This on going set of Mythical Creatures from African culture is intended to be part of the One Page Books range for primary schools. It highlights the richness of African culture and shows how similar (not different) it is to European and Asian culture. See more on my excellent blog, the illustrationist CLick on each image…… Continue reading African Mythical Creatures
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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.
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