Traditional storytelling

Parchment-style illustration of Anansi crushed under magical grinding-stone, Ashanti folktale from Ghana, villagers watching in background.

The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour by Itself

African Folktales·Ghanaian Folktales·West African Folktales

In a time long ago, famine swept across the land like a merciless shadow. The fields lay barren, the streams ran low, and the villagers grew thin and pale. Their ribs showed, their eyes sank, and hunger carved lines into their faces. The air itself felt heavy with despair, for no one knew when food might return. Yet, amid this

Hyena disguised as healer with mother inside hut, daughters waiting anxiously outside, Senegal folktale.

African Folktales·Gambian Folktales·West African Folktales

The Fate of De N’Galack and Patte N’Galack’s Mother| A Gambian Folktale

Once, in a quiet Gambian village, there lived a woman with her two daughters, De N’Galack and Patte N’Galack. The woman suffered from a painful sore on her foot, which caused her great discomfort and worry. While she searched for relief, a hyena arrived one day, pretending to have the