African Folklore or the Bible?

Have you ever stopped while reading a folktale and wondered where you’ve seen the story before? In this week’s episode we look at a folkloric account from the Ndebele of South Africa and the another from the Ashanti of Ghana which have striking similarities to a biblical account.

Ndebele Man (Image Credit: Smithsonian Institute)

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• How To Read Myths and Folklore (A Thread)

• German Folktales in Asia

References

• Determination on Manala-Mbongo and NdzundzaMabhoko Paramountcies: Report from the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims in the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria.

• Rattray, Robert Sutherland. Ashanti proverbs:(the primitive ethics of a savage people). Clarendon Press, 1916. pp 46 - 47, 90 – 91.

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