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Ma-kishi legend

Ngana Samba carries her children across a river, escaping the Ma-kishi in a Kimbundu Angolan folktale.

Ngana Samba and the Ma-Kishi: A Kimbundu Folktale of Courage, Motherhood, and Escape.

long ago, during the dry season, the people of a village gathered to burn the prairie. Men and women worked together: the men hunted game in the open grasslands, while the women dug for dixinji-rats hidden in the earth. When the day’s work ended, the villagers returned home with their spoils, except for one young woman who lingered, still digging.

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