Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales

A curated selection of West African oral folk tales gathered from village storytellers and mission children, retold in English with efforts to preserve native dialect and local colour. The volume assembles animal trickster episodes—featuring a clever rabbit, a resourceful spider, leopards, turtles and other figures—alongside ghost stories, origin myths, riddles and moral anecdotes. Stories are organized into short chapters with explanatory notes and occasional footnotes to clarify customs and language, aiming to present accessible narratives that reflect communal storytelling, humor, practical wisdom and traditional beliefs without extensive editorializing.