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African Belief
Storyteller · 10 pieces

Kwame Mensah

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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Literature 11 min

Àbíkú and Ịgbanje: African Folklore in Contemporary Storytelling, and the Label That Almost Explained It Away

Okagbue Uyanwa digs beside the orange tree while the compound watches. Ezinma, nine years old, has led the men down toward the stream and back again, in no hurry, and then pointed at the ground.

By Kwame