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Black Tales for White Children

Chauncey Hugh Stigand wrote this book of 29 East African folktales together with his wife, Nancy Stigand. Stigard was an officer in the British Army and a British colonial official in Africa; before writing this book, he had served in British Somaliland and in British East Africa, and he would later serve in northern Africa. Stigand translated the stories in this book from Swahili tales that he collected from storytellers in eastern Africa.
- Summary by Laura Gibbs (3 hr 19 min)

Chapters

Foreword

5:54

The Lion of Manda

5:50

Pemba Muhori

14:58

The Cat's Tail

2:28

The Young Thief

10:12

The Trapper, the Lion and the Hare

9:12

Nunda the Slayer

7:55

The Woodcutter and His Donkey

6:49

Kitangatanga of the Sea

7:25

The Lion's Talisman

1:18

Kibaraka and the Bird

5:49

The Fools

9:44

The Hyena and the Moonbeam

1:02

The Sultan's Snake-child

10:46

The Poor Man and His Wife of Wood

4:22

Binti Ali the Clever

11:39

Segu

2:10

Lila and Fila

7:18

The Hunters and the Snake

3:40

Ali of the Crooked Arm

14:23

Feeding the Hungry

2:43

Shani and Tabak

9:22

A Man and His Mother-in-law

2:14

The Jackal, the Hare and the Cock

7:52

The Magic Date Trees

8:34

Paka the Cat

5:23

The Oil Merchant

10:33

Bata the Duck

6:03

The Sultan's Daughter

1:47

The Lion, the Hyena and the Hare

2:24