Archive - Mythological Africans

Welcome to the very first episode of MA 2025!

Feb 3 •

Mythological Africans

13:39

January 2025

December 2024

Thank you for an amazing year!

Dec 30, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

19:30

Njoya: The Icon

We ended last week with the tragic fall of Nsa’gu, Fon of the Bamum people in Cameroon, to the Nso.

Dec 23, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

16:31

Or yet more accounts of succession battles

Dec 16, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

14:42

Son Jara, Dankaran Touman and the Jelimusows

More cases of birthright theft

Dec 9, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

13:27

African Folklore or the Bible?

Have you ever stopped while reading a folktale and wondered where you’ve seen the story before?

Dec 2, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

12:30

And so November ends

...and so December arrives.

Dec 1, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

Great Wealth, Good Health

Neck rings in AmaNdebele Culture

Dec 1, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

November 2024

To tell or to retell?

If you know anything about Mythological Africans, you know we love folktale retellings around here.

Nov 25, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

11:02

A Donkey Named Fritla

Or the perils of doing what people ask you to do

Nov 18, 2024 •

Mythological Africans

5:19

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