Helen Nde
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author. folklorist. goddess of wild beasts. THE WATKINS BOOK OF AFRICAN FOLKLORE - Out Now! @watkinswisdom
Joined March 2020
Closing out 2025 with the final installment of the MA Essay series. TL:DR Us Black/African must shake off the culture-wide aversion to vigorously challenging authority figures.
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The price of mirrors was one of my most shocking adult discoveries 😭
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The world is both beautiful and terrible right now. But we move regardless. Happy New Year, folks!
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In the last Mythological Africans podcast episode of 2025, we probed at these questions with insight drawn from Tuareg-Libyan Author Ibrahim al Koni’s “The Bleeding of the Stone” and reflections on the experiences of the Sahrawi of Western Sahara. https://t.co/5Dd3lmNTqo
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The average human in the modern context is largely cut off from deep and transformative relationships with land forms. But what does it mean to be in relationship with a land form? And what could this mean for us present-day Africans?
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This cat is Rico the nurse, he comforts the veterinary patients by snuggling next to them, licking them, and warming them with his warmth
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We continue our reading and discussion of Ibrahim al Koni's “The Bleeding of the Stone” in this week's episode. Last episode on the book and of the year drops tomorrow!
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It’s a been quite the ride but we persist with everything else 💕
Also, Happy 5th Birthday to MA 🥳🎉🎊🍾 Thank you to all who read/listen and enjoy the work. I see you 💕✨🙏🏾
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If you’ve never been gangstalked (ahem… groupstalked), that is. 😊
“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are” — Anaïs Nin
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When I was in Lourdes (NW region), no one could touch the Njang groups. In Saker (SW region), the Bakweri girls took it home almost all the time. Their only competition was perhaps the Bayangi girls with Monikim. I hope this has continued despite all the mess.
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In Cameroon (Anglo parts), we used to have dance clubs in school with students from different peoples coming together to perform their traditional dances for special occasions and inter-school competitions.
South Africa has become one of my favorite African countries when it comes to culture and tradition. Watching a Zulu girl confidently perform her traditional dance in front of a school is a powerful reminder that culture doesn’t belong only in villages or ceremonies — it belongs
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New episode!
What's new on MA this week? The first podcast episode from our reading of Ibrahim al Koni's "The Bleeding of the Stone".
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Social media is such a different experience when you observe more than participate.
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