This short overview of Basukuma oral literature is based on the author’s field work materials. The material was collected in the late 1990s and a study on the same topic was written that the present paper is based on. The first part of the article provides a short historical background of the Basukuma of Mwanza of Tanzania, the second part introduces via sample texts the Basukuma fictional stories. The conclusion sum up the improtance of oral stories for the society.