Resource: African Genesis: Folk Tales and Myths of Africa

African Genesis: Folk Tales and Myths of Africa

Author: Leo Frobenius and Douglas C. Fox
Year: 1937 / 1999
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Part One: The Berbers

Kabyl Legends of Creation
The First Human Beings, Their Sons and Amazon Daughters
The Beginning of Agriculture
The First Buffalo and hte  Origin of the Game Animals
The First Domestic Cattle
The First Sheep and the Articulation of the Year

Kabyl Folk Tales

The Jackal and the Lambs
the Lion and the Man
The Beauty of the Partridge
The Robin
The Jackal and the Hen
The Jackal and the Lion
The Jackal and the Farmer
The Boasting Jackal

Part Two: The Sudanese

Soninke Legends
Gassire's Lute
The Rediscovery of Wagadu
The Fight with the Bida Dragon
Samba Gana

Fulbe Legend
The Blue-Blood

Mande Folk Tales
Five Improbabile Stories

Nupe Folk Tales
The Talking Skull
Question and Answer
Gratitude

Hausa Legend
The Old Woman
Part Three: Southern Rhodesians

Ngona Horn Stories
The Moon and his Wives
The Girl with a Mother's Heart
The Hunter
The Fisherman
The Water Lions

Wahungwe Legend
Mbila, The Rain Sacrifice