The Adze is a vampiric being from Ewe folklore in Togo and Ghana. It normally looks like a firefly, but it will transform into human shape when captured. In its human form, the Adze has the power to possess ordinary humans and turn them into witches. A person is suspected of being possessed in…… Continue reading African Mythological Creatures: Adze, The Vampire
Who Still thinks Educational Books Can’t Be Fun?
I subscribe to Good magazine and I read a short article called ‘We Should Probably Turn Text Books in to Comic Books’ by writer Liz Dwyer. In ti the writer points out that the debate about books being physical or digital might actually be a side issue: more important, according a to university study…… Continue reading Who Still thinks Educational Books Can’t Be Fun?
One Of My Most Enjoyable Projects
It could be my age, or perhaps the fat that I have found some extra time these days, but I have ben looking at work done so far. It has thrown up some pleasant surprises! First, it seems that I have worked on more books than I thought. And secondly, when I look at them…… Continue reading One Of My Most Enjoyable Projects
Bultungin, The Werehyena
In the Kanuri language of the Bornu Empire in the Lake Chad region, Werehyenas were called ‘Bultungin’ (“I change myself into a hyena”). It was traditionally believed that one or two of the villages in the region was populated entirely by Bultungin.
African Mythical Creatures: Abada ‘The Unicorn’
In the Kongo language of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Abada is a mythical animal not unlike a unicorn. The Abada, however, has two crooked horns as opposed to a unicorn’s single one…
Mythological African Creatures: Yumboes
Yumboes, are a type of fairies in Wolof mythology (Senegal, West Africa).Legend has it that they live on Goree Island, just off the coast of the capital, Dakar.
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