Mama is proud to share this space
where you can find African fables and folktales to share with your
children or simply to enjoy yourself.
African folktales serve many roles.
They are a way to transfer history and culture as well as being
a wonderful method of teaching the values and morals of African
peoples. Additionally, they are a way of spending time together
and sharing the beliefs of a culture. You will find that although
the names, situations and details of the stories change; their morals
are often similar. Greed, dishonesty and spitefullness are punished;
while generocity, respect and cleverness are rewarded.
It is also important to read these
tales with the understanding that traditional African society treats
the spiritual world as an integral part of the world in which we
live. So it is "normal" to hear and see things in daily
life which are a part of the world of the ancestors or the spiritual
realm. |
