West African Folk Tales

About this film

Librivox recording of the West African Folk Tales by William H. Barker. Read by David Barnes , Lucy Burgoyne , Christabel, Tammi L. Coles, Lizzie Driver, Esther, Ezwa, hefyd, Julian Jamison , Eva-Marie Quinones, roolynninms, Shurtagal. A collection of folk tales mostly centred around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as either a spider, a human or a combination of both. Thus many of the stories are attempts by Anansi to trick others for his own gain. Other stories are about why certain animals act in certain ways. (Summary by Lizzie Driver) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org . M4B format available

Directors & creators

William H. Barker

Subjects

librivox; literature; audiobook; Barker; children; Anansi

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