Folk Tales from West Africa

Originally released in 1959, this spoken-word compilation contains five folk tales from West Africa narrated by Harold Courlander. Coulander, a folklorist, anthropologist, and writer, focused his energies on collecting, writing about, and recording traditional music and storytelling from all over the world. Three of the stories in this collection focus on humans as protagonists. The two remaining tales tell stories about two mythical bulls and a pompous frog.

Track Listing

101	The Cow-Tail Switch	Harold Courlander	07:21
102	Younde Goes to Town	Harold Courlander	05:31
201	Talk	Harold Courlander	04:19
202	Throw Mountains	Harold Courlander	05:16
203	Don’t Shake Hands with Everybody	Harold Courlander	01:48