Robert Hamill Nassau (1835 - 1921)
Read by Laura Gibbs
Running Time:09:22:43 in 9 Audio CDs
Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Nature & Animal Fiction
Robert Nassau spent four decades as a medical missionary in Africa, arriving at Corisco Island, now part of Equatorial Guinea, in 1861; he also worked in the regions now known as Gabon and Cameroon. This book contains 61 folktales (some in multiple versions) that Nassau collected during his career in Africa: 16 stories from Mpongwe storytellers in Gabon, 34 stories from Benga storytellers in Equatorial Guinea, and 11 stories from Fang storytellers in Cameroon, all of which Nassau translated into English. For each story there is a list of the cast of animal characters, which provides the Mpongwe, Benga, and Fang names for each animal character.
Preface
01 Mpongwe Tale 1. Do Not Trust your Friend
02 Mpongwe Tale 2. Leopard's Hunting-Camp
03 Mpongwe Tale 3. Tests of Death (version 1)
04 Mpongwe Tale 3. Tests of Death (version 2)
05 Mpongwe Tale 4. Tasks Done for a Wife
06 Mpongwe Tale 5. A Tug-of-War
07 Mpongwe Tale 6. Agenda: Rat's on a Name
08 Mpongwe Tale 7. Nuts are Eaten Because of Angangwe
09 Mpongwe Tale 8. Who Are Crocodile's Relatives?
10 Mpongwe Tale 9. Who Is King of Birds?
11 Mpongwe Tale 10. Njiwo Died of Sleep
12 Mpongwe Tale 11. Which is the Fattest: Manatus, Hog, or Oyster?
13 Mpongwe Tale 12. Why Mosquitoes Buzz
14 Mpongwe Tale 13. Unkind Criticism
15 Mpongwe Tale 14. The Suitors of Princess Gorilla
16 Mpongwe Tale 15. Leopard of the Fine Skin
17 Mpongwe Tale 16. Why the Plantain-Stalk Bears But One Bunch
18 Benga Tale 1. Swine Talking
19 Benga Tale 2. Crocodile
20 Benga Tale 3. Origin of the Elephant
21 Benga Tale 4. Leopard's Marriage Journey
22 Benga Tale 5. Tortoise in a Race
23 Benga Tale 6. Goat's Tournament
24 Benga Tale 7. Why Goats Became Domestic
25 Benga Tale 8. Iguana's Forked Tongue
26 Benga Tale 9. What Caused their Deaths?
27 Benga Tale 10. A Quarrel about Seniority
28 Benga Tale 11. The Magic Drum
29 Benga Tale 12. The Lies of Tortoise
30 Benga Tale 13. Death Begins by Some One Person
31 Benga Tale 14. Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree
32 Benga Tale 15. The Suitors of Njambo's Daughter
33 Benga Tale 16. Tortoise, Dog, Leopard, and the Njabi Fruit
34 Benga Tale 17. A Journey for Salt
35 Benga Tale 18. A Plea for Mercy
36 Benga Tale 19. The Deceptions of Tortoise
37 Benga Tale 20. Leopard's Hunting Companions
38 Benga Tale 21. Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast?
39 Benga Tale 22. Dog and his Human Speech (version 1)
40 Benga Tale 22. Dog and his Human Speech (version 2)
41 Benga Tale 23. The Savior of the Animals
42 Benga Tale 24. Origin of the Ivory Trade (version 1)
43 Benga Tale 24. Origin of the Ivory Trade (version 2)
44 Benga Tale 25. Dog and His False Friend Leopard
45 Benga Tale 26. A Trick for Vengeance
46 Benga Tale 27. Not My Fault!
47 Benga Tale 28. Do Not Impose on the Weak
48 Benga Tale 29. Borrowed Clothes
49 Benga Tale 30. The Story of a Panic
50 Benga Tale 31. A Family Quarrel
51 Benga Tale 32. The Giant Goat
52 Benga Tale 33. The Fights of Mbuma-Tyetye
53 Benga Tale 34. A Snake's Skin Looks Like a Snake
54 Fang Tale 1. Candor
55 Fang Tale 2. Which is the Better Hunter, an Eagle or a Leopard?
56 Fang Tale 3. A Lesson in Evolution
57 Fang Tale 4. Parrot Standing on One Leg
58 Fang Tale 5. A Question of Right of Inheritance
59 Fang Tale 6. Tortoise Covers His Ignorance
60 Fang Tale 7. A Question as to Age
61 Fang Tale 8. Abundance
62 Fang Tale 9. An Oath: With a Mental Reservation
63 Fang Tale 10. The Treachery of Tortoise
64 Fang Tale 11. A Chain of Circumstances