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Quiz
Think you know African mythology? Match each being to their legend and prove your knowledge.
Listen to Sesi and Haleemah discuss the extent to which culture should be preserved.
In any case, attention should be awarded to how we tell our stories so that they can garner the attention of incoming generations. If drastic actions are not taken, our cultural heritages and our pristine identities may not recover from this slippery slide and unguarded free fall into the bin of forgotten history.
A folktale about 'Anansi', the legendary Ghanian god.
Sàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; and as Jakuta or Badé is an Orisha, a deity in Yoruba religion. He is a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third Alaafin of the Oyo Kingdom prior to his posthumous deification.
