The Quarrel of the Two Lizards and Other African Tales
 Why does the king want to kill all the old people? Who unearthed the corpse of Hyena-Mother? How can two small lizards manage to upset the established order and family happiness?
 The three initiatory tales proposed in this collection pose funny questions. Immersed in the imaginary world of traditional Africa, where animals and people mingle and respond to each other, the reader has fun and questions himself. Thus he observes life, guided in this with humor by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, who affirms: "a tale is a mirror where each one can discover his own image"