Fourteen hundred cowries : and other African tales

Fuja, Abayomi 1900- (compiler.). Pellowski, Anne. (Added Author). Olugebefola, Ademola. (Added Author).

Record details

Physical Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1971.

Content descriptions

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Fourteen hundred cowries -- The wrestling contest between the cat and the tortoise -- Concerning the leopard and the hedgehog -- The beautiful girl and the fish -- The sad story of the tadpole -- The boy and the piece of yam -- Oni and the great bird -- The funeral of the hyena's mother -- Taking a sacrifice to heaven -- The snail and the leopard -- Why tortoises are sacrificed -- Motinu and the monkeys -- The twins -- The hen and the hawk -- Concerning the Egas and their young -- The elephant and the cock -- The hunter and the hind -- Oniyeye and King Olu Dotun's daughter -- Kin Kin and the cat -- The funeral of the forest king -- Ahoro and his wife Etipa -- The orphan boy and the magic twigs -- Tintinyin and the unknown king of the spirit world -- The wise dog -- The wooden spoon and the whip -- Why the hawk never steals -- The bull and the fly -- Olusegbe -- The story of stranger and traveler -- The hunter and his magic flute -- Olobun's sacrifice.