Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales

Les contes des Mpongwe, Benga et Fang où les animaux parlent, jugent et se jouent des hommes, notés par un missionnaire resté quarante ans au Gabon.

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Njegâ (Leopard) Ntori (Wild Rat) Ra-Marânge (Medicine Man) Nyare (Ox) Ngowa (Hog) Nkambi (Antelope) Leopard's Wife; and others In public mourning for the dead, it is the custom for the nearest relative or dearest friend to claim the privilege of sitting closest to the corpse, and nursing the head on his or her lap. At a time long ago, the Animals were living in the Forest together. Most of them were at peace with each other. But Leopard was discovered to be a bad person. All the other animals refused to be friendly with him. Also, Wild Rat, a small animal, was found out to be a deceiver.

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