Africa

Here is the list of those books of African folktales whose all folktales have been translated. All these books are with the author.

7- Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales (32)

edited by Nelson Mandela.  WW Norton Company.  2002.   32 Stories.

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

8- Fourteen Hundred Cowries: traditional stories of the Yoruba (21/29)

by Abayomi Fuja.  Ibadan: OUP.  1962.  164 p.  29 Tales

1. ————– 2. The Leopard and the Hedgehog 3. The Beautiful Girl and the Fish 4. The Story of a Tadpole 5. The Boy and the Magical Yam 6. Oni and the Big Bird 7. The Funeral of Hyena’s Mother 8. Taking a Sacrifice to Heaven 9. —————- 10. ————— 11. Motinu and the Monkey 12. The Twins 13. ————- 14. Concerning the Eagas and Their Young 15. The Elephant and the Cock	16. A Hunter and a Hind 17. —————- 18. Kin Kin and the Cat 19. The Funeral of the Forest King 20. An Orphan Boy and His Magical Twigs 21. Tintinyin and the Unknown King of the Spirit World 22. Why the Hawk Never Steals 23. ———————– 24. ———————– 25. ———————– 26. Olusegbe 27. The Story of the Stranger and the Traveler 28. The Hunter and His Magic Flute 29. Olobun’s Sacrifice

12- African Folktales (18)

by Alessandro Ceni.  1998.  18 Stories.

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

13- The Orphan Girl and Other Stories (41)

by Offodile Buchi.  2001.  41 Stories.

1. The Serpent Groom 2. How the Crab Got Its Shell 3. The Crown Made of Smoke 4. ——————— 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. —— 20. Everyone

21. How the Tortoise Paid His Creditors? 22. ———— 30. The Rubber Man 40. Who is the Greatest Thief? 41.

1- Zanzibar Tales: told by the natives of the East Coast of Africa (10)

Translated by George W Bateman.  Chicago: AC McClurg.  1901.  10 Stories.

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