The Cow-Tail Switch
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17 stories make up this unique collection of folktales brought to life by illustrations throughout the text.
"The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Sometimes they are just tall tales. There are stories about Frog, Rabbit, Turtle, Guinea Fowl, and all the other animals that West Africans know. Some of the stories make you think. Some make you laugh.
Here are some of the stories of the people of the forests, the seacoast, the hills, and the plains.
The people of West Africa give them to you."
A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK (1948)
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"Africa is many things"
The cow-tail switch
Kaddo's wall
Talk
The one you don't see coming
Kassa, the strong one
Anansi's fishing expedition
Younde goes to town
The singing tortoise
time
The messenger to Maftam
Guinea fowl and rabbit get justice
Anansi and nothing go hunting for wives
How Soko brought deby to Ashanti
Hungry spider and the turtle
Throw mountains
Ansige Karamba, the glutton
Don't shake hands with everybody