Friends in Famine: A Bemba Folktale (Zambia)
In the long-ago days of hardship, when rains failed and famine tightened its grip upon the land, there lived two inseparable companions named Awumbi
The Three Wise Men and the Lost Camel
In the bustling marketplace of an ancient Ethiopian trading town, where the scents of frankincense and berbere spice mingled with the dust kicked up
The Hare Who Slew the Python: A Nsenga Folktale (Zambia)
In a village ringed by bush and shadow, a monstrous python had taken up its home in the great totem tree, sliding down at
Half boy and the Seven Brothers
In the rugged mountains of ancient Ethiopia, where cliffs rose like cathedral walls and eagles soared among clouds that brushed the highest peaks, there
The Cost of Tales
In the ancient highlands of Ethiopia, where coffee beans grew wild among the rocky terraces and the air was thin with mountain mist, there
The Man and the Disguised Goat
In the highlands of ancient Ethiopia, where the morning mist rolled down from sacred mountains and the scent of wild coffee beans perfumed the
The Girl Who Saved Her Brother
In the days when the great forests stretched unbroken across the land, and villages nestled like small islands of warmth in an ocean of
The Captured Princess and the Bird
In the days when the world was younger and magic flowed as freely as water from mountain springs, there stood a kingdom where the
The Fool Who Wed the Fairy Princess: A Zambian Folktale
Long ago, when the world was still young and only a few humans roamed the earth, wild animals ruled the land. Each beast claimed
Were You My Father?: A Zambian Folktale of Betrayal and Justice
Long ago, when villages lived closely with the rhythms of nature, there was a young man who had grown into adulthood under the care
