Folk Tales
Stories From Peace Corps Countries Around
the World
Africa
Abegaz and the Lion (Ethiopia) Read | Listen
The Center of the Earth (Eritrea) Read | Listen
The Maiden Nsia (Ghana) Read | Listen
The Stealing of the Drums (Ghana) Read | Listen
The Talking Goat (Liberia) Read | Listen
Tislet and Isli (Morocco) Read | Listen
The Calabash Princess (Niger)
The Hare and the Water (Tanzania) Read | Listen
The Big Fire (Togo) Read | Listen
The Great Hole (Togo)
Central and Eastern Europe
Half Man, Half Limping Rabbit (Romania) Read
The Legend of St. Anne’s Lake (Romania) Read | Listen
Fate vs. Mind (Macedonia) Read | Listen
Ivan the Fool (Russia) Read | Listen
Asia & Pacific Islands
The Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival (China) Read
Mother Wolf (Kyrgyz Republic) Read | Listen
The Legend of Ajidar Tash, or Dragon Rock (Kyrgyz Republic) Read
The Legend of Cassowary (Papua New Guinea)
Read | Listen
Latin America & the Caribbean
The King's Advice (Dominican Republic) Read | Listen
Cricket and the Sea (Guatemala)
Quak-wah-tania and Her Sisters (Guyana) Read
Wings on Her Feet (Haiti)
The Flower of Olivia (Honduras) Read