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Kugali is raising funds for NANI - A Fantasy Graphic Novel Inspired by African Mythology on Kickstarter! An epic fantasy comic about two sisters who find themselves transported to a magical world inspired by African myths and legends.

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Anansi (also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, Anancy, and Aunt Nancy in the Southern U.S.) is a trickster god originating from the Ashanti tradition. He is most commonly shown as a spider, and is the god of stories. Once, the sky god Nyame had all the stories, and none were in the world. Anansi asked Nyame to buy the stories. Nyame told Anansi that he had to bring him Onini the Python, Osebo the Leopard, the Mmoboro hornets, and Mmoatia the dwarf. To get these creatures, Anansi: Tricked…

Amongst all the African folktale characters that exist, Kwaku Anansi is the most popular and important. The West African folktale character is a spider with human characteristics from the Akan culture of West Africa. The Akan ethnic group is the biggest ethnic group that umbrellas a number of sub groups in Ghana and parts of...

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African music remains one of the most vital repertories performed today. Its history reaches back into ancient times, its continued cultivation on the continent is as alive and human centered as it ever was, and its worldwide influence is deep, subtle, and profound.

The God from the Maasai, Ngai, which is no male or female, is believed to have various aspects, but there are two very important manifestations: One of them is benevolent and good, called Ngai Narok, which is color black, while the other, that is color red, angry is know as Ngai Na-Nyokie. Ngai (that means sky) was one with Earth and owned all the cattle. One day Sky and Earth split from each other, and because of this, Ngai was no longer among them, taking the cattle with him up to the…

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The Jengu, from Cameroon, differs in appearance from person to person, but it is said to be a beautiful, mermaid-like figures with long, hair and gap-toothed smiles. A Jengu (plural Miengu) is a wa…