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African jinn stories

Old Fatou delivers a jinn queen’s baby in a palace, from a Gambian folktale

Old Fatou and the Jinn | A Gambian Folktale

African Folktales·Gambian Folktales·West African Folktales

Everyone in the town knew Old Fatou. She was the midwife who had brought countless babies into the world. Families from the town itself and from nearby Bir sought her help whenever a woman went into labour. Her home stood on the edge of the old Black village, the place that, over time, was replaced with wide streets and houses

Senegalese spahi Mandoye N’Gom meeting a jinn woman under moonlight.

African Folktales·Senegalese Folktales·West African Folktales·Wolof Folktales

The Spahi and the Jinn

Mandoye N’Gom, a spahi of the second class, lived in N’Dar Touti, a settlement on the banks of the Senegal River. Like many soldiers, his days were ruled by routine, and the discipline of roll-call dictated much of his life. Yet one strange night, a simple mistake and an unexpected

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African jinn stories

Old Fatou and the Jinn | A Gambian Folktale

The Spahi and the Jinn

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