West African Folk-Tales

1. How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"

   3:39

2. How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race

   2:55

3. Anansi and Nothing

   4:18

4. Thunder and Anansi

   6:53

5. Why the Lizard Moves his Head up and Down

   6:55

6. Tit for Tat

   5:11

7. Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property

   4:24

8. The Squirrel and the Spider

   3:28

9. Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles

   5:26

10. Why Spiders are Always Found in Corners

    4:32

11. Anansi and the Blind Fisherman

    2:30

12. Adzanumee and her Mother

    3:13

13. The Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by Itself

    4:31

14. Morning Sunrise

    2:29

15. Why the Sea-turtle Beats its Breast

    2:19

16. How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World

    7:33

17. Honourable Minu

    2:44

18. Why the Moon and Stars Get Light from the Sun

    5:21

19. Ohia and the Thieving Deer

    9:31

20. How the Tortoise got its Shell

    3:45

21. The Hunter and the Tortoise

    3:25

22. Kwofi and the Gods

    2:16

23. The Lion and the Wolf

    2:28

24. Maku Mawu and Maku Fia

    8:08

25. The Robber and the Old Man

    2:21

26. The Leopard and the Ram

    3:44

27. Why the Leopard only Catches Prey on its Left

    2:00

28. Quarcoo Bah-Boni

    8:57

29. King Chameleon and the Animals

    3:58

30. To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren

    3:09

31. The Ungrateful Man

    3:54

32. Why Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are Provoked

    3:11

33. The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles

    6:55

34. How Mushrooms First Grew

    4:32

35. Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies

    5:21

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