African Folktales
Study Guide
KET Instructional TV’s Telling Tales: Appalachian, African, and Native American stories told by master storytellers http://www.ket.org/itvvideos/offering/reading/tellingtales.htm
Scroll towards the bottom for the free downloadable guides
Teacher Guide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/afolk/afolktg.html
Specific Stories
Anansi and Firefly (Story from Africa) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/firefly/intro.html
Anansi and Turtle (Yoruba Tale) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/turtle/intro.html
Anansi Tries to Steal All the Wisdom in the World (Story from the Ashanti people of Africa) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/wisdom/intro.html
Clever Jackal Gets Away (A Traditional Zulu Story) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa4.html
The Curse of the Chameleon (A Traditional Zulu Story) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa5.html
Honeyguide’s Revenge (A Traditional Zulu Story) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa5.html
How Monkey Looked for Trouble (Story from Trinidad) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/monkey/intro.html
Jabu and the Lion (A Traditional Zulu Story) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa3.html
The Jackal and the Leopard (Story from Ethiopia) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/leopard/intro.html
King of the Birds (A Traditional Zulu Tale) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa7.html
The Lion and the Hare (Story from Ethiopia) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/lion/intro.html
The Marriage of Mouse (Story from Ethiopia) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/mouse/intro.html
The Rabbit, the Elephant, and the Whale (Story from Mauritius) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/rabbit/intro.html
Tiger and the Big Wind (Story from Africa) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/wind/intro.html
Tortoise and Eagle (Story from Central Africa) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/eagle/intro.html
Where Stories Come From (A Traditional Zulu Story) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa2.html
Why The Cheetah’s Cheeks Are Stained (A Traditional Zulu Story) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa1.html
Why Crocodile Has a Rough Back (Story Adapted from the Mbundu-speaking people of Angola) http://www.afro.com/children/myths/crocodile/intro.html
Why the Warthog Goes About on His Knees (A Traditional Zulu Story) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa8.html