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SANTAN POUR LE VOLER EN ZOUR POUR LE MET A hundred years for the thief, one day for the proprietor

Trickster
November 29, 2021
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Soungoula cadges an invitation to Kousoupa’s house, where he passes himself off as an expert fisherman. He encourages Kousoupa to use bacon as bait. Suspecting that Soungoula hopes to eat bacon at his expense, Kousoupa catches him and he dies Read More...

SONNY DANDOSYA

Supernatural
January 4, 2022
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A family is curious about a mysterious girl who comes every morning and every night to eat at their next-door neighbour’s. They lie in wait to discover who she is, but they cannot see her face properly because she is Read More...

FODRE TRAVAY AVEK PASYANS POUR GANNY TON PEN One must have patience to earn one’s bread

Miscellaneous
February 14, 2022
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Three sons are given good precepts by their father before he dies. He advises them to be good to the elderly and the poor and to pursue a task to the end if they have started. The youngest son ignores Read More...

TIZAN, LOULOU EK LERA Tizan, Wolf and Rat

Tizan
December 25, 2021
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Tizan is apprended by a wolf who wants to eat him. But first he instructs Tizan to feed the bird he has hunted to his dog, then to eat his dog, then he the wolf will eat Tizan. That way Read More...

EN FANM MESANT The shrew

Miscellaneous
February 28, 2022
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A shrew is pushed into a hole by her husband and scares the hell out of a demon, who makes a deal with the husband to make him rich in return not to go back into the hole. Read More...

MAYAYA The boy who did not show repugnance towards the old grandmother

Fairy Tale
April 18, 2022
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An old grandmother called Mayaya had such long hair, she couldn’t see the end of her pigtail. A young boy helps her put out a fire in her hair and she wishes him well. The boy meets an old grandmother Read More...