Includes nine stories based on folklore from various African countries and three original stories, representing the cultural diversity which exists in Africa.

The river that went to the sky / Kasiya Makaka Phiri (Malawi) -- Gong gong / Amoafi Kwapong (Ghana) -- The hunter and the deerwoman / Funmi Osoba (Nigeria) -- Two of a kind / MasŽe TourŽ (Sierra Leone) -- No problem / Asenath Bole Odaga (Kenya) -- A most famous baker / Eva Dadrian (Egypt) -- How the tortoise won respect / Gcina Mulophe (South Africa) -- The Aboul family / Hassan Erraji (Morocco) -- Two brothers / Inno Sorsy (Ghana) -- Tiyotiyo / Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe) -- My godfather / Sousa Jamba (Angola) -- The new moon and the rain horn / Gaele Sobott-Mogwe (Botswana).