 5:21 Leído por hefyd

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(4 stars)

Interesting and unusual tales from Africa. Well read by various volunteers.

Good


(4 stars)

Nice to hear stories from my country!! Me and my sister and brother loved them very much!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

great stories


(4 stars)

Good stories. Some readers hard to understand though.