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Two Mende Tales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Ralph Eberl-Elber
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During my stay in the British Protectorate of Sierra Leone in the year 1935 I had the opportunity of studying the Mende language, one of the most important languages spoken in this part of West Africa. Through the kind intermediary of the British authorities and by the friendly help of some missionaries, I was able to get knowledge of the different dialects of the Mende language, and to collect a considerable number of stories, fables, and tales.

The following two texts are specimens of the innumerable Mende stories dealing with the “Bush Demon”, a fabulous creature, who is supposed by the natives to be very powerful, and very often to behave extremely inimically towards mankind.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1940 , pp. 223 - 234
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1942

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