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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.
An account of an encounter with a Mami-Wata aka Mermaid
It is surprising how much similarity is yet to be uncharted between the African diaspora and the motherland. Here, therefore, we try to draw a nexus between the Brazilian Acaraje and Nigerian Àkàrà.
The myths surrounding people with albinism are too numerous to mention and these have been deeply ingrained in the minds of those who believe it.
