Yoruba Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of the Yoruba and Other West African Peoples
Matt Clayton
Do you like stories about kings and queens, spirits and monsters, or tricksters and villains?
If so, this book is for you. Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost. Some of these stories draw upon actual historical persons and events, while others are purely fictional, but each story has something to delight any reader.
Here are just a few of the stories you will find inside this book:
Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to enjoy each of these captivating West African stories!
Duration - 3h 18m.
Author - Matt Clayton.
Narrator - Michael Reaves.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 Matt Clayton ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Do you like stories about kings and queens, spirits and monsters, or tricksters and villains? If so, this book is for you. Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost. Some of these stories draw upon actual historical persons and events, while others are purely fictional, but each story has something to delight any reader. Here are just a few of the stories you will find inside this book: Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to enjoy each of these captivating West African stories! Duration - 3h 18m. Author - Matt Clayton. Narrator - Michael Reaves. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 Matt Clayton ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:26
Introduction
Duration:00:03:27
Part I: Kings and Heroes; The Staff of Oranyan (Yoruba, Nigeria)
Duration:00:09:30
Bayajidda (Hausa, Nigeria)
Duration:00:09:03
The King Who Sought Poverty (Benin)
Duration:00:09:24
Gassire’s Lute (Soninke, Mali and other West African countries)
Duration:00:14:01
Part II: Queens and Heroines; Queen Moremi Saves Her People (Yoruba, Nigeria)
Duration:00:09:07
Nana Miriam (Songhai, Mali and Niger)
Duration:00:11:02
The Maiden and the Fish (Hausa, Nigeria)
Duration:00:09:59
The Man-Eating Drum (Ikom region, Nigeria)
Duration:00:16:16
Kumba and Kambili (Mandinka, Mali)
Duration:00:17:04
Part III: Spirits and Monsters; Kigbo Learns a Lesson (Yoruba, Nigeria)
Duration:00:10:00
The Tale of Oluronbi
Duration:00:05:36
Sasabonsam Meets His Match (Sefwi, Ghana)
Duration:00:06:39
Zin-Bakaru (Songhai, Mali and Niger)
Duration:00:08:04
Kwaku Tsin and the Serpent (Ashanti, Ghana)
Duration:00:08:25
Part IV: Punishment and Reward; Kassa and the Heavy Feather (Mende, Sierra Leone)
Duration:00:05:55
How Yams Came to the Ashanti (Ashanti, Ghana)
Duration:00:07:03
You-are-wiser-than-the-king (Hausa, Nigeria)
Duration:00:07:45
Maku Mawu and Maku Fia (Unknown)
Duration:00:08:32
Ohia and the Language of the Animals (Akan, Ghana)
Duration:00:14:14
The Cow-Tail Switch (Jabo, Liberia)
Duration:00:06:30
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:40