Afarአፋር
The stories in this collection were told during March 1997 in several sessions, both in the office of the Regional Cultural Bureau, and at the home of Mohammed Ahmed Algani, who was the Bureau Head at that time. Not all can be directly attributed to their narrators. Most were told in the Afar language, and then translated into Amharic by Mohammed Algani. The Amharic was translated into English by Michael Ambatchew of the British Council.
Some Afar stories were collected in similar versions elsewhere in Ethiopia (eg The Cunning Fox and The Trio). Prominent in the Afar stories is the telling of riddles (eg The Crown Prince). This is typical of many very ancient stories from the Near East (compare the cycle of Samson stories in the Old Testament, and the myth of Oedipus).
በዚህኛው ስብስብ ውስጥ ያሉ ተረቶች የተነገሩት በመጋቢት ወር 1989ዓ.ም. በተለያዩ ሁኔታዎች ሲሆን ይኸውም በክልሉ ባህል ቢሮና እንዲሁም በወቅቱ የቢሮው ሃላፊ በሆኑት በአቶ ሙሀመድ አህመድ አልጋኒ ቤት ውስጥ ነበር፡፡ ታሪኮቹ በሙሉ የተራኪዎቹ ባይሆኑም አብዛኛዎቹ በአፋርኛ ቋንቋ ተተርከው በሙሃመድ አልጋኒ ወደ አማርኛ የተተረጎሙ ናቸው፡፡ አማርኛውም ወደ እንግሊዘኛ የተተረጎመው በብሪትሽ ካውንስሉ ሰራተኛ በማይክል ዳንኤል አምባቸው ነው፡፡
አንዳንዶቹ የአፋር ተረቶች በሌላ የኢትዮጲያ ክልሎች ውስጥ ከሚነገሩት ተረቶች ጋር ተመሳሳይነት አላቸው (ለምሳሌ፣ ተንኮለኛው ቀበሮ እና ሶስቱ)፡፡ በአፋር ተረቶች ውስጥ ጎልቶ የሚታየው የእንቆቅልሽ ብሂል ነው (ለምሳሌ፣ አልጋ ወራሹ ልዑል) ፡፡ይህ በቅርብ ምስራቅ ሀገሮች የሚታየው ጥንታዊ የታሪክ አነጋገር ስልት ነው፡፡ (በብሉይ ኪዳን ውስጥ የሚገኘውን የሳምሶንን ታሪክ እና የኤዲፐስን አፈ-ታሪክ ማመሳከር ይቻላል፡፡)

Listen — told in the original voice (Afar)
Part of Voices of Ethiopia. Language attributions are being confirmed with the collectors.
- Bad Habitsክፉ አመሎች
- Brains not Brawnጡንቻ ሳይሆን አእምሮNarrated by Mohammed Ahmed Algani
- The Clever Sonብልጡ ልጅ
- The Crown Princeአልጋ ወራሹ ልዑልNarrated by Mohammed Ahmed Algani
- The Cunning Foxተንኮለኛው ቀበሮNarrated by Mohammed Ahmed Algani
- The Deaf Familyመስማት የተሳነው ቤተሰብNarrated by Mohammed Ahmed
The Donkey and the Hyenaአህያና ጅብNarrated by Alo Yayo Burale
The Four Brothers and the Hyenaአራቱ ወንድማማቾችና አያ ጅቦ- The Fox and the Hyenaቀበሮና ጅብ
- The Hunter’s Brideየአዳኙ ሙሽራ
- The Sex Changeየጾታ ለውጡNarrated by Alo Yayo Barule
- The Sins of the Fatherየአባትየው ኃጢአቶችNarrated by Ahmed Mohammed Abeba
- The Three Travellersሦስቱ መንገደኞች (ተጓዦች)
- The TrioሦስቱNarrated by Mohammed Ali Akitoy