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West African Folk-Tales
Chapters (38)
- INTRODUCTION 0:00
- INTRODUCTION 0:41
- I. ANANSI, OR SPIDER, TALES: I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’ 15:49
- II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE 18:31
- III. ANANSI AND NOTHING 20:37
- IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI 23:42
- V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN 29:30
- VI. TIT FOR TAT 33:59
- VII. WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTY 37:51
- VIII. THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDER 41:44
- IX. WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVES 44:21
- X. WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS 48:51
- XI. ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMAN 52:29
- XII. ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHER 54:41
- XIII. THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELF 57:16
- XIV. “MORNING SUNRISE” 1:00:55
- XV. WHY THE SEA-TURTLE WHEN CAUGHT BEATS ITS BREAST WITH ITS FORE-LEGS 1:02:27
- XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD 1:03:50
- XVII. HONOURABLE MINŪ 1:09:54
- XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN 1:11:55
- II. MISCELLANEOUS TALES: XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER 1:16:25
- XX. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL 1:25:39
- XXI. THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE 1:28:41
- XXII. THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANT 1:31:48
- XXIII. KWOFI AND THE GODS 1:37:40
- XXIV. THE LION AND THE WOLF 1:39:30
- XXV. MAKU MAWU AND MAKU FIA OR ‘I will die God’s death’ and ‘I will die the King’s death’ 1:41:19
- XXVI. THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MAN 1:47:10
- XXVII. THE LEOPARD AND THE RAM 1:48:56
- XXVIII. WHY THE LEOPARD CAN ONLY CATCH PREY ON ITS LEFT SIDE 1:52:00
- XXIX. QUARCOO BAH-BONI (The Bad Boy) 1:53:29
- XXX. KING CHAMELEON AND THE ANIMALS 2:00:29
- XXXI. TO LOSE AN ELEPHANT FOR THE SAKE OF A WREN IS A VERY FOOLISH THING TO DO 2:02:47
- XXXII. THE UNGRATEFUL MAN 2:05:13
- XXXIII. WHY TIGERS NEVER ATTACK MEN UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKED 2:08:48
- XXXIV. THE OMANHENE WHO LIKED RIDDLES 2:10:59
- XXXV. HOW MUSHROOMS FIRST GREW 2:15:49
- XXXVI. FARMER MYBROW AND THE FAIRIES 2:19:16