African folktales is fairytale book about different stories that were told based around the African culture and traditions. These stories help children learn about creativity and imagination from the people that wrote the books a long time ago. In a way children learn about the varieties of stories and different aspects of what a fairytale is about. ( )

The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages — from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns.