Legends of Liberia - A Children's Art Competition

Competition Guidelines

     • Listen to the audio stories from the book "Legends of Liberia"

     • Decide which story you like the most

     • Draw or paint the story you enjoyed the most 

     • Send your drawing or painting to the competition by June 1st, 2017

     • Open to all primary school students in Liberia

Please write your name, age, address and a phone number or email on the back of the drawing.

The audio stories are available to everyone for free and can be downloaded here:

1 The Baby Star Who Visited A Fish2 Why Elephants Flee From Goats3 How Rain Came To The Earth4 The Sun The Moon And The Stars5 How Spiders Waist Became So Thin6 The Antbag And The Hunter7 The Cry Of The Seagull8 The Herald Of The Dawn9 How Turtle Drowned Leopard In The Sea10 Why Yams And Cassavas Hide In The Ground11 When God Made Crabs12 The Discontented Spider13 The Kitchen In The Sky14 Why Hunters Fear Djinn15 How Fisher-Bird Gained His Colours

Artwork may be submitted in an envelope marked with the competition title “Legends of Liberia Art Competition" to the following address:

     European Union Delegation to Liberia

     100 UN Drive, Mamba Point, Monrovia

Artwork may also be scanned or photographed and sent by email with the subject line “Legends of Liberia Art Competition" to:

     DELEGATION-LIBERIA@eeas.europa.eu

The winner of the competition will be announced on the International Day of the African Child, June 16th, 2017.

Supporting education in Liberia is a priority for the European Union. The European Union hopes this small contribution will help the effort to preserve Liberia's tradition of storytelling, and to pass it on to future generations.