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The King of the Snakes and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda

Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are stories that Baskerville heard herself, while other stories she adapted from the Baganda folktales collected by Apollo Kaggwa [1864–1927]. You will find origin stories here, like "Why the Bat Sleeps All Through the Day," and "How the Grey Parrots Got Their Red Tails," along with many other animal stor…

Episodes

1. The King of the Snakes10/18/2023
2. The Story of Kintu10/18/2023
3. The Story of the Fairy Bee10/18/2023
4. The Story of Mpobe the Hunter10/18/2023
5. Walukaga the Blacksmith10/18/2023
6. Why the Bat Sleeps All Through the Day10/18/2023
7. Kasanke the Little Red Bird10/18/2023
8. The Frog and the Lizard10/18/2023
9. The Song of the Forest Wanderer10/18/2023
10. The Story of the Chief Kasuju10/18/2023
11. The Story of Kibate10/18/2023
12. The Golden-crested Crane10/18/2023
13. The Song of the Grey Heron10/18/2023
14. The Story of the Grey Heron10/18/2023
15. The Crimson-striped Lily10/18/2023
16. The Cooking-pot and the Drum10/18/2023
17. The Story of the Fairy Foxes10/18/2023
18. The Locusts10/18/2023
19. The Story of the Hippos10/18/2023
20. The Leopard and the Goat10/18/2023
21. The Stranger10/18/2023
22. The Lion, the Hyena, and the Hare10/18/2023
23. How the Hare Traded With a Bag of Corn10/18/2023
24. The Foolish Hare10/18/2023
25. The Story of the Cock and the Hen10/18/2023
26. Uganda Lullaby10/18/2023
27. The Story of the Two Friends10/18/2023
28. How the Grey Parrots Got Their Red Tails10/18/2023
29. The Song of the Old Caravan Days10/18/2023
30. The Guardians of the Snakes10/18/2023
31. Proverbs10/18/2023
32. Preface10/15/2023

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