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The cow-tail switch : and other West African stories /

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This collection of seventeen short stories gathered in the Ashanti region of Africa depicts the origins of folk sayings and customs, animal ingenuity and trickery, and clever, as well as not so clever, people.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996, Herzog, George, 1901-1983 (Author)
Other Authors: Chastain, Madye Lee, 1908-1989 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, H. Holt and Co. [1947]
Subjects:
Tales > Africa.
Folklore > Africa.
Contes > Afrique.
Folklore > Afrique.
Folklore.
Tales.
Africa.
Tales > Africa
Ashanti > Folklore.
Table of Contents:
  • Africa is many things
  • The cow-tail switch (Liberia)
  • Kaddo's wall (Togo, western French Sudan)
  • Talk (Ashanti, Gold Coast colony)
  • The one you don't see coming (Liberia)
  • Kassa, the strong one (Mende, French Sudan)
  • Anansi's fishing expedition (Gold Coast colony)
  • Younde goes to town (Gold Coast colony)
  • The singing tortoise (Gold Coast colony)
  • Time (eastern Liberia)
  • The messenger to Maftam (Soninke, Senegambia)
  • Guinea Fowl and Rabbit get justice (Togoland)
  • Anansi and Nothing go hunting for wives (Gold Coast colony)
  • How Soko brought debt to Ashanti (Gold Coast colony)
  • Hungry spider and the turtle (Gold Coast colony)
  • Throw mountains (Gold Coast colony)
  • Ansige Karamba, the glutton (Karamba, French Sudan)
  • Don't shake hands with everybody (Liberia).