The Magic Flyswatter: A Superhero Tale of Africa, Retold from the Mwindo Epic

by Aaron Shepard · 2008

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The storyteller stands beside the fire — swaying, dancing, miming, singing, reciting. In a mountain rainforest of the Congo, a Nyanga village hears once more the tale of its favorite hero, Mwindo, the one born walking, the one born talking. . . .

Genre
mythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 44 pages

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