African Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 11

And here we are... the last day of July! I am really glad I've had this project to keep me grounded and focused, slowly but surely adding one book every day. And I still have so many books that I've bookmarked and will keep on sharing as August begins. You can see the previous weekly round-ups with these links: May - June - July.

This week, the theme was anthologies that bring together stories from different parts of Africa:

African Dilemma Tales

by William Bascom

Yes and No:

The Intimate Folklore of Africa

by Alta Jablow

When Elephant Was King

and Other Elephant Tales from Africa

by Nick Greaves

Tokoloshi:

African Folktales Retold

by Diane Pitcher

The King's Drum

and Other African Stories

by Harold Courlander

The Ox of the Wonderful Horns

and Other African Folktales

by Ashley Bryan

African Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 10

Here's the round-up for Week 10 as we get closer and closer to August! This week the focus was stories from central Africa... and I haven't decided yet on the focus for Week 11. I'll see what inspires me tomorrow! Meanwhile, here's a round-up of all the books from Week 10, plus the past round-ups: May - June -July.

The Disappointed Lion and Other Stories

from the Bari of Central Africa

by A. N. Tucker

Congo Boy: An African Folk Tale

retold by Mollie Clarke

Congo Fireside Tales

by Phyllis Savory

Crocodile and Hen: A Bakongo Folktale

by Joan Lexau

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort 

by R. E. Dennett

The Magic Drum:

Tales from Central Africa

by W. F. P. Burton

Why the Crab Has No Head:

An African Tale

by Barbara Knutson

Ndòwé Tales

by Enènge A'Bodjedi

African Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 9

It's kind of hard to believe this is already the end of Week 9 of this project (which means it is Week 9 of my retirement, since I started doing this right after I retired)... so far, so good! This week the focus was stories from southern Africa, and I haven't done a week focused on central Africa yet, so that will be next week! Meanwhile, here's a round-up of all the books from Week 9, plus the past round-ups: May - June - July.

Bantu Folk Tales from Southern Africa

by Phyllis Savory

The Lion on the Path and Other African Stories

by Hugh Tracey

When Lion Could Fly

and Other Tales from Africa

by Nick Greaves

Nursery Tales, Traditions, and 

Histories of the Zulus

by Henry Callaway

The World and the Word:

Tales and Observations

from the Xhosa Oral Tradition

by Nongenile Masithathu Zenani

The Broken Promise

and Other Traditional Fables from Zimbabwe

by Norman Atkinson

African Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 8

This week was a really fun one for me with the focus on tricksters from western African stories: Tortoise, Spider, and Rabbit too! The round-up is below, and you can also see the round-ups by month: May - June - July.

I'll be back next week with a focus on books from southern Africa. :-)

More Adventures of Spider

by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst

with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney

The Adventures of Spider:

West African Folktales

by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst

with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney

Ijapa the Tortoise, and Other Nigerian Tales

by Harold Courlander and Ezekiel Eshugbayi

Ananse's Feast: An Ashanti Tale

by Tololwa Mollel

The Flying Tortoise: An Igbo Tale

by Tololwa Mollel

The King and the Tortoise

by Tololwa Mollel

Ananse the Spider:

Tales from an Ashanti Village

by Peggy Appiah

Yoruba Trickster Tales

by Oyekan Owomoyela

Zomo the Rabbt:

A Trickster Tale from West Africa

by Gerald McDermott

Zomo the Rabbit

by Hugh Sturton

African Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 7

It's a new month, and time for a new round-up; you can see the earlier round-ups from May and June too. I started this project in mid-May after my last day of classes, and it's been a great example of slowly but surely as there are now over 50 books in the slideshow!

This week the focus was on stories from eastern Africa:

The Flame Tree

and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda

by Rosetta Baskerville

details at the blog post

The King of the Snakes

and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda

by Rosetta Baskerville

details at the blog post

Wanyana and Matchmaker Frog:

A Bagandan Tale

retold by Melinda Lilly

details at the blog post

The Masai: Their Language and Folklore

by Alfred Hollis

details at the blog post

Folk Tales Of The Tribes Of Africa

read by Eartha Kitt
details at the blog post

The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks

by Verna Aardema

details at the blog post

When the World Began:

Stories Collected in Ethiopia

by Elizabeth Laird

details at the blog post

Zanzibar Tales

by George Bateman

details at the blog post

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion:

A Swahili Tale

retold by Verna Aardema

details at the blog post

What's So Funny, Ketu?

A Nuer Tale

retold by Verna Aardema

details at the blog post

Otwe

retold by Verna Aardema

details at the blog post