African Folktales for the Young at Heart: Hausa Tales of Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder

Twenty timeless tales where clever spiders outsmart giants, talking tails hold grudges, and wisdom travels on the wind across West Africa.

African Folktales for the Young at Heart brings together twenty captivating tales from Northern Nigeria—stories passed down through generations around evening fires, now illustrated and retold for families everywhere. Watch a tiny spider defeat the tallest man in all of Hausaland, armed with nothing but cleverness and courage. Meet a mosquito with a secre...