Below this paragraph, you will see an African folktale displayed at random, and you can also see a story displayed at random in the blog sidebar. Just click the "play" button to listen, and you can also scroll down in the frame to see all the stories in that book. You can reload the page to see another story at random, and there's a complete listing of the audio stories below the frame, all free to listen to and to read online. Happy listening/reading!
Story List:
Story List:
- A Chain of Circumstances
- A Family Quarrel
- A Jackal And A Wolf
- A Journey for Salt
- A Lesson in Evolution
- A Man and His Mother-in-law
- A Plea for Mercy
- A Quarrel about Seniority
- A Question as to Age
- A Question of Right of Inheritance
- A Snake's Skin Looks like a Snake
- A Story of the Great Famine
- A Test of Friendship
- A Trick for Vengeance
- A Tug-of-War
- Abundance
- Adventures of a Jackal
- Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son
- Adventures of the Younger Son of Jackal
- Adzanumee and Her Mother
- Agenda: Rat's Play on a Name
- Ali of the Crooked Arm
- All for the Skin of a Lion
- An Oath: With a Mental Reservation
- Anansi and Nothing
- Anansi and the Blind Fisherman
- Ants Carrying Bundles as Big as Themselves
- Baboon-Skins
- Bata the Duck
- Binti Ali the Clever
- Borrowed Clothes
- Candor
- Chief Kekong's Daughter 'Ndere who Married a Python
- Cloud-Eating.
- Cock And Jackal.
- Concerning the Human Sacrifices
- Concerning the Ju-Ju against Elephantiasis
- Concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism
- Crocodile
- Crocodile's Treason
- Death Begins by Some One Person
- Do Not Impose on the Weak
- Do Not Trust your Friend
- Dog and His False Friend Leopard
- Dog and his Human Speech (version 1)
- Dog and his Human Speech (version 2)
- Elephant And Tortoise / Giraffe and Tortoise.
- Essido and his Evil Companions
- Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies
- Feeding the Hungry
- Goat's Tournament
- Goso, the Teacher
- Haamdaanee
- Honourable Minu
- Horse Cursed By Sun.
- Hottentots And Bushmen.
- How 'Nyambi Punished Chief Oga
- How a Cruel Inkum Chief Was Poisoned by His Slaves
- How a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons but Failed
- How a Hunter Obtained Money from his Friends
- How Agbor Adam Broke the Hunting Law of Okuni
- How an Inkum Boy Was Drowned by His Companions
- How an Inkum Woman Abandoned One of Her Twins in the Forest
- How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World
- How Chief Alankor and All His Family Were Killed by a Big Frog
- How Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again
- How Essama Stole Her Father's Goat in the Fatting-House
- How Ewa Abagi, an Inkum Woman, Was Drowned in the Cross River
- How Ibanang Okpong and Her Mother Were Swallowed by a Man-Eating Drum
- How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu
- How Jakhals Fed Oom Leeuw
- How Mafani Earned His Bride
- How Mushrooms First Grew
- How Oghabi Poisoned His Friend Okpa
- How the Antelope's Wife Came to Her Death
- How the Elephant Made a Fool of Himself
- How the Frog Beat the Bush Buck in a Race
- How the Grey Parrots Got Their Red Tails
- How the Hare Traded With a Bag of Corn
- How the Hen and the Duck Became Friends
- How the Jackal got his Stripe
- How the Monkey Saved the Antelope from Death
- How the River Came into Existence
- How the Sparrow and the Hen Became Friends
- How the Tortoise Got Its Shell
- How the Turtle Outwitted the Pig
- How Tortoise Overcame Elephant and Hippopotamus
- How Two Bendega Young Men Changes Their Skins
- How Two Friends Fell Out: The Spider and the Grasshopper
- How We Got the Name 'Spider Tales'
- How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race
- Iguana's Forked Tongue
- Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast?
- Ituen and the King's Wife
- Jackal And Monkey
- Jackal, Dove, And Heron.
- Jackal's Bride.
- Jan the Animal Judge
- Kasanke the Little Red Bird
- Kibaraka and the Bird
- King Chameleon and the Animals
- Kitangatanga of the Sea
- Kwofi and the Gods
- Leopard of the Fine Skin
- Leopard's Hunting Companions
- Leopard's Hunting-Camp
- Leopard's Marriage Journey
- Lila and Fila
- Lion And Baboon.
- Lion And Jackal
- Lion Who Thought Him Self Wiser Than His Mother.
- Lion Who Took A Woman's Shape.
- Lion's Defeat.
- Lion's Illness.
- Lion's Share.
- Maku Mawu and Maku Fia
- Mkaaah Jeechonee, the Boy Hunter
- Mohammed With the Magic Finger
- Morning Sunrise
- Motikatika
- Musoke the Moon-boy
- Njiwo Died of Sleep
- No One Can Live on Beauty Alone
- Not My Fault!
- Nunda the Slayer
- Nunda, Eater of People
- Nuts are Eaten Because of Angangwe
- Nya-nya Bulembu; or, the Moss-green Princess
- Of Chief Amaza, His Wife Achi, and the Tortoise
- Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away
- Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women
- Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King
- Ohia and the Thieving Deer
- One Ought Not to Despise the Little Things
- Origin of the Elephant
- Origin of the Ivory Trade (version 1)
- Origin of the Ivory Trade (version 2)
- Paka the Cat
- Parrot Standing on One Leg
- Pemba Muhori
- Prudence and Indolence
- Punished Indifference
- Quarcoo Bah-Boni
- Sad Fate of Three Little Flies
- Samba the Coward
- Saved by his Tail
- Segu
- Setuli; or, the King of the Birds
- Shani and Tabak
- Soliloquy of Old Age in a Banana Garden
- Story Of Lion And Little Jackal
- Swine Talking
- Tasks Done for a Wife
- Tests of Death (version 1)
- Tests of Death (version 2)
- The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird
- The Absent-minded Bridegroom
- The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise
- The Alligator and the Moor Hen
- The Animals’ Dam
- The Ant and the Cricket
- The Ape, the Snake, and the Lion
- The Beauty and the Beast
- The Buffalo Maiden
- The Cannibals
- The Cat and the Hen
- The Cat, the Rat, and the Fox
- The Cat's Tail
- The Cheats of Kijongo
- The Clever Cat
- The Cock who Caused a Fight between Two Towns
- The Cock's Kraal
- The Cooking-pot and the Drum
- The Crimson-striped Lily
- The Cunning Hare
- The Curse of Selfishness
- The Dance For Water Or Rabbit's Triumph
- The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch
- The Death of Abu Nowas
- The Deceptions of Tortoise
- The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull
- The Dog and the Clever Rabbit
- The Dog and the Kingship
- The Dog and the Leopard
- The Dog and the Leopard
- The Election of the King Bird
- The Elephant and the Tortoise
- The Elephant That Wanted to Dance
- The Enchanted Buck
- The Fairy Bird
- The Fairy Frog
- The Famine
- The Fate of Agbor the Hunter, Who Killed His Wife and Children
- The Fights of Mbuma-Tyetye
- The Fish and the Leopard's Wife
- The Flame Tree
- The Flying Lion
- The Foolish Hare
- The Fools
- The Fox and the Hen
- The Frog and the Elephant
- The Frog and the Leopard
- The Frog and the Lizard
- The Game of Hide-and-Seek
- The Giant Goat
- The Golden-crested Crane
- The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour By Itself
- The Guardians of the Snakes
- The Happy Age in the Animal World
- The Hare and the Lion
- The Hare Who Earned a Cow and a Chieftainship
- The Hawk and the Owl
- The Hawk and the Rooster
- The Heart of a Monkey
- The Holy Man
- The Home of the Rat
- The Horns of the Buffalo
- The Hunt Of Lion And Jackal.
- The Hunter and the Tortoise
- The Hunters and the Snake
- The Hyena and the Moonbeam
- The Hyena's Punishment
- The Hyena's Spots
- The Jackal and the Heron
- The Jackal and the Hyena
- The Jackal and the Leopard
- The Jackal and the Spring
- The Jackal And The Wolf.
- The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther
- The Jackal, the Hare and the Cock
- The Judgment Of Baboon.
- The King and the 'Nsiat Bird
- The King and the Ju Ju Tree
- The King of the Snakes
- The King who Married the Cock's Daughter
- The King's Magic Drum
- The Kites and the Crows
- The Law Concerning Fortune-tellers
- The Leopard and the Crane
- The Leopard and the Goat
- The Leopard and the Goat
- The Leopard and the Python
- The Leopard and the Ram
- The Leopard, the Hare, and the Monkey
- The Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise
- The Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat
- The Lies of Tortoise
- The Lion And Jackal
- The Lion And Jackal
- The Lion and the Wolf
- The Lion of Manda
- The Lion-girl
- The Lion, the Hyena and the Hare
- The Lion, the Hyena, and the Hare
- The Lion, the Hyena, and the Rabbit
- The Lion, The Jackal, And The Man
- The Lion's Talisman
- The Lioness And The Ostrich
- The Little Hare
- The Little Red Tortoise
- The Locusts
- The Lost Message
- The Lucky Fisherman
- The Magic Date Trees
- The Magic Drum
- The Magic Mirror
- The Magician and the Sultan’s Son
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- The Man Who Wanted to Fool Death
- The Monkey Finds Worry
- The Monkey, the Shark, and the Washerman’s Donkey
- The Monkey's Fiddle
- The Mpa Bana Bird
- The Oil Merchant
- The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles
- The One-handed Girl
- The Origin Of Death (5 versions)
- The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone
- The Ostrich Hunt
- The Owl and His Friends
- The Parrot and the Owl
- The Physician’s Son and the King of the Snakes
- The Poor Man and His Wife of Wood
- The Punishment of the Turtle
- The Quits of Gomba
- The Rabbit and His Ears
- The Rabbit and the Alligator
- The Rabbit and the Animal Wizard
- The Rabbit and the Elephant
- The Rabbit and the Moon
- The Rabbit and the Other Animals
- The Rabbit Escapes the Wolf's Anger
- The Rabbit Prince
- The Race Between the Turtle and the Antelope
- The Reward of Industry
- The Rival Roosters
- The River Fairy
- The Robber and the Old Man
- The Rover of the Plain
- The Royal Puff Adders of Budo
- The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe
- The Savior of the Animals
- The Sea-turtle When Caught
- The Sense of the Weasel
- The Serpent's Bride
- The Singing Skeleton
- The Slave Girl who Tried to Kill her Mistress
- The Squirrel and the Kingship
- The Squirrel and the Spider
- The Stars and the Stars’ Road
- The Story Of A Dam
- The Story of a Gazelle
- The Story of a Panic
- The Story of Dschemil and Dschemila
- The Story of Halfman
- The Story Of Hare
- The Story of Hassebu
- The Story of Igiri and Her Husband Inkang
- The Story of Kibate
- The Story of Kintu
- The Story of Mpobe the Hunter
- The Story of Nsangi and the Apes
- The Story of Semai-mai
- The Story of the Chief Kasuju
- The Story of the Cock and the Hen
- The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators
- The Story of the Fairy Bee
- The Story of the Fairy Foxes
- The Story of the Frog
- The Story of the Grey Heron
- The Story of the Hero Makoma
- The Story of the Hippos
- The Story of the King's Son and the Magic Song
- The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
- The Story of the Little Birds who lived in A Cave
- The Story of the Shining Princess
- The Story of the Two Friends
- The Story of the War between Inkum and Enfitop
- The Story of the Witch who Tried to Kill Her Husband
- The Story of the Wonderful Goat
- The Stranger
- The Suitors of Njambo's Daughter
- The Suitors of Princess Gorilla
- The Sultan's Daughter
- The Sultan's Snake-child
- The Sun
- The Three Little Eggs
- The Tiger, The Ram, And The Jackal
- The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
- The Trapper, the Lion and the Hare
- The Treachery of Tortoise
- The Turtle, the Wolf, and the Hyena
- The Ungrateful Man
- The Unnatural Mother
- The White Dove
- The White Man And Snake (2 versions)
- The Wolf and His Two Dinners
- The Wolf's Butter
- The Woman and the Parrot
- The Woman with Two Skins
- The Woman, the Ape, and the Child
- The Woodcutter and His Donkey
- The World's Reward
- The Young Thief
- The Zebra Stallion.
- Thunder and Anansi
- Tink-Tinkje
- Tit For Tat
- To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren
- Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree
- Tortoise Covers His Ignorance
- Tortoise in a Race
- Tortoise, Dog, Leopard, and the Njabi Fruit
- Tortoises Hunting Ostriches.
- Udea and Her Seven Brothers
- Unkind Criticism
- Walukaga the Blacksmith
- What Caused their Deaths?
- What Happened at Okuni When Anyone Was Killed by Accident
- When Lion Could Fly.
- Which is the Better Hunter, an Eagle or a Leopard?
- Which is the Fattest: Manatus, Hog, or Oyster?
- Who Are Crocodile's Relatives?
- Who Is King of Birds?
- Who Was King?
- Who Was the Thief?
- Why a Hawk kills Chickens
- Why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise
- Why Chameleons and Snakes Are Hated by Men
- Why Dead People Are Buried
- Why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover
- Why Goats Became Domestic
- Why Has Jackal A Long, Black Stripe On His Back?
- Why Leopard Can Only Catch Prey On Its Left Side
- Why Moon and Stars Receive Light from Sun
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz
- Why Spiders Are Always Found in Corners of Ceilings
- Why the Bat Flies by Night
- Why the Bat is Ashamed to Be Seen in the Daytime
- Why the Bat Sleeps All Through the Day
- Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are Bad Friends
- Why the Cat Came to Man's House
- Why the Cat kills Rats
- Why the Flies Bother the Cows
- Why the Goat Left the Jungle
- Why the Hare’s Nose is Slit
- Why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong
- Why the Heron has a Crooked Neck
- Why the Hyena is Lame
- Why the Lizard Moves His Head Up and Down
- Why the Mist Rises from the Water
- Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes
- Why the Plantain-Stalk Bears But One Bunch
- Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
- Why the Weaver-Bird and the Woodpecker Are Enemies
- Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground
- Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless Provoked
- Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property