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Theme · 3 stories
Generosity
Parables from across Africa that turn on the lesson of generosity.
nigeria · Hausa · Fulani
The Calabash of Water
In the worst drought anyone could remember, a traveller crossed the bush with only one calabash of water left. Three strangers were waiting for him on the road, and what he did with that water reshaped his whole life.
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Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky
Sun and Moon invited their friend Water to visit. Water came with all its people — fish, crocodiles, and rivers — until the house was full to the roof and the two had to climb into the sky.
Read the parablecameroon · Fulani
The Fulani Shepherd and the Stranger
A Fulani shepherd shares his last bowl of milk with a tired traveller. The traveller, it turns out, has been sent by the elders to see who in the country still remembers the old ways.
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