Africa-FT – 8 Books
As we have planned to cover all folktales of African folktale books, the following books of African folktales have been translated into Hindi. The number in parantheses before the title indicates the No of Series entitled “Classic Books of Folktales”.
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(12) African Folktales (18 tales)
by Alessandro Ceni. 1998.
| 1. The Greatest Warrior of All 2. The Daughter of the Sun and the Moon 3. Number Eleven Child 4. The Toothless Pretty Maid 5. One Good Turn Deserves Another 6. The Dog, the Cat, the Pigeon and the Magic Ring 7. The Spanking Switch 8. The Spirit of the River 9. The Golden Child and the Silver Child | 10. How to pay off a Debt 11. How the Stars Were Born? 12. Hare’s Dirty Tricks 13. One Hundred Cattle 14. Three Strange Villages 15. Hawk and the Child 16. Ngomba and Her Basket 17. How the Cracks in the Tortoise’s Shell Came To Be 18. The Grateful Serpent |
(14) The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories (17 tales)
by Harold Courlander and George Herzog. NY: Henry Holt and Company. 1947. 143 p.
| 1. The Cow-Tail Switch 2. Kaddo’s Wall 3. Talk 4. The One You Don’t See Coming 5. Strong Kassa 6. Anansi’s Fishing Expedition 7. Younde Goes to Town 8. The Singing Tortoise | 9. Time 10. The Messenger for Maftam 11. Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice 12. Anansi and Nothing Go Hunting For Wives 13. How Soko Brought Debt to Ashanti 14. Hungry Spider and the Turtle 15. Throw Mountains 16. Ansige Karamba, The Glutton 17. Don’t Shake Hands With Everybody |
(15) Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria (40 tales)
by Elphinstone Dayrell. 1910.
| 1. A Tortoise With a Beautiful Daughter 2. Hunter Pays His Debt 3. The Woman With Two Skins 4. The King’s Magic Drum 5. Ituen and the Wife of the King 6. A Stranger Who Killed the King 7. Why the Bat Flies by the Night 8. The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull 9. A King Who Married a Daughter of a Cock 10. The Woman, the Ape and the Child 11. The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife 12. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime 13. Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground 14. Elephant and Tortoise 15. Why a Hawk Kills Chickens 16. Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky 17. Why the Flies Bother the Cows 18. Why the Cat Kills Rats 19. The Story of Lightening and Thunder 20. Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends | 21. Cock Who Caused a Fight Between the Two Towns 22. The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise 23. Why Dead People Are Buried 24. A Fat Woman Who Melted Away 25. Leopard, Squirrel and Tortoise 26. Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes 27. Leopard, Tortoise and the Bush Rat 28. The King and Ju Ju Tree 29. How the Tortoise Overcame Elephant and Hippopotamus 30. A Pretty Girl and Seven Jealous Women 31. How the Cannibals Drove the People From Insofan Mountain to the Cross River 32. The Lucky Fisherman 33. The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone 34. The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress 35. The King and the Nsiat Bird 36. The Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions 37. The Hawk and the Owl 38. The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators 39. The Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird 40. The Election of the King Bird |
(8) Fourteen Hundred Cowries: traditional stories of the Yoruba (29/31 tales)
by Abayomi Fuja. Ibadan: OUP. 1962. 164 p.
| 1. Fourteen Hundred Cowries — NO 2. The Wrestling Contest Between the Cat and the Tortoise 3. The Leopard and the Hedgehog 4. The Beautiful Girl and the Fish 5. The Sad Story of a Tadpole 6. The Boy and the Piece of Yam 7. Oni and the Great Bird 8. The Funeral of the Hyena’s Mother 9. Taking a Sacrifice to Heaven 10. The Snail and the Leopard 11. Why Tortoises Are Sacrificed 12. Motinu and the Monkeys 13. The Twins 14. The Hen and the Hawk 15. Concerning the Egas and Their Young 16. The Elephant and the Cock | 17. The Hunter and a Hind 18. Oniyeye and the King Oludotun’s Daughter 19. Kin Kin and the Cat 20. The Funeral of the Forest King 21. Ahoro and His Wife Etipa — NO 22. An Orphan Boy and His Magical Twigs 23. Tintinyin and the Unknown King of the Spirit World 24. The Wise Dog 25. The Wooden Spoon and the Whip 26. Why the Hawk Never Steals 27. The Bull and the Fly 28. Olusegbe 29. The Story of the Stranger and the Traveler 30. The Hunter and His Magic Flute 31. Olobun’s Sacrifice |
(7) Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales (32 tales)
edited by Nelson Mandela. WW Norton Company. 2002.
| 1. The Enchanted Song of the Magical Bird 2. The Cat Who Came Indoors 3. The Great Thirst 4. King Lion’s Gifts 5. The Message 6. The Snake Chief 7. How Hlakanyana outwitted the Monster 8. Words as Sweet as Honey from Sankhambi 9. Mmutla and Phiri 10. The Lion, the Hare and the Hyena 11. Mmadipetsane 12. Kamiyo of the River 13. Spider and the Crows 14. Naitiki 15. The Hare and the Spirit 16. The Mantis and the Moon | 17. Seven-headed Snake 18. The Hare’s Revenge 19. The Wolf Queen 20. Van Hunks and the Devil 21. Wolf and Jackal and the Barrel of Butter 22. Cloud Princess 23. The Guardian of the Pool 24. The Sultan’s Daughter 25. The Ring of the King 26. The Clever Snake Charmer 27. Asmodeus and the Bottler of Djinns 28. Sakunaka, the Handsome Young Man 29. Mother Who Turned In To Dust 30. Mpipidi and the Motlopi Tree 31. Fesito Goes to Market 32. Sannie Langtand and the Visitor |
(13) The Orphan Girl and Other Stories (41 tales)
by Buchi Offodile. 2001.
| 1. The Serpent Groom 2. How the Crab Got Its Shell 3. The Crown Made of Smoke 4. Tricks for Tat 5, Foriwa’s Beads 6. Fereyel and Debbe Engal, the Witch 7. Horse With the Golden Dung 8. Bride For a Grain of Corn 9. Animal Language 10. Finders Keepers 11. Why Men and Fox Are Enimies? 12. The Origin of Death 13. The Most Suitable Name 14. The Origin of War 15. The River Demons 16. The Origin of Creation 17. The Magic Silk Cotton Tree 18. For Your Ears Only 19. Apunanwu 20. Everyone 21. How the Tortoise Paid His Creditors? | 22. The Calabash Child 23. The Hunter and the Lion 24. The Latchkey Prince 25. Why Leopards Hunt Deer 26. The Magic Drum 27. The Magic Wand 28. The Orphan Girl 29. The Power of One 30. The Rubber Man 31. The Talking Tree 32. The Tortoise and the Pig 33. The Tug of War 34. Why the Hawk Preys on Chicks? 35. Why the Kite Chases the Forest Fires? 36. Why Mosquitoes Buzz? 37. You Asked For It 38. Majestic Fish 39. The Mother in the Clouds 40. Who is the Greatest Thief? 41. Why Pig Has a Short Snout? |
(20) West African Folk-Tales (35 tales)
By William H Barker and Cecilia Sinclair. 1917.
| 1. How We Got the Name “Spider Tales” 2. How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race 3. Anansi and Nothing 4. Thunder and Anansi 5. Why the Lizard Moves his Head Up and Down 6. Tit for Tat 7. Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property 8. The Squirrel and the Spider 9. Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves 10. Why Spiders Are Always Found in corners of Ceiling 11. Anansi and the Blind Fisherman 12. Adzanumee and Her Mother 13. The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour by Itself 14. Morning Sunrise 15. Why the Sea-Turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast With Its Forelegs 16. How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World 17. Honorable Minu 18. Why the Moon and the Stars Receive Their Light from the Sun | 19. Ohia and the Thievibg Deer 20. How the Tortoise Got the Shell 21. The Hunter and the Tortoise 22. Kwofi and the Gods 23. The Lion and the Wolf 24. Maku Mawu and Maku Fia 25. The Robber and the Old Man 26. The leopard and the Ram 27. Why the Leopard Can OnlyCatch Prey On Its left Side 28. Quarcoo Bah-Boni 29. King Chameleon and the Animals 30. To Lose an Elephant For the Sake of the Wren is a Very Foolish Thing to Do 31. The Ungrateful Man 32. Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They are Provoked 33. The Omanhene Who Like Riddles 34. How Mushrooms First Grew 35. Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies |
(1) Zanzibar Tales: told by the natives of the East Coast of Africa (10 tales)
Translated by George W Bateman. Chicago: AC McClurg. 1901.
| 1. The Monkey, the Shark and the Washerman’s Donkey 2. The Hare and the Lion 3. The Lion and Hyena and the Rabbit 4. The Kites and the Crows 5. The Gosso the Teacher | 6. The Ape, the Snake and the Lion 7. Mkaah Jeechonee, The Boy Hunter 8. The Magician and the Sultan’s Sons 9. Haamdaanee 10. The Physician’s Son and the King of the Snakes |