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Tables of Contents for West African Folk Tales
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Story of a Hunter and his Antelope Wife
1
5
The Tortoise and the Leopard
5
4
An Elephant, a Bush Dog, and the Villagers
9
3
The Story of a Farmer and Four Hyenas
12
3
The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise
15
4
The One-legged Man and the Tortoise
19
4
A She-goat and her Children
23
4
How the Hyena's Fur became Striped
27
3
The Boy in the Drum
30
3
Adamu's Mountain
33
2
The Man with Seven Dogs
35
4
The Story of Muhammadu
39
3
A Hunter, when the World began
42
3
The Son with a Big Head
45
5
Koba, the Hunter who stopped Hunting
50
2
A Rich Man and his Goat
52
3
The Boy who had to choose his Father
55
4
A Boastful Man who was not Brave
59
4
The Story of Ja'afaru and his Mother's Sons
63
3
The Story of Mullum the Soldier
66
7
The Story of a Princess and Two Princes
73
2
The Marriage of the Hunter's Sister (An Ijaw story, Eastern Nigeria)
75
4
How the Cat destroyed the Rats (A Nupe story, Northern Nigeria)
79
3
A Good Fortune in Camels (A Hausa story, Northern Nigeria)
82
3
The Fisherman and the Ring (A Hausa story, Northern Nigeria)
85
2
The Magic Crocodile (A Hausa story, Northern Nigeria)
87
2
The Contest between Fire and Rain (A Yoruba story, Western Nigeria)
89
2
The Wise Old Man and the Ferocious Leopard (A Fulani story, Northern Cameroons)
91
2
A Father's Warning (An Angas story, Northern Nigeria)
93
3
The Lion is not the King of Men (A Hausa story, Northern Nigeria)
96
4
The Hare and the Crownbird (A Sura story, Northern Nigeria)
100
3
The Forgiving Wife (An Ibo story, Eastern Nigeria)
103
4
The Medicine for Getting a Son (An Ibo story, Eastern Nigeria)
107
3
The Present is the Most Important Time (A Hausa story, Northern Nigeria)
110
3
Wiser than a King (An Ankwai story, Northern Nigeria)
113
3
The Lion, the Monkey and the Clever Bird (An Ibo story, Eastern Nigeria)
116
3
The Rivalry for the Lizard King's Daughters (An Ibo story, Eastern Nigeria)
119
4
The Superiority of a Man Twenty-five Years Old (A Kanuri story, Northern Nigeria)
123
2
The Magic Cooking Pot (A Nupe story, Northern Nigeria)
125
3
The Tortoise is not as clever as he sometimes thinks (A Kabba story, Northern Nigeria)
128
4
The Greedy Hare (A Nupe story, Northern Nigeria)
132
3
The Tortoise and his Broken Shell (An Igbirra story, Northern Nigeria)
135
2
The Cricket and the Toad (A Nupe story, Northern Nigeria)
137
3
The Pig's search for a Grinding Stone (A Yoruba story, Western Nigeria)
140
3
The Poor Man who became King (An Angas story, Northern Nigeria)
143
4
Another Cause of Enmity between the Cat and the Rat (An Ibo story, Eastern Nigeria)
147
2
The Singing Bird and the Dancing Farmer (An Ibo story, Eastern Nigeria)
149