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Africa-FT – 8 Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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”.
Send your inquiries to : hindifolktales@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(12) African Folktales (18 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

by Alessandro Ceni.\u00a0\u00a01998<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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 <\/td>		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<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(14) The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories (17 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

by Harold Courlander and George Herzog.\u00a0 NY: Henry Holt and Company.\u00a0\u00a01947<\/strong>.\u00a0 143 p.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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
  <\/td>		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<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(15) Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria (40 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

by Elphinstone Dayrell.\u00a0\u00a01910.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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

 <\/td>		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 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(8) Fourteen Hundred Cowries: traditional stories of the Yoruba (29\/31 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

by Abayomi Fuja.\u00a0 Ibadan: OUP.\u00a0\u00a01962.<\/strong>\u00a0 164 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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  <\/td>		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
 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


(7) Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales (32 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

edited by Nelson Mandela.\u00a0 WW Norton Company.\u00a0\u00a02002<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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 <\/td>		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<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(13) The Orphan Girl and Other Stories (41 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

by Buchi Offodile.\u00a0\u00a02001.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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? <\/td>		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?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(20) West African Folk-Tales (35 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By William H Barker and Cecilia Sinclair.\u00a0\u00a01917.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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 <\/td>		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<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(1) Zanzibar Tales: told by the natives of the East Coast of Africa (10 tales)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Translated by George W Bateman.\u00a0 Chicago: AC McClurg.\u00a0\u00a01901.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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 <\/td>		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
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