Mythological Africans Podcast

We travel to Morocco today to meet Fritla the donkey and his owner who just can’t catch a break. References * Koudia, Jilali El, et al. “A Donkey Named Fritla.” Moroccan Folktales,…

Proofreading has turned my brain to mush, so there will be no scripted narratives this episode. But if you like kitties and want to hear me wax poetic about my upcoming book, stick…

As many of you may know, we’re one day away from the American presidential elections. It’s certainly one of those election cycles where it feels like the choice of whoever wins wil…

I have had the most amazing time over the last six weeks sharing about the women credited with founding some of the African continent’s peoples. I especially enjoyed last week’s ep…

Modern African political establishments are so dominated by men, it might be hard to believe that many African peoples trace their origins back to women. We’ve spent the last coupl…

If you’re a longtime follower of Mythological Africans, you know I absolutely LOVE when African people use mythology and folklore from the continent as inspiration for creative end…

By some accounts, legendary Somali queen Ebla Awad, better known as Arraweelo, was a man-hating, ball-busting, devourer mother. In others, she was a visionary leader who took matte…

Mythological Africans is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. In last week’s episode, we got to k…

We’re back from last week’s brief hiatus and just in time to continue the exploration of how mythology and folklore shows up in modern African literature. In this week’s episode, a…

We continue with the topic of folklore in modern African literature this week with “Tribal Scars and Other Stories”, a collection of short stories by Senegalese film director, prod…

Africanfuturism, Africanjujuism, Afropantheology… How do we describe those works of African literature which weave in aspects of the supernatural in everyday life? We’ve spent quit…

Hello Friends, We close out the month with another foray into the landscape of folklore and place, this time with the Gikuyu (Kenya) account of how Kere-Nyaga or Mt. Kenya came to…

Hey there friend! We return to normal programing this week with more folklore in modern African literature. The late Congolese author Sony Labou Tansi’s Life and a Half is a book t…

That’s right! The Watkins Book of African Folklore is OUR book folks. It is the MA Book because, quite frankly, I couldn’t have written this book without your curiosity and interes…

Picture this: you’re neck deep in a collection of African folktales or commentary written by some 19th century ethnographer when, suddenly, you find yourself faced with a block of…

Hello friends, In the final episode of the MA Podcast series on cross dressing in the African context, we talk about cross dressing as an expression of sexual orientation and even…

Hello Friends! In this episode, we continue our inquiry into how cross dressing shows up across the African continent with a focus on theatrical performances. There is definitely E…

Hello Friends, We continue this week with three versions of the story of how the Bamaya Dance of the Dagomba came into being. The Bamaya is a popular Dagomba dance which features m…

Hello Friends! For the month of July, we'll spend time looking at the different ways in which crossdressing shows up in African culture and folklore. If you remember from the MA J…

Hello Friends! First, welcome to everyone who subscribed in the last 24 hours! I am thrilled to have you here and I’ll introduce myself properly in the upcoming June newsletter. We…