Story-telling in Africa is almost an institution. Certain persons, largely old omen, specialize in telling the youth interesting stories. Here and there are found professional story-tellers, those who go from place to place, devoting all of their time to this sort of occupation. They are the literary group of the tribe. They thus hand down to posterity the traditions of the fathers. - Summary by Carter Godwin Woodson
Chapters
1 Introduction 3 min 2 Creation 2 min 3 Why the Sun Shines by Day and the Moon by Night 7 min 4 How Animals Came into the World 8 min 5 The Origin of Lake Tanganyika 4 min 6 The Beginning of Death 11 min 7 Why Children Belong to the Mother 6 min 8 The Ingrate 5 min 9 The Jealousy of the Blind Man 2 min 10 The Race for a Wife 2 min 11 The Deer and the Snail 2 min 12 Ohia and his Sorrows 9 min 13 Why Some Women Never Eat Mutton 4 min 14 The Fairy Wife 6 min 15 The Disobedient Daughter's Marriage 6 min 16 Kindness Misunderstood 2 min 17 The Dog and the Leopard 5 min 18 How the Dog Became the Friend of Man 3 min 19 The Cats and Fowls 3 min 20 Why Chickens Live with Man 6 min 21 Why the Hawk Catches Chickens 4 min 22 The Fox and the Goat 4 min 23 Why Goats Live with Man 7 min 24 The Lion, the Leopard, and the Dog 4 min 25 The Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat 7 min 26 The Lioness and the Cow 5 min 27 Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water 4 min 28 Why the Bush Fowl Calls up the Dawn 4 min 29 Why the Cat Catches Rats 3 min 30 The Crocodile's Relatives 3 min 31 The Reward for Honesty 9 min 32 The Squirrel and the Spider 4 min 33 The Toad and the Kite 3 min 34 The Antelope and the Jackal 9 min 35 The Leopard and the Hare 7 min 36 The Rabbit and the Antelope 7 min 37 Beware of Bad Company 3 min 38 The Partnership of the Elephant and the Rabbit 15 min 39 Three Rival Brothers 3 min 40 The Legend of Ngurangurane 27 min
