Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

Episodes

• Introduction

  Episode 0 · 19:33
• The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter

  Episode 1 · 11:14
• How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them

  Episode 2 · 9:34
• The Woman with Two Skins

  Episode 3 · 17:59
• The King’s Magic Drum

  Episode 4 · 17:39
• Ituen and the King’s Wife

  Episode 5 · 8:00
• Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King

  Episode 6 · 6:16
• Why the Bat Flies by Night

  Episode 7 · 3:24
• The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull

  Episode 8 · 7:37
• The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter

  Episode 9 · 8:35
• Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child

  Episode 10 · 6:52
• The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water

  Episode 11 · 2:38
• Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime

  Episode 12 · 7:05
• Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground

  Episode 13 · 2:47
• The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes

  Episode 14 · 5:39
• Why A Hawk Kills Chickens

  Episode 15 · 3:32
• Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

  Episode 16 · 2:47
• Why the Flies Bother the Cows

  Episode 17 · 2:12
• Why the Cat Kills Rats

  Episode 18 · 2:07
• The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder

  Episode 19 · 2:20
• Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends

  Episode 20 · 5:35
• The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns

  Episode 21 · 4:44
• The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water

  Episode 22 · 3:27
• Why Dead People Are Buried

  Episode 23 · 2:47
• Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away

  Episode 24 · 4:16
• Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise

  Episode 25 · 7:55
• Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes

  Episode 26 · 2:51
• The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat

  Episode 27 · 7:31
• The King and the Ju Ju Tree

  Episode 28 · 7:58
• How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus

  Episode 29 · 3:54
• Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women

  Episode 30 · 12:31
• How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)

  Episode 31 · 5:01
• The Lucky Fisherman

  Episode 32 · 3:46
• The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone

  Episode 33 · 8:17
• The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress

  Episode 34 · 11:05
• The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird

  Episode 35 · 3:29
• Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions

  Episode 36 · 12:34
• Concerning the Hawk and the Owl

  Episode 37 · 4:27
• The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators

  Episode 38 · 14:03
• The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird

  Episode 39 · 4:47
• The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle)

  Episode 40 · 6:51