Compiled by an American missionary, West African Folk Tales by William H Barker is a delightful collection of folk tales from Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and other countries along the west coast of Africa. These stories spread in various forms to other countries like the West Indies, Suriname, the Netherland Antilles, etc and can be still heard today among the people of these countries.

Latest episodes of the podcast West African Folk Tales

• 01 – How We Got The Name Spider Tales
• 02 – How Wisdom Became The Property Of The Human Race
• 03 – Anansi and Nothing
• 04 – Thunder and Anansi
• 05 – Why the Lizard Continually Moves his Head up and Down
• 06 – Tit For Tat
• 07 – Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property
• 08 – The Squirrel and the Spider
• 09 – Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves
• 10 – Why Spiders are Always Found in Corners
• 11 – Anansi and the Blind Fisherman
• 12 – Adzanumee and her Mother
• 13 – The Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by Itself
• 14 – Morning Sunrise
• 15 – Why the Sea-turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast with Its Forelegs
• 16 – How Beasts And Serpents First Came Into The World
• 17 – Honourable Minu
• 18 – Why the Moon and Stars Get Light from the Sun
• 19 – Ohia and the Thieving Deer
• 20 – How the Tortoise got its Shell
• 21 – The Hunter and the Tortoise
• 22 – Kwofi and the Gods
• 23 – The Lion and the Wolf
• 24 – Maku Mawu and Maku Fia
• 25 – The Robber and the Old Man
• 26 – The Leopard and the Ram
• 27 – Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left Side
• 28 – Quarcoo Bah-Boni
• 29 – King Chameleon and the Animals
• 30 – To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren is a Very Foolish Thing to Do
• 31 – The Ungrateful Man
• 32 – Why Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are Provoked
• 33 – The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles
• 34 – How Mushrooms First Grew
• 35 – Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies