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Parchment-style illustration of Mugisha cutting elephant grass with curved blade; Ugandan folktale from Buganda region.

Mugisha, the Grasscutter

African Folktales·East African Folktales·Ugandan Folktales

In the ancient days when the kingdoms of Uganda stretched across lush hills and fertile valleys, there lived an old man named Mugisha in the land of Buganda. His life was marked by simplicity and solitude, no wife to share his evening meal, no children to carry his name forward, no cattle to mark him as a man of means.

Parchment-style illustration of Ngiya the Gorilla and Ingenda the Monkey in an African forest scene.

African Folktales·Cameroonian Folktales

Ngiya and Ingenda in the Forest of Truth

In the heart of the ancient African forest, where towering trees stretched their branches toward the heavens and the air hummed with the sounds of countless creatures, lived Ngiya the Gorilla. Despite his impressive size and strength, Ngiya carried a heavy burden that weighed more than his powerful frame could