Notes

Thirty-six animal folktales from all parts of Africa, with factual information about each animal following the stories.

Why does the lion roar? (Batonka story) -- Why the lion does not eat fruit (Hambakushu story) -- Facts about lions -- Dreadful crime of Kadima the Hare (Hambakushu story) -- Why the leopards hides his food up a tree (Ndebele story) -- Facts about leopards -- How cheetah got his speed (Bushman story) -- Why the cheeks of the cheetah are stained with tears (Zulu story) -- Facts about cheetahs -- Revenge of wild dog (Ndebele story) -- Facts about wild dogs -- Greedy hyena (Shona story) -- Facts about hyenas -- Tree-climbing jackal (Story from Swaziland) -- How jackal got his markings (Hottentot story) -- Day jackal fooled the king of beats (Zulu story) -- Facts about jackals -- Elephants learns some manners (Shona story) -- Elephant and the rain (Ancient Bushman story) -- Facts about elephants -- Why rhino scatters his dung (Batonka story) -- Lost quill (Ndebele story) -- Facts about rhinoceros -- No fish for the hippo (Bushman story) -- When hippo was hairy (Ndebele story) -- Facts about hippopotamus -- Days of the hunting buffalo (Bushman story) -- Facts about buffalo -- Day baboon outwitted leopard (Zulu story) -- Facts about baboons -- Why giraffe and the oxpecker are good friends (Bushman legend) -- Why the giraffe has a long neck (East African story) -- Giraffe in the sky (Ancient Bushman legend) -- Facts about giraffes -- Why waterbuck helped crocodile (Makushu story from Okavango) -- How the waterbuck got its white circle -- Facts about waterbucks -- First Zebra (Tale from the Angoni of Central Africa) -- How the zebra got his stripes (Zulu story) -- Facts about zebras -- How tsessebe got his peculiar horns (Bushman story) -- Facts about tsessebes -- Why the wart hog goes about on his knees (Zulu story) -- Why wart hog is so ugly (Story from East Africa) -- Facts about wart hogs -- Race that was rigged (Swazi story) -- Tug-of-war (Ndebele story) -- Facts about hares -- Why the dassie has no tail (Xhosa legend) -- Facts about dassie -- Foolishness of the ostrich (Bushman legend) -- Why ostrich has a long neck (Sesotho story) -- Ostrich and her chicks (Tale from the Masai) -- Facts about ostriches -- Living stones (Swazi legend) -- Facts about tortoises.