{"id":4130,"date":"2019-07-08T16:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=4130"},"modified":"2025-03-23T13:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T13:22:39","slug":"west-african-folk-tales-by-william-h-barker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/west-african-folk-tales-by-william-h-barker\/","title":{"rendered":"West African Folk-Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"

West African Folk-Tales<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by William H. Barker<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>This is a delightful collection of stories and fables from West Africa, collected by a missionary. Many stories feature the Spider-man Anansi, a clever but devious character who usually comes to a bad end. Most of the stories or fables have a clever moral, or tell how some aspect of the natural world came to be.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>6-12<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>124 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2007<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-1-59915-231-8<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Literature, Folk Tales<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. How We Got the Name “Spider Tales” 2. How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race 3. Anansi and Nothing 4. Thunder and Anansi 5. Why the Lizard Moves His Head Up and Down 6. Tit for Tat 7. Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property 8. The Squirrel and the Spider 9. Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles 10. Why Spiders Are Always Found in Corners 11. Anansi and the Blind Fisherman 12. Adzanumee and Her Mother 13. The Grinding-stone That Ground Flour by Itself 14. “Morning Sunrise” 15. Why the Sea-turtle Beats Its Breast 16. How Beasts and Serpents First Came into the World 17. Honourable Minu 18. Why the Moon and Stars Receive Light from the Sun <\/em><\/p>\n

19. Ohia and the Thieving Deer 20. How the Tortoise Got Its Shell 21. The Hunter and the Tortoise 22. Kwofi and the Gods 23. The Lion and the Wolf 24. Maku Mawu and Maku Fia 25. The Robber and the Old Man 26. The Leopard and the Ram 27. Why the Leopard Only Catches Prey on Its Left 28. Quarcoo Bah-Boni 29. King Chameleon and the Animals 30. To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren 31. The Ungrateful Man 32. Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless Provoked 33. The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles 34. How Mushrooms First Grew 35. Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies<\/em><\/p>\n

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