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Meet clever tricksters, talking animals and timeless lessons carried through generations of Ghanaian storytelling.
Featured taleDuring the worst drought in living memory, when all the elders' prayers and the priests' rituals had failed to bring rain, a young shepherd boy named Kwame climbed to the highest hill and sang, and the skies finally listened.
Hero TalesWhen the sacred drum of her village sank to the bottom of the River Tano and all the warriors failed to retrieve it, it was young Abena, with nothing but courage and a pure heart, who dove beneath the waters and brought it home.
Animal FablesLong ago, the Elephant was king of all the animals and ruled through fear and force, until a small Rabbit used wit, patience, and truth to humble the great beast before the entire forest.
Animal FablesWhen the Leopard boasted that his golden coat was the most beautiful in all the forest and mocked the spotted Firefly, the smallest creature in the trees devised a plan that would mark the proud cat forever.
Animal FablesTortoise was once famous for his smooth, beautiful shell, until the day his cunning and greed took him to a feast in the sky, and a very long fall brought him back to earth in pieces.
Creation MythsWhen a terrible sickness moved from village to village and messengers on foot could not keep pace with it, a young drummer named Kofi Atiiti discovered how to carry the voice of the people faster than any man could walk.
Creation MythsBefore the world was as we know it, the tortoise was a vulnerable creature without armour, until an act of great loyalty to Nyame the Creator earned it a gift no other animal received.
Creation MythsLong ago, the sky rested just above the rooftops, and Nyame the Great Sky God lived close enough to touch, until the carelessness of people drove him far above, where he remains to this day.
Wisdom TalesWhen three weary strangers arrived in a drought-stricken village, every household turned them away, except one old woman who shared the last of her water, and changed the fate of her entire village.
Wisdom TalesTwo brothers inherited their father's cocoa farm with opposite attitudes toward work, and over the course of a single harvest season, each came to understand what their father's real inheritance truly was.
Wisdom TalesWhen drought threatened his kingdom, Chief Opoku was told to seek counsel from the wisest members of his court, and found the answer he needed from the most unexpected voice in the village.
Anansi StoriesTo bring stories from the Sky God to the people, Anansi accepts an impossible price and succeeds through patience, observation and clever planning.