Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

1. Introduction

   19:33

2. The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter

   11:14

3. How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them

   9:34

4. The Woman with Two Skins

   17:59

5. The King’s Magic Drum

   17:39

6. Ituen and the King’s Wife

   8:00

7. Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King

   6:16

8. Why the Bat Flies by Night

   3:24

9. The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull

   7:37

10. The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter

    8:35

11. Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child

    6:52

12. The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water

    2:38

13. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime

    7:05

14. Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground

    2:47

15. The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes

    5:39

16. Why A Hawk Kills Chickens

    3:32

17. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

    2:47

18. Why the Flies Bother the Cows

    2:12

19. Why the Cat Kills Rats

    2:07

20. The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder

    2:20

21. Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends

    5:35

22. The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns

    4:44

23. The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water

    3:27

24. Why Dead People Are Buried

    2:47

25. Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away

    4:16

26. Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise

    7:55

27. Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes

    2:51

28. The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat

    7:31

29. The King and the Ju Ju Tree

    7:58

30. How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus

    3:54

31. Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women

    12:31

32. How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)

    5:01

33. The Lucky Fisherman

    3:46

34. The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone

    8:17

35. The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress

    11:05

36. The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird

    3:29

37. Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions

    12:34

38. Concerning the Hawk and the Owl

    4:27

39. The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators

    14:03

40. The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird

    4:47

41. The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle)

    6:51

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