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Ajapa the Tortoise: A Book of Nigerian Folk Tales
by Margaret Baumann
This entertaining collection of 30 traditional Nigerian folk tales is filled with instructive lessons in honesty, loyalty, and friendship. Timeless fables recount adventures of Ajapa the Tortoise: how he saved the king and tricked the lion, what happened when he rented his house, how he came to be bald, and more.
Table of Contents for Ajapa the Tortoise: A Book of Nigerian Folk Tales
| Chapter | | I. Tortoise Goes Wooing | | II. Why Women Have Long Hair | | III. How Tortoise Became a Chief | | IV. The Inquisitive Servant | | V. Tortoise and Crab | | VI. The Golden Comb | | VII. The Farmer's Daughter | | VIII. The Seven Brothers | | IX. The Bat | | X. The Two Jars | | XI. Akiti | | XII. The Elegant Crab | | XIII. Tortoise and Fly | | XIV. The Leopard-Man | | XV. Tortoise and the World's Wisdom | | XVI. The Iroko Tree | | XVII. The Ants and the Serpent | | XVIII. Tortoise Saves the King | | XIX. Oluronbi's Promise | | XX. The Head | | XXI. Tortoise Tricks the Lion | | XXII. War About a Goat | | XXIII. The Elephant and the Rhinoceros | | XXIV. The Abyss of Ajaye | | XXV. The Magician's Parrot | | XXVI. Tortoise and the Cock | | XXVII. Tortoise Lets His House | | XXVIII. The Monkeys and the Gorilla | | XXIX. The Wrestlers | | XXX. Why Tortoise Is Bald | | Illustrations | | Tunde and the Leopard-Man | | Tortoise Finds the Horse's Head | | Ladipo and His Masters | | A Fisherman Finds the Golden Comb | | Akiti Fights the Elephant | | Sani and the Magic Tree | | Tortoise and the Lion | | Oke Pays a Visit to Ata |
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