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Beba folktales Cameroon

Parchment-style drawing of Monkey rescuing Leopard from pit; Beba folktale about ingratitude and justice

Monkey Outsmarts Leopard

In a verdant land far beyond the horizon, where the earth breathed life into countless crops and the seasons danced in perfect harmony with human toil, there lived a community of farmers whose prosperity was matched only by their wisdom in reading the rhythms of nature. These skilled cultivators grew an abundance that would make any village envious, plantains that
Parchment-style illustration of Ndafo the Tiger killing his elderly mother with a knife; Beba folklore from Cameroon.

Tiger Kills His Mother

In the days when friendship could survive the year of the locusts and bonds between creatures seemed unbreakable, Ndafo-the-Tiger and Torokee-the-Tortoise shared a companionship that had weathered many storms. Their friendship had endured through seasons of plenty and scarcity alike, but nothing could have prepared them for the devastating famine

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