Presenting a comprehensive collection of Ghanian folk-tales, this text seeks to engage the interest of children and adults, and to impart the educational, moral and ethical values which can be found in the tales.

Ananse and his adopted son
Woman and her sons. Ananse: and his forgetfulness
and his mother-in-law
an 'no reason'
and Ntikuma
and Osieamono
and some animals
and some strong animals
and the cows
and the donkey
and the fishermen
and the greedy lion
and the monster
and the pig
and the pigeon
and the squirrel
and the tiger
Ananse's free goat
Ananse the daring messenger. Babone's adventure
be pleased with what you have
conceited Anase and the tiger
Goat, tiger and sheep
Grasshopper and Ananse
How Ananse become bald
how Ananse escaped death
How Ananse got abundant meat
How Ananse used grain of corn
How infectious disease came about
How Kumase city got its name
how poverty became common
How rocks came about
How the animals chose a king
How the fox became man's enemy
How the hen got a narrow beak
How the leopard got its spots
How the striped mouse got its stripes
How we got mushrooms
How we got oil palm-nut heads
How we got scare-crows
How we got storm
How wild animals came
How women got breast
Kwasithe orphan
Leopard, lion and mouse
Man's gratitude to the turtle
Ntikuma, Ananse and the goats
Ntikuma and Ananse
Ntikuma and Kwaku Ananse
Once bitten, twice shy
Paid in his own coins
Sasabonsam and the hunter
The animal's drum
The antelope that became rotten
The bear-cat and Ananse
The birds and Ananse
The blind man and the lame man
The boy who became a stranger
The cause of Ananse's baldness
The cause of the widespread distribution of canes
The chief's riddle
The consequence of being obstinate
The cunning thief
The day the spider disgraced himself
The discreet tortoise
The dragon and the two brothers
The elephant and the crab
The farmer and the dwarfs
The fox and the hen
The goat and the leopard
The greedy wolf
The hen and the duck
The horn-bill and the hawk
the hunter who could not keep a secret
The jealous wife
The king and the innocent man
The leopard and the cat
The magic gourds
The marriage of Ahoofe
The marriage of the Pied-Crow
The mask that changed into a father
The monkey and the fish
The moon, the stars and the sun
The origin of spider tales (Anansesem)
The origin of the Kpini festival
The pauper and the chief. The plight of a beautiful girl. (Part contents).