African stories and folktales
Traditional tales belong to a people and carry their source; original stories carry their author. Each is also told in French.
Akan (3)
Ananse the spider once decided that all the wisdom in the world should belong to him alone. He traveled far and wide, gathering every scrap of wisdom…
Long ago, all the stories belonged to Nyankonpon, the sky-god. Kwaku Ananse, the spider, asked to buy them. The price was Onini the python, the…
One day Ananse the spider heard that two villages were each holding a feast, on the same day. He wanted to eat at both, and he could not bear to miss…
Igbo (3)
Tortoise and Bush Cat went to wrestle in the land of Tortoise’s mother. Tortoise made a deal: whatever goats they won would be theirs, and whatever…
One day Tortoise went into the bush to Elephant and proposed that they be friends. Elephant agreed. Tortoise fetched a long rope and went to…
Tortoise decided he would be king, and told his wife to cook a feast for the day. She cooked it and brought it to him. He carried the food to an…