West African Folk-Tales — 11 Stories

• How the Tortoise Got Its Shell: A tale About Pride and Foolishness
• The King and the Ju Ju Tree: A Nigerian Folktale of Sacrifice and Escape
• King Chameleon and the Animals
• How Elili of Inkum Returned from the Dead: A Nigerian Folktale
• The Squirrel and the Spider: A West African Folktale About Greed and Deceit
• The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators
• The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour by Itself
• Anansi and Nothing: The Trickster Who Lost Everything
• Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky: A Southern Nigerian Folktale
• Thunder and Anansi: A West African Folktale
• How Anansi Won the Right to Have Stories Named After Him