African Myths of Origin

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  • Gathering
  • a
  • wide
  • range
  • of
  • traditional
  • African
  • myths,
  • this
  • compelling
  • new
  • collection
  • offers
  • tales
  • of
  • heroes
  • battling
  • mighty
  • serpents
  • and
  • monstrous
  • birds,
  • brutal
  • family
  • conflict
  • and
  • vengeance,
  • and
  • desperate
  • migrations
  • across
  • vast
  • and
  • alien
  • lands.
  • From
  • impassioned
  • descriptions
  • of
  • animal-creators
  • to
  • dramatic
  • stories
  • of
  • communities
  • forced
  • to
  • flee
  • monstrous
  • crocodiles,
  • all
  • the
  • narratives
  • found
  • here
  • concern
  • origins
  • -
  • whether
  • of
  • the
  • universe,
  • peoples
  • or
  • families.
  • Together,
  • they
  • create
  • a
  • kaleidoscopic
  • picture
  • of
  • the
  • rich
  • and
  • varied
  • oral
  • traditions
  • that
  • have
  • shaped
  • the
  • culture
  • and
  • society
  • of
  • successive
  • generations
  • of
  • Africans
  • for
  • thousands
  • of
  • years,
  • throughout
  • the
  • long
  • struggle
  • to
  • survive
  • and
  • explore
  • this
  • massive
  • and
  • environmentally
  • diverse continent.
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