Resource: Fourteen Hundred Cowries

Fourteen Hundred Cowries and Other African Tales

Author: Abayomi Fuja
Illustrator: Ademola Olugebefola
Year: 1962 / 1971
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Fourteen Hundred Cowries
The Wrestling Contest between the Cat and the Tortoise
Concerning the Leopard and hte Hedgehog
The Beautiful Girl and the Fish
The Sad Story of the Tadpole
The Boy and the Piece of Yam
Oni and the Great Bird
The Funeral of the Hyena's Mother
Taking a Sacrifice to Heaven
The Snail and the Leopard
Why Tortoises are Sacrificed
Motinu and the Monkeys
The Twins
The Hen and the Hawk
Concerning the Egas and their Young
The Elephant and the Cock
The Hunter and the Hind
Oniyeye and King Olu Dotun's Daughter
Kin Kin and the Cat
The Funeral of the Forest King
Ahoro and his Wife Etipa
The Orphan Boy and the Magic Twigs
Tintinyin and the Unknown King of the Spirit World
The Wise Dog
The Wooden Spoon and the Whip
Why the Hawk Never Steals
The Bull and the Fly
Olusegbe
The Story of Stranger and Traveler
The Hunter and his Magic Flute
Olobun's Sacrifice