African Myths


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Story-telling in Africa is almost an institution. Certain persons, largely old omen, specialize in telling the youth interesting stories. Here and there are found professional story-tellers, those who go from place to place, devoting all of their time to this sort of occupation. They are the literary group of the tribe. They thus hand down to posterity the traditions of the fathers. - Summary by Carter Godwin Woodson

Chapters

Introduction 3:20 Read by KirksVoice
Creation 2:06 Read by KirksVoice
Why the Sun Shines by Day and the Moon by Night 6:37 Read by KirksVoice
How Animals Came into the World 7:40 Read by KirksVoice
The Origin of Lake Tanganyika 3:47 Read by KirksVoice
The Beginning of Death 11:01 Read by KirksVoice
Why Children Belong to the Mother 6:29 Read by KirksVoice
The Ingrate 4:31 Read by KirksVoice
The Jealousy of the Blind Man 2:30 Read by KirksVoice
The Race for a Wife 2:21 Read by KirksVoice
The Deer and the Snail 2:30 Read by KirksVoice
Ohia and his Sorrows 9:00 Read by KirksVoice
Why Some Women Never Eat Mutton 3:44 Read by KirksVoice
The Fairy Wife 5:33 Read by KirksVoice
The Disobedient Daughter's Marriage 6:00 Read by KirksVoice
Kindness Misunderstood 2:16 Read by KirksVoice
The Dog and the Leopard 5:25 Read by KirksVoice
How the Dog Became the Friend of Man 3:16 Read by KirksVoice
The Cats and Fowls 3:23 Read by KirksVoice
Why Chickens Live with Man 6:22 Read by KirksVoice
Why the Hawk Catches Chickens 3:49 Read by KirksVoice
The Fox and the Goat 3:37 Read by KirksVoice
Why Goats Live with Man 7:19 Read by KirksVoice
The Lion, the Leopard, and the Dog 3:40 Read by KirksVoice
The Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat 7:04 Read by KirksVoice
The Lioness and the Cow 5:03 Read by KirksVoice
Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water 3:32 Read by KirksVoice
Why the Bush Fowl Calls up the Dawn 3:52 Read by KirksVoice
Why the Cat Catches Rats 2:52 Read by KirksVoice
The Crocodile's Relatives 3:11 Read by KirksVoice
The Reward for Honesty 8:57 Read by KirksVoice
The Squirrel and the Spider 4:30 Read by KirksVoice
The Toad and the Kite 3:04 Read by KirksVoice
The Antelope and the Jackal 9:15 Read by KirksVoice
The Leopard and the Hare 7:05 Read by KirksVoice
The Rabbit and the Antelope 6:33 Read by KirksVoice
Beware of Bad Company 2:33 Read by KirksVoice
The Partnership of the Elephant and the Rabbit 15:20 Read by KirksVoice
Three Rival Brothers 3:08 Read by KirksVoice
The Legend of Ngurangurane 27:29 Read by KirksVoice