@simbarr tooted another great series:

"Congo Tales is a photo series book featuring local Congolese people acting out images from their folklore.

The book contains the photography of Pieter Henket, and was edited by Eva Vonk and Stefanie Plattner. The Congolese mythology was adapted by Congolese philosopher S. R. Kovo N'Sondé and author Wilfried N'Sondé. ....."

first of 3 toots https://c.im/@simbarr/110401311562086093

#africanfolklore #congo #photography

It is a fun interactive talk where we get to think about what archetypes mean to us but also explore from the African perspective and hear folktales for context - Helen is talking about folktales from various places on the continent and comparing/contrasting social norms and the presentation of female agency

#folklore #folktales #africanfolklore

According to the Bushman of southern Africa, constellations were formed when a young girl threw the ashes from her campfire into the sky, so that the stars would guide her father home after his hunting trip.

#MythologyMonday
#AfricanFolklore
#AfricanLegends
#Folklore
#Mythology

@mythology
@folklore

Meet a few of the shape-shifting felines in African legends!

The wereleopard is really a leopard deity who presents as a human during the day, while the werelion may have been a royal ruler in its past life.

In Tanzania, the Nunda or Mngwa is also a werecat. This enormous creature, said to be more ferocious than a lion, stalks villages at night.

https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Mngwa

#MythologyMonday
#Africa
#AfricanFolklore
#AfricanLegends
#Folklore
#MythsAndLegends

@folklore
@mythology

I love stories about #Anansi
I only first got into African folklore because of a white author. We see the problem, yes? While that was a good book, that ought not have been my first exposure let alone at my age

Please recommend #BlackFolklore and #AfricanFolklore

I love stories about #Anansi
I only first got into African folklore because of a white author. We see the problem, yes? While that was a good book, that ought not have been my first exposure let alone at my age

Please recommend #BlackFolklore and #AfricanFolklore