Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa Paperback – March 25, 2013

I was very impressed with this book of stories. They were well-told and interesting, and they weren't your usual "Anansi/hyena is tricky" stories, either. There were some anthropomorphized animals, yes, of course, but generally these stories were completely unique and new to me.Despite the fact that these stories are fantastic, I believe they would only be appropriate for the most worldly children--there are too many stories involving slavery, polygamy, cheating, and other non-child-appropriate things. A PG-13 rating, at least. Oh, and there was some gruesome descriptions of cruel deaths, too.Because the book was first written in 1910, I'm also not sure that all the terms used to refer to African cultural things are politically correct (magic is called Ju Ju, for example). Something to think about.This book contains 40 stories, and is properly formatted for the kindle, though the active table of contents is inaccessible from the menu.

The stories are short and easy to read. I am enjoying the morals of the stories. I would recommend this book to read to children or adults.

Rubbish, Don' purchase if you want to learn anything about Nigeria!

Not what I expected but ok.

Fun and educational

good book...