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African Belief
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Célestin Mbala

One of the storytelling voices behind African Belief — every piece below carries their name because it was researched, framed, and checked in their voice.

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Creation 7 min

Unkulunkulu: The Zulu First Ancestor Who Came From the Reeds

In a church in KwaZulu-Natal, a congregation sings a name older than the hymn carrying it. Two valleys away, an elder uses that same word in an ordinary sentence about where the family came from.

By Célestin