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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

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    Culture & heritage fiction
  • Languages: 
    English
  • Provider: Librivox
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A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when the book was published. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn

Chapters

  • 01
    Introduction
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  • 02
    The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
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  • 03
    How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them
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  • 04
    The Woman with Two Skins
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  • 05
    The King’s Magic Drum
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  • 06
    Ituen and the King’s Wife
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  • 07
    Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King
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  • 08
    Why the Bat Flies by Night
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  • 09
    The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull
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  • 10
    The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter
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  • 11
    Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child
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  • 12
    The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water
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  • 13
    Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime
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  • 14
    Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground
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  • 15
    The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes
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  • 16
    Why A Hawk Kills Chickens
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  • 17
    Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
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  • 18
    Why the Flies Bother the Cows
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  • 19
    Why the Cat Kills Rats
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  • 20
    The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
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  • 21
    Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends
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  • 22
    The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns
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  • 23
    The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water
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  • 24
    Why Dead People Are Buried
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  • 25
    Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away
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  • 26
    Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise
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  • 27
    Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes
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  • 28
    The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat
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  • 29
    The King and the Ju Ju Tree
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  • 30
    How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus
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  • 31
    Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women
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  • 32
    How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)
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  • 33
    The Lucky Fisherman
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  • 34
    The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone
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  • 35
    The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress
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  • 36
    The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird
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  • 37
    Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions
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  • 38
    Concerning the Hawk and the Owl
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  • 39
    The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators
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  • 40
    The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird
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  • 41
    The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle)
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