''Tales of Amadou Koumba'' or ''Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba'' is a collection of tales from Senegal, transcribed by
Birago Diop
Birago Diop (11 December 1906 – 25 November 1989) was a Senegalese poet and storyteller whose work restored general interest in African folktales and promoted him to one of the most outstanding African francophone writers.griot, Amadou Koumba. It was published for the first time in 1947.
This is one of the first significant attempts to put African oral literature into written form. According to Roland Colin, these tales reveal the finest art of the
Wolof
Wolof or Wollof may refer to:
* Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...
griots and Birago Diop makes these tales audible to the European reader and the least informed of the "Black African spirit".Roland Colin, ''Les Contes noirs de l'Ouest africain. Témoins majeurs d'un humanisme'', Présence Africaine, 1957, éd. poche 2005, p.44
Tales (in French titles)
*"Fari l'ânesse"
*"Un jugement"
*"Les mamelles"
*"N'Gor Niébé"
*"Maman-Caïman"
*"Les mauvaises compagnies I"
*"Les mauvaises compagnies II"
*"Les mauvaises compagnies III"
*"Les mauvaises compagnies IV"
*"La lance de l'hyène"
*"Une commission"
*"Le salaire"
*"Tours de lièvre"
*"Petit-mari"
*"Vérité et mensonge"
*"La biche et les deux chasseurs"
*"Les calebasses de Kouss"
*"L'héritage"
*"Sarzan"