African (World Tales)

African Sites:

AfricaQuest: Myths and Legends AfricaQuest: Myths and Legends: Storytelling as experienced by collaborators of a multidisciplinary teaching project on Africa. (African) http://quest.classroom.com/archive/africaquest1998/start/pg00545.htm African Folktales African Folktales: Eight Zulu folktales contributed by Loreen McDonald. (African) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa.html African Trail - Folk Tales African Trail - Folk Tales: Selection of African folktales cross-referenced to other cultures using motif and type classification, prepared by Colleen Matthews. (African) http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/colleen/african/ Hausa Folklore Hausa Folklore: Collected by R. Sutherland Rattray (1913), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. (African) http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/hausa.htm The King of the African Jungle The King of the African Jungle: An African comical animal tale. (African) http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/navarino/212/drums/drums001-king-of-the-jungle.html Bura Folktales Bura Folktales: Folktales from the Bura in Northern Nigeria from missionary Albert Helser's 1930 book on his teacher experiences. (African) http://www.msu.edu/user/hamza/BuraFolktales.htm African Writers Index: Oral literature African Writers Index: Oral literature: Overview articles and links pertaining to traditional African oral literature. (African) http://www.geocities.com/africanwriters/oral.html Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo) Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo): By Richard Edward Dennett (1898), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. (African) http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fjort/ Motherland Nigeria Stories Motherland Nigeria Stories: Collection of Nigerian and other African folktales listed by theme. (African) http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/stories.html Folktales Folktales: Three folktales of Ananse the Spider and their meaning in Ghanese culture. (African) http://www.lehigh.edu/~tqr0/ghanaweb/folktales.html Kaffir Folk-Lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales Current Among the People Living on the Eastern Border of the Cape Colony Kaffir Folk-Lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales Current Among the People Living on the Eastern Border of the Cape Colony: Xhosa folk tales by George McCall Theal (1886), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. (African) http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/kaf.htm The Greedy Hyena The Greedy Hyena: Told by Madafo, an African storyteller or griot from Wilmington, NC (RAM format). (African) http://www.musicorner.com/musicorner/madafo.html Wildlife Africa: African Tales Wildlife Africa: African Tales: Retellings of Bushman, Khoi, Tswana and Kurdi tales. (African) http://www.wildlifeafrica.co.za/africatales.html Folktales: The Feast Folktales: The Feast: An African folktale about Dukufruoko (Turtle), told by Oni. (African) http://www.umass.edu/rso/african/folktales.html Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa: By Elphinstone Dayrell (1910), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. (African) http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fssn.htm Specimens of Bushman Folkore Specimens of Bushman Folkore: By W. H. I. Bleek and L. C. Lloyd (1911), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. (African) http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/sbf/ South-African Folk-Tales South-African Folk-Tales: By James A. Honeij (1910), e-text from the Internet Sacred Texts Archive. (African) http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/saft.htm