A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!

When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includes information on Kwanzaa, West African cloth weaving, and instructions for making a belt.

Because Osebo the leopard won't share his magnificent drum with anyone, Nyame the Sky-God offers a reward to whichever animal presents the drum to him.

All the animals, except the lazy Monkey, work to make a drum for the King of the Jungle, but Anansi makes certain that Monkey ends up with the hardest job of all.

Twenty-one illustrated tales from the Ashanti people of Ghana.

A simple farmer is startled when first a yam and then a dog, a tree, and a stone talk to him.

Surveys the history and culture of the Asante Kingdom in West Africa, from its founding in the late seventeenth century to its clashes with the British and eventual decline in the nineteenth century.

A young Ashanti boy describes some of the wonders of his life in and around the West African village of Bonwire.