French language Literature
Contes africains
2017
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Anglais Allemand Arabe
In Africa, folk tales form part of a long oral tradition. Recounted by talented story-tellers, often as night falls, they pass on values or beliefs and broach sensitive subjects such as death, poverty or sterility. Join us and discover just a few of them.
French language | Literature
Episode 1
4 min
Makembé (tale from the DRC)
Once upon a time there was a village struck by misfortune. Despite calling on all the saints for their help, no woman had become pregnant for ten long years. An evil spirit was preventing children being born. One day, one of the wise villagers, asked the wily little Makembé for his help...
Episode 2
4 min
The lizard and the chicken's egg (tale from the Côte d'Ivoire)
The lizard and the chicken's egg were friends. They were inseparable. One day, the lizard said to the chicken's egg: "My dearest friend, let's go and eat mangoes!"...
Episode 3
3 min
Coumba the motherless girl (tale from Senegal)
Once upon a time there was a little girl that everyone called "motherless Coumba". Her mother was dead, she lived with her stepmother. Everyone adored the polite hard-working little girl, everyone except her father's second wife...
Episode 4
4 min
Kulu the Tortoise and Zé the Panther (tale from Cameroon)
Once upon a time there was a little village inhabited by animals. Zé the Panther was the chief. She had the largest field of kola nuts. But above all, Zé the Panther was feared by the other animals, she was unkind and cruel...
Episode 5
4 min
Samou-the-destitute (tale from Mali)
In Dougoulina, lived an old peasant farmer. They called him Samou-the-destitute. He had a frail wife and two sickly children but Samou worked very hard. Every year he sowed his seeds, but drought or thieving birds meant that all his efforts came to nothing...
In Africa, folk tales form part of a long oral tradition. Recounted by talented story-tellers, often as night falls, they pass on values or beliefs and broach sensitive subjects such as death, poverty or sterility. Join us and discover just a few of them.
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