From 1875 the explorer’s followers gathered each night round the camp fire to tell stories, and Stanley wrote down the best of them. Here are tales of the creation of man, the goat, the lion and the serpent, the queen of the pool, King Gumbi’s lost daughter, Kitinda and her wise dog, and how Kimyera became king of Uganda.
A valuable early collection of Central African folk tales, framed by the colonial outlook of its collector. Download the free EPUB.