Presents twenty-one traditional tales from West Africa, including "The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise," "The Boy in the Drum," and "The Magic Cooking Pot."

Collection of West African folktales drawn from prose narratives, proverbs, riddles, and songs.

Readers everywhere and of any age will be both entertained and instructed by these timeless stories--more than 40 tales of human foibles, magic, and nature--rep

Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel i

Thirty-six tales from Africa's Gold Coast, include several "Anansi tales" as well as stories about many African animals.