Browse Tag

Traditional Bemba storytelling

Illustration of a hare tricking a two-mouthed python near a sacred tree in a traditional Bemba folktale from Zambia.

The Hare and the Two-Mouthed Python: A Bemba Folktale from Zambia

African Folktales·Southern African Folktales·Zambian Folktales

Long ago, when life was unhurried and time seemed to wait for every man’s turn at happiness, there was a village sunk in deep sorrow. Its people were restless, their homes joyless, and their Chief so burdened by grief that he could not even think about his only daughter, the princess, who had grown beyond marriageable age. The gloom that

Illustration of a Bemba folktale showing a man leaving while a ghostly infant follows, symbolizing justice.

African Folktales·Southern African Folktales·Zambian Folktales

Were You My Father?: A Zambian Folktale of Betrayal and Justice

Long ago, when villages lived closely with the rhythms of nature, there was a young man who had grown into adulthood under the care of his mother. Seeing her son mature, the women of the village urged her to find him a wife. “Your son is a man now,” they

Go toTop

Traditional Bemba storytelling

The Hare and the Two-Mouthed Python: A Bemba Folktale from Zambia

Were You My Father?: A Zambian Folktale of Betrayal and Justice

Banner

Subscribe