Timeless African folktales retold for a new generation
Why Ants Carry Bundles as Big as Themselves
Kweku Anansi, the trickster spider of Ashanti tales, was well known for his cunning ways. He and his son, Kweku Tsin, were both skilled farmers who usually enjoyed plentiful harvests. Their farms had always been fruitful, with yams, beans, and maize ripening under their care. But one year misfortune struck.
Mawu’s Divine Justice
In the ancient days when the gods walked closely with mortals and
Mabel and the Witch
Once upon a time, in a place not so very far away,
The Hyena as Imam: A Mossi Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Cleverness and Authority
Long ago, in the wide bushlands of Burkina Faso where acacia trees lean toward the sun and the ponds glimmer under the dry-season sky, the animals of the wild
The Rooster and the Elephant: A Mossi Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Courage and Cunning
In the sun-baked plains of Burkina Faso, where the grass bends beneath the harmattan winds and villages gather around the drum’s call, there once lived a rooster and an
The Race Between Monkey and Tortoise
In the heart of an ancient African forest, where towering trees formed a green cathedral beneath the endless sky, lived a Monkey whose pride in his own speed knew
Samba Atta Dabo: The Bourhama of Thievaly | Wolof Folktale from Gambia
My name is Samba Atta Dabo, and I am the one who cares for those whom sorcerers have made ill. If evil has been done to a person, it
Mamadou and Anta: A Story Between Humans and Jinns | A Wolof Folktale from Gambia
There was once a man named Mamadou who longed for knowledge. Leaving his home in Oualo, he journeyed to Kayor in search of a school where he might learn
The Yumboes: Spirits of the Jaloff People | An African Folktale
Across the mainland of Africa, opposite the small isle of Gorée, the Jaloff people tell of a mysterious race of beings known as the Yumboes. These spirits are believed
The Ungrateful Crocodile
The blazing African sun hung high in a cloudless sky, casting shimmering waves of heat across the vast savanna. Along the muddy banks of a great river that wound
The Moon’s Gift to Humanity
In the time when the world was young and magic flowed like rivers through the land, there lived a troop of spot-nosed monkeys in the heart of Africa. These
I Was Born in the Fire
In the vast expanse of the African savanna, where the red earth stretched endlessly beneath a sky painted in eternal blue, there lived a hyena whose industrious nature was
The Hyena, the Hare, and the Holly
In the heart of the African savanna, where the great river wound its way through golden grasslands like a silver serpent, there lived a hyena whose reputation for ingenuity
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