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Goat eating cassava peels near a human village while children watch - Benga folktale

Why Goats Became Domestic

by Elizabeth Fabowale

African Folktales·Central African Folktales·Equatorial Guinean Folktales

Long ago, when the world was still young and the forests stretched wide across Corisco Island, all animals lived freely beneath the sky. Goat was among them, wild and untamed, his horns sharp and his beard swaying proudly as he wandered the hills. At that time, goats roamed in herds, feeding on fresh leaves and grasses, climbing rocks and leaping

The King’s daughter facing the devil in a Benga folktale from Equatorial Guinea.

African Folktales·Central African Folktales·Equatorial Guinean Folktales

The King’s Daughter and the Devil

Long ago in a coastal kingdom of the Benga people, there lived a mighty king whose wealth stretched beyond measure. His palace was filled with ivory, coral, and gold, yet none of these treasures brought him greater joy than his only daughter. She was a young woman of unmatched beauty,

The tortoise outwitting the elephant in a Benga folktale from Equatorial Guinea.

The Elephant and the Tortoise

Long ago, in the villages of the Benga people, the animals of

Tortoise paddles with Bojabi fruit as animals await by the great tree in Equatorial Guinea folktale.

Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree: An Equatorial Guinea Folktale

In the Country of All-the-Beasts, every animal lived together in one vast

A leopard challenging a ram in a Benga folktale from Equatorial Guinea.

The Leopard and the Ram

African Folktales·Central African Folktales·Equatorial Guinean Folktales

In the deep forests of Equatorial Guinea, where tall trees brushed the sky and rivers wound like silver snakes, lived a leopard who was feared by all the animals.

swine trying to speak in a Benga folktale from Equatorial Guinea, surrounded by animals in a forest clearing.

Why Swine Lost Their Speech

African Folktales·Central African Folktales·Equatorial Guinean Folktales

Long ago, when the world was young and the forest had not yet settled into silence, animals and people shared one common tongue. Their voices echoed through the villages,

Bokeli at the smithy surprises Etungi, proving he lives; Fang folktale scene from Equatorial Guinea with moral lesson.

A Snake’s Skin Looks Like a Snake: Fang Folktale of Bokeli and Jamba

African Folktales·Central African Folktales·Equatorial Guinean Folktales

Bokeli, son of Njambe-of-the-Sea-Coast, was compared to a snake. Just as a snake sheds its skin, leaving behind something that looks almost as frightening as the creature itself, so

Tortoise and Leopard inside the mythical Giant Goat, Fang folktale from Equatorial Guinea, symbolizing greed and consequences.

The Giant Goat of Njambe: A Fang Folktale of Cunning and Greed

African Folktales·Central African Folktales·Equatorial Guinean Folktales

Long ago, in the time when animals built towns and shared the earth with gifts from the Creator, two unlikely companions, Tortoise and Leopard, lived together in peace. They

Dog Mbwa with his mother and Eyale in a traditional Equatorial Guinean folktale setting.

Why Dog Lost His Human Speech: A Folktale from Equatorial Guinea

African Folktales·Central African Folktales·Equatorial Guinean Folktales

Long ago, in the ancient days when humans and animals still lived side by side, speaking the same tongue and marrying among each other, there lived a Dog named

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