African Jungle Tales - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Carl Bender,

Language: English

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction Fantastic Fiction Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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29 Chapter(s)

1. The Punishment of the Turtle
2. Why the Weaver-Bird and the Woodpecker Are Enemies
3. One Ought Not to Despise the Little Things
4. The Leopard and the Goat
5. The Horns of the Buffalo
6. How the Antelope's Wife Came to Her Death
7. The Curse of Selfishness
8. The Singing Skeleton
9. The Woman and the Parrot
10. How the Sparrow and the Hen Became Friends
11. Sad Fate of Three Little Flies
12. How Mafani Earned His Bride
13. Punished Indifference
14. The Ant and the Cricket
15. How the Elephant Made a Fool of Himself
16. No One Can Live on Beauty Alone
17. Why Chameleons and Snakes Are Hated by Men
18. Prudence and Indolence
19. The Fox and the Hen
20. A Test of Friendship
21. How the Turtle Outwitted the Pig
22. The Man Who Wanted to Fool Death
23. The Parrot and the Owl
24. How the Hen and the Duck Became Friends
25. All for the Skin of a Lion
26. How the Monkey Saved the Antelope from Death
27. The Leopard and the Python
28. The Race Between the Turtle and the Antelope
29. The Leopard and the Crane

About

Carl Bender [1869-1935] was a German-born American missionary in Cameroon. During his years in Africa, he collected folktales which he later published in this book. Bender indicates the cultural tradition of each storyteller, with most of the stories coming from the Kwe people of southwest Cameroon. Many of the stories are animal fables, including several stories about the trickster turtle. - Summary by Laura Gibbs

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