A hard-working squirrel had, after much labour, succeeded in cultivating a very fine farm. Being a...

There had been a great famine in the land for many months. Meat had become so scarce that only the...

There had been a long and severe famine in the land where Anansi lived. He had been quite unable to...

Once there was a very poor man, named Haamdaa′nee, who begged from door to door for his living,...

Have you ever wondered how far a chain of cause and effect might stretch? How one seemingly small...

A Mysterious Beginning“The Sun was a strange little child,” said Outa. “He never had any Pap-pa or...

One day in the early morning, before any people were awake, Jakhals was prowling around, looking for...

In the beginning, the sun was the property of the cock. The god once asked the cock to give him the...

Once upon a time, the snake and the rat were very good friends. The snake was richer than the rat....

African creation myth illustration depicting three key moments in a traditional storytelling format....