Owoicho, a Nobel Speaker, has selected these twenty tales with the specific hope that Nigeria's oldest stories, as well as a few new ones, be perpetuated by future generations and be appreciated by children throughout the world. In these "beloved stories, morsels rich with the gritty essence of Africa," we will meet, among many others, ''The King and the JuJu Tree, Iyeji and Ikinabo, we hear the voices of the scheming Tortoise and learn from an...