Resource: The Orphan Girl: West African Folk Tales

The Orphan Girl and Other Stories: West African Folk Tales

Author: Buchi Offodile
Year: 2001
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Benin
The Serpent Groom

Burkina Faso
How the Crab Got its Shell

Cameroon
The Crown Made of Smoke
Tricks for Tar

Cote D'Ivoire
Foriwa's Beads

The Gambia
Fereyel and Debbo Engal the Witch
The Horse with the Golden Dung

Ghana
A Bride for a Grain of Corn
Animal Language
Finders Keepers
Why Man and Fox Are Enemies

Guinea
The Origin of Death

Guinea-Bissau
The Most Suitable Name

Liberia 
The Origin of War
The River Demon

Mali 
The Origin of Creation

Mauritania
The Magic Silk Cotton Tree

Niger
For Your Eyes Only

Nigeria
Apunanwu
Everyone
How the Tortoise Paid His Creditors
The Calabash Child
The Hunter and the Lion
The Latchkey Prince
Why Leopards Hunt Deer
The Magic Drum
The Magic Wand
The Orphan Girl
The Power of One
The Rubber Man
The Talking Tree
The Tortoise and the Pig
the Tug-of-War
Why the Hawk Preys on Chicks
Why the Kite Chases Forest Fires
Why Mosquitoes Buzz
You Asked For It

Senegal
The Majestic Fish

Sierra Leone
The Mother in the Clouds
Who is the Greatest Thief?

Togo
How the Pig Got its Snout