Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa by Elphinstone Dayrell: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 41 original MP3 tracks, 4:45:39 running time and a link to listen.
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa, credited to Elphinstone Dayrell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa by Elphinstone Dayrell . Read in English by Farnood; PhyllisV; Stefan Von Blon; Anita Sloma-Martinez; ceekay; Kathrine Engan; JT; Paul Brian Stewart; John; Elizabeth Jenkins; Jordan Cline; Tim van der Scheer; Mary Frances; Nan Dodge A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when the book was published. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn
Recording facts
- Recording title: Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa
- Author credits: Elphinstone Dayrell
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 41
- Listed recording duration: 4:45:39
Catalogue topics
- animals
- fairy tales
- folk tales
- africa
- nigeria
Opening tracks: first 24 of 41
- 00 - Introduction — 19:33
- 01 - The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter — 11:13
- 02 - How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them — 9:34
- 03 - The Woman with Two Skins — 17:59
- 04 - The King’s Magic Drum — 17:39
- 05 - Ituen and the King’s Wife — 8:00
- 06 - Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King — 6:16
- 07 - Why the Bat Flies by Night — 3:24
- 08 - The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull — 7:37
- 09 - The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter — 8:35
- 10 - Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child — 6:52
- 11 - The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water — 2:38
- 12 - Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime — 7:05
- 13 - Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground — 2:47
- 14 - The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes — 5:39
- 15 - Why A Hawk Kills Chickens — 3:32
- 16 - Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky — 2:47
- 17 - Why the Flies Bother the Cows — 2:12
- 18 - Why the Cat Kills Rats — 2:07
- 19 - The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder — 2:20
- 20 - Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends — 5:35
- 21 - The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns — 4:44
- 22 - The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water — 3:27
- 23 - Why Dead People Are Buried — 2:47
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