Diakit?, Baba Wagu?

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[The hatseller and the monkeys]

[a West African folktale]
2006
An African version of the familiar story of a man who sets off to sell his hats, only to have them stolen by a treeful of mischievous monkeys.

The hunterman and the crocodiles

Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things.

The magic gourd

Brother Rabbit and Chameleon teach a greedy king the importance of generosity and friendship.

The magic gourd

Brother Rabbit and Chameleon teach a greedy king the importance of generosity and friendship.

[The hunterman and the crocodile

a West African folktale
2006
Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things. Presented in Arabic.

Mee-An and the magic serpent

a folktale from Mali
2007
A retelling of an African folktale in which Mee-An, a vain and beautiful young girl who believes she deserves a blemish-free husband, is tricked into marriage by a magical serpent who disguises himself as a man and then makes plans to eat her and her sister.

The hunterman and the crocodile

a West African folktale
1997
Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things.

A gift from childhood

memories of an African childhood
2010
The artist, ceramicist, writer, and storyteller describes his experiences growing up in a small village in Mali with his grandparents, and discusses how the memories have stayed with him his whole life.

The magic gourd

2003
Brother Rabbit and Chameleon teach a greedy king to be grateful for what he has.

The hatseller and the monkeys

a West African folktale
1999
An African version of the familiar story of a man who sets off to sell his hats, only to have them stolen by a treeful of mischievous monkeys.
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