![]() ![]() Folklore as a tradition is mutable, so it’s only right that people today should put their own spin on tales that are hundreds or even thousands of years old.Īnd all this is precisely what intrigued me about Djeliya, a graphic novel by Senegalese author and illustrator Juni Ba. After all, most folklore begins as an oral tradition and if you’ve ever played a game of telephone then you know how words can get minced and mixed over time. ![]() ![]() One of the coolest ways I see people doing that is by putting their own spin on folklore tales as a means of bringing them into the future. But I believe in the power of folklore to unite communities, the enduring relevance of folklore even as societies become more technologically advanced, and the importance of preserving folklore as part of cultural history. I’ll be the first to admit that as a white person from Alabama, I don’t know a thing about West African folklore. ![]()
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