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Ajapa the Tortoise: A Book of Nigerian Folk Tales by Margaret Baumann ISBN: 0486423611 Dover Publications Price: $5.95 click here to see this book This entertaining collection of 30 traditional Nigerian folk tales is filled with instructive lessons in honesty, loyalty, and friendship. Timeless fables recount adventures of Ajapa the Tortoise: how he saved the king and tricked the lion, what happened when he rented his house, how he came to be bald, and more. Table of Contents for Ajapa the Tortoise: A Book of Nigerian Folk Tales Chapter I. Tortoise Goes Wooing II. Why Women Have Long Hair III. How Tortoise Became a Chief IV. The Inquisitive Servant V. Tortoise and Crab VI. The Golden Comb VII. The Farmer's Daughter VIII. The Seven Brothers IX. The Bat X. The Two Jars XI. Akiti XII. The Elegant Crab XIII. Tortoise and Fly XIV. The Leopard-Man XV. Tortoise and the World's Wisdom XVI. The Iroko Tree XVII. The Ants and the Serpent XVIII. Tortoise Saves the King XIX. Oluronbi's Promise XX. The Head XXI. Tortoise Tricks the Lion XXII. War About a Goat XXIII. The Elephant and the Rhinoceros XXIV. The Abyss of Ajaye XXV. The Magician's Parrot XXVI. Tortoise and the Cock XXVII. Tortoise Lets His House XXVIII. The Monkeys and the Gorilla XXIX. The Wrestlers XXX. Why Tortoise Is Bald Illustrations   Tunde and the Leopard-Man   Tortoise Finds the Horse's Head   Ladipo and His Masters   A Fisherman Finds the Golden Comb   Akiti Fights the Elephant   Sani and the Magic Tree   Tortoise and the Lion   Oke Pays a Visit to Ata

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