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Bemba folktales

A Bemba folktale from Zambia showing Ndime singing from a fig tree as hunters rest below.

When the Chief Was Away: Jealousy and Justice in a Bemba Folktale

African Folktales·Southern African Folktales·Zambian Folktales

One afternoon, the senior wife of a great Chief gave a command that set the rhythm of the day. “Quickly, grind the mealie into flour. Prepare enough to feed fifty men. Tomorrow the Chief departs to hunt elephants.” The women obeyed at once, and the pounding of grain filled the kraal until the work was done. The following morning, the

Bemba folktale from Zambia showing a woman in a tree weaving baskets while men are cast down by magic.

African Folktales·Southern African Folktales·Zambian Folktales

A Match for Any Man: A Zambian Folktale

There was once a remarkable woman who proved herself a match for any man. Orphaned at six, she grew up in a village where all the children were boys. Instead of being set apart, she joined them in everything, fishing, hunting, climbing, and testing her courage in the ways of

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Bemba folktales

When the Chief Was Away: Jealousy and Justice in a Bemba Folktale

A Match for Any Man: A Zambian Folktale

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