General Editor's Preface -- African Dilemma Tales -- Cross River Smoke, etc -- Shoot Arrow through Rock -- Catch Arrow in Flight -- Giants and Leper -- Horse in Sky -- Father in Sky -- Cure Father's Feet -- Counting Seeds -- Needle in Pond -- Dig a Well -- Dipper in Air -- Arrow in Air -- Race up Hill -- Horsemanship -- Tree as Belt -- Thresh Millet with Penis -- Harvesting Palm Nuts -- Cure Blindness and Lameness -- The Smallest -- Crafty Man and Woman -- Three Fools -- Two Fools -- Greedies Butcher Cow -- Greedies Divide Bean -- Greedy is Buried -- Overeating and Oversleeping -- Sleeping Contest -- Greatest Memory: It is Sweet -- Eating Own Head -- Tug of War -- Thieves Steal from Each Other -- Thieves Disclaim Stealing -- Thieves in Pit -- Mirror, etc -- Repairing an Egg -- Repairing Boat -- Rescue from Eagle (Lion, Snake) -- Rescue from Crocodile (Hippopotamus) -- Where is Father? -- Drinking River Dry -- Escape with Sweetheart -- Rescue by Liar, etc -- Hunter Saved by Animals -- Recovering Cattle -- Poisoned Food in Sky -- Dog Finds Ring -- Animal Language -- Grateful Animals -- Boy and Lion Cub -- Leopard Eats Child -- Frog's Two Wives -- War of Birds and Beasts -- Alternate House-building -- Chain of Accidents -- Fire and Water -- Two Seasons -- Canoe and Paddle -- Canoe and Drum -- Mortar and Canoe -- Mortar and Climbing Belt -- Garden Knife and Axe -- Pitfall and Spikes -- Net and Legs -- Manioc and Banana -- Manioc and Plantain -- Oil Palm and Raffia Palm -- Bofumbo Tree and Parasol Tree -- Tree Parts -- Two Hands -- Hand and Mouth -- Foot and Stomach -- Body Parts -- House Parts -- Dividing Bread -- Worship Two Gods -- What's in a Name? -- Shooting Mosquitoes -- Mother-in-Law in Well -- Break the Old Lady's Jaw -- Rescue Mother-in-Law? -- Death or Mother-in-Law -- The Missing Eye -- Knock Out Father's Eye -- Knife to Father-in-Law.

Left Unconscious -- Crazy Client -- Smoking Husband's Corpse -- Cutting Husband's Throat -- Thieves Reveal Secret -- Barrel of Money -- Snake in Belly -- Fishbone in Throat -- Pregnant Woman Falls from Tree -- Lover Killed -- Debt Collector -- Look-alike Friends -- Abducted Bride -- Foot in Water -- Lie under Leopard -- Caught by Hair -- Sons or Daughters -- Sacrifice Lizard -- Part River with Child -- Adulterer -- Shoot Banana Leaves -- Spear through Chief -- Spear through Animal -- Pinch Brother's Neck -- Senior Son Succeeds -- Loyal Son Succeeds -- Dispensing Justice -- Fall into Latrine -- Slave in Latrine -- Slave on Farm -- Slave on Farm to Widow -- Child Born on Farm -- Abandoned Farm -- Tobacco in Mouth -- The First Smoke -- Girl from Ashes -- Girl from Pool -- Carving a Wife -- Cloth for Woman -- Deaf and Blind -- Woman in Trap -- Food for Hunter -- House or Food -- Four Bad Cooks -- Naked Prince -- Choosing a Wife -- Choosing a Husband -- Showing her Love -- Raising Grain -- Arrowhead -- Blowgun and Arrows -- Dividing a Hare -- Who Owns the Pig? -- Who Owns the Leopard? -- Trapping a Leopard -- Sharing the Game -- Dog Finds Ivory -- Wealth from Termite Hill -- Horses from Gourd -- Village from Gourd -- Village from Egg -- Village from Snake -- Perverse Brother -- Chicken Finds Gold -- Reward for Clothing -- Wife Doesn't Scold -- Food under Bowl -- Buying a Sun -- Snorer and Singer -- Don't Steal or Waken -- Charm for Wealth -- Cure for Blindness -- Cure for Impotence -- Knocked with Baobab -- Husband's Rough Buttocks -- Father Takes Son's Bridges -- Deer Escapes -- Fouls His Trousers -- Sleep with Corpse -- Blind Man's Proposition -- Four Lovers -- Revenge on Chief -- References -- Biographical Note -- Ethnic Index.