Inspired Tales — 35 Stories

• Effiong the Hunter
• Ijapa the Tortoise Goes to Sky Feast
• Why the Bat Flies by Night – Hausa Version
• Why the Bat Flies by Night – Akan Version
• The Hyena’s Secret – Somali Version
• The Hyena’s Secret – Zulu Version
• The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter – Igbo Version
• The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter – Kikuyu Version
• The Women and Wolves
• The Wood-Burning Stove
• Mabel and the Witch
• The Foolish Man and the Thief
• The Election of the King Bird
• The King of the Cats
• The ʿAd Takles: An Eritrean Tigrean Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Unity and Division
• The Enchanted Rooster King
• How the Dog Lost Her Voice: Ethiopian Folktale
• Lip Tattooing: An Ethiopian Folktale of Silence and Beauty
• The Hyena and Hare with the Millstone
• The Fisherman and the River Goddess Oshun
• How Eshu Tested the Village
• The Trickster Tortoise and the King\’s Feast
• The Trickster Tortoise and the King\’s Feast
• The Orishas and the Creation of the World
• The Spirit of Mount Kilimanjaro: A Chaga Legend
• Why the Crocodile Sleeps in the Mud
• Rainmaker\’s Song and the Birth of Rivers
• Rainmaker\’s Song and the Birth of Rivers
• The Snake Chief
• The Lion’s Wisdom
• The Ostrich and the Fire
• The Rainmaker’s Daughter
• The Hyena’s Revenge
• The Farmer Who Danced with the Orisha
• The Tale of Demba and the Spirit Drummer