Skip to main content.

Black Tales for White Children

Gelesen von laurakgibbs

(5 Sterne; 2 Bewertungen)

Chauncey Hugh Stigand wrote this book of 29 East African folktales together with his wife, Nancy Stigand. Stigard was an officer in the British Army and a British colonial official in Africa; before writing this book, he had served in British Somaliland and in British East Africa, and he would later serve in northern Africa. Stigand translated the stories in this book from Swahili tales that he collected from storytellers in eastern Africa.
- Summary by Laura Gibbs (3 hr 19 min)

Chapters

Foreword

5:54

Read by laurakgibbs

The Lion of Manda

5:50

Read by laurakgibbs

Pemba Muhori

14:58

Read by laurakgibbs

The Cat's Tail

2:28

Read by laurakgibbs

The Young Thief

10:12

Read by laurakgibbs

The Trapper, the Lion and the Hare

9:12

Read by laurakgibbs

Nunda the Slayer

7:55

Read by laurakgibbs

The Woodcutter and His Donkey

6:49

Read by laurakgibbs

Kitangatanga of the Sea

7:25

Read by laurakgibbs

The Lion's Talisman

1:18

Read by laurakgibbs

Kibaraka and the Bird

5:49

Read by laurakgibbs

The Fools

9:44

Read by laurakgibbs

The Hyena and the Moonbeam

1:02

Read by laurakgibbs

The Sultan's Snake-child

10:46

Read by laurakgibbs

The Poor Man and His Wife of Wood

4:22

Read by laurakgibbs

Binti Ali the Clever

11:39

Read by laurakgibbs

Segu

2:10

Read by laurakgibbs

Lila and Fila

7:18

Read by laurakgibbs

The Hunters and the Snake

3:40

Read by laurakgibbs

Ali of the Crooked Arm

14:23

Read by laurakgibbs

Feeding the Hungry

2:43

Read by laurakgibbs

Shani and Tabak

9:22

Read by laurakgibbs

A Man and His Mother-in-law

2:14

Read by laurakgibbs

The Jackal, the Hare and the Cock

7:52

Read by laurakgibbs

The Magic Date Trees

8:34

Read by laurakgibbs

Paka the Cat

5:23

Read by laurakgibbs

The Oil Merchant

10:33

Read by laurakgibbs

Bata the Duck

6:03

Read by laurakgibbs

The Sultan's Daughter

1:47

Read by laurakgibbs

The Lion, the Hyena and the Hare

2:24

Read by laurakgibbs