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Africa
Here is the list of those books of African
folktales whose all
folktales have been translated. All these books are with the author.
7- Nelson
Mandela's Favorite
African Folktales (32)
edited by Nelson
Mandela. WW Norton Company. 2002. 32 Stories.
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1. The
Enchanted Song of the Magical Bird
2. The Cat Who Came Indoors
3. The Great Thirst
4. King Lion's Gifts
5. The Message
6. The Snake Chief
7. How Hlakanyana outwitted the Monster
8. Words as Sweet as Honey from Sankhambi
9. Mmutla and Phiri
10. The Lion, the Hare and the Hyena
11. Mmadipetsane
12. Kamiyo of the River
13. Spider and the Crows
14. Naitiki
15. The Hare and the Spirit
16. The Mantis and the Moon |
17.
Seven-headed Snake
18. The Hare's Revenge
19. The Wolf Queen
20. Van Hunks and the Devil
21. Wolf and Jackal and the Barrel of Butter
22. Cloud Princess
23. The Guardian of the Pool
24. The Sultan's Daughter
25. The Ring of the King
26. The Clever Snake Charmer
27. Asmodeus and the Bottler of Djinns
28. Sakunaka, the Handsome Young Man
29. Mother Who Turned In To Dust
30. Mpipidi and the Motlopi Tree
31. Fesito Goes to Market
32. Sannie Langtand and the Visitor |
8- Fourteen
Hundred Cowries: traditional stories of the Yoruba (21/29)
by Abayomi Fuja. Ibadan: OUP. 1962. 164 p. 29 Tales
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2. The Leopard and the Hedgehog
3. The Beautiful Girl and the Fish
4. The Story of a Tadpole
5. The Boy and the Magical Yam
6. Oni and the Big Bird
7. The Funeral of Hyena's Mother
8. Taking a Sacrifice to Heaven
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11. Motinu and the Monkey
12. The Twins
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14. Concerning the Eagas and Their Young
15. The Elephant and the Cock |
16. A Hunter
and a Hind
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18. Kin Kin and the Cat
19. The Funeral of the Forest King
20. An Orphan Boy and His Magical Twigs
21. Tintinyin and the Unknown King of the Spirit World
22. Why the Hawk Never Steals
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26. Olusegbe
27. The Story of the Stranger and the Traveler
28. The Hunter and His Magic Flute
29. Olobun's Sacrifice |
12- African
Folktales (18)
by Alessandro Ceni. 1998. 18 Stories.
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1. The
Greatest Warrior of All
2. The Daughter of the Sun and the Moon
3. Number Eleven Child
4. The Toothless Pretty Maid
5. One Good Turn Deserves Another
6. The Dog, the Cat, the Pigeon and the Magic Ring
7. The Spanking Switch
8. The Spirit of the River
9. The Golden Child and the Silver Child |
10. How to
pay off a Debt
11. How the Stars Were Born?
12. Hare's Dirty Tricks
13. One Hundred Cattle
14. Three Strange Villages
15. Hawk and the Child
16. Ngomba and Her Basket
17. How the Cracks in the Tortoise's Shell Came To Be
18. The Grateful Serpent |
13- The Orphan Girl
and Other Stories (41)
by Offodile Buchi. 2001. 41 Stories.
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1. The
Serpent Groom
2. How the Crab Got Its Shell
3. The Crown Made
of Smoke
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5, Foriwa's Beads
6.
Fereyel and Debbe Engal, the Witch
7. Horse With the Golden Dung
8. Bride For a Grain of Corn
9. Animal Language
10. Finders
Keepers
11. Why Men and Fox Are Enimies?
12. The Origin of
Death
13. The Most Suitable Name
14. The Origin of War
15.
The River Demons
16. The Origin of Creation
17. The Magic Silk
Cotton Tree
18. For Your Ears Only
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20. Everyone |
21. How the
Tortoise Paid His Creditors?
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30. The Rubber
Man
40. Who is the Greatest Thief?
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1- Zanzibar
Tales: told by the natives of the East Coast of Africa (10)
Translated by George W Bateman. Chicago: AC McClurg. 1901. 10 Stories.
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1. The
Monkey, the Shark and the Washerman's Donkey
2. The Hare and the Lion
3. The Lion and Hyena and the Rabbit
4. The Kites and the Crows
5. The Gosso the Teacher |
6. The Ape,
the Snake and the Lion
7. Mkaah Jeechonee, The Boy Hunter
8. The Magician and the Sultan's Sons
9. Haamdaanee
10. The Physician's Son and the King of the Snakes
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