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#WyrdWednesday
“Oh, that woman! She is hideous…her monstrous eyes seem to have been merely laid on her face, but, mystery of mysteries, this is the woman you must marry, sire, for she will be the mother of him who will make the name of Mali immortal for ever.”
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#FairyTaleTuesday
“On the seat of the great chief’s stool lay the little garden snake.
‘My little friend!’ she exclaimed. ‘It’s such a pleasure to see you, but why are you here?’
‘I am the king,’ Nyoka replied.
And there, before Nyasha’s eyes, the garden snake changed shape.”

#FaustianFriday
Be especially careful of the Eloko, if you’re among the Mungo-Nkundo in the DRC.

It is said that one day a hunter took his wife, at her own insistence, into the forest, where he had a hut.

🎨: Paula Hammond

#FolkloreThursday
In Kongo (DRC) folklore the Bisimbi bi Masa are water nymphs who live in the cold mainstream of rivers. Bisimbi are invisible but at nightfall and before dawn, they can they be seen rising from the water as faint mists.
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#MythologyMonday
Mbaba Mwana Waresa is a fertility goddess of the Zulu people (South Africa). She has power over water and earth and is associated with rainbows, agriculture, harvests, rain, and beer. She taught people how to sow and reap, and the art of beer brewing.
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#FairyTaleTuesday
“Indombe is fire, Indombe is life, Indombe is motherhood, Indombe is a slave to the power of death. She is an enormous copper snake over three feet wide, and several miles in length.”

Image Credits:
1. A Book of Creatures
2. Feintbellt on DeviantArt

#SwampSunday
The Namungumi of the Yao (Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania) lives in Lake Nyasa AKA Lake Malawi. It is easily recognizable by the grid pattern on its skin. Namungumi are Yao initiatory figures which represent water and kinship.

Five Madagascan Monsters for #FaustianFriday

1. The Songomby
What do you know about this beaut of a man eating beast from Madagascar? It is said to be practically invincible but the hero Imbahitrila defeated one with two magical eggs from the angavola bird.

#WrydWednesday
Despite its deeply problematic portrayal of Afro-indigenous worldviews, 1990s Nollywood is a treasure of wryd movie goodness.

#FairytaleTuesday

5 Facts about Yennenga, Warrior Princess of the Mossi (Burkina Faso)

🎨:UNESCO