Black Tales for White Children


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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