Shared West African folklore refers to the folktales found across the region of West Africa.

Some of
these folktales traveled across the Atlantic during the period of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to become
part of Caribbean, Cuban or Brazilian mythology, with some endemic changes. Some West African
folktales are the following:

- The creation of the world (A Yoruba myth): The myth of how the world was created according to
the Yorubas in West Africa. You can read this folktale with this link:
http://www.allfolktales.com/wafrica/yoruba_creation.php
- The Lost Heir: In this story a king dies without an heir, but an heir does exist somewhere deep in
the forest. You can read the folktale with this link:
http://www.allfolktales.com/wafrica/lost_heir.php