The Mythological Africans podcast features weekly 10 to 20 minute readings and analyses of myths and folktales from the African continent. <br/><br/><a href="https://mythologicalafricans.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">mythologicalafricans.substack.com</a>
Mythological Africans Podcast
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The Mythological Africans podcast features weekly 10 to 20 minute readings and analyses of myths and folktales from the African continent. <br/><br/><a href="https://mythologicalafricans.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">mythologicalafricans.substack.com</a>
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April 13, 2026
The Magician Archetype
<p>Hello to all new subscribers and followers! Welcome! Please read <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/mythologicalafricans/p/welcome?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web">this</a>.</p><p>Meanwhile, life is life-ing so this week’s episode features a short story reading and a light-hearted discussion of the magician archetype. Hope you enjoy!</p><p>Can’t Get Enough? Miracles of Another Kind!</p><p>Still Can’t Get Enough?</p><p>The Watkins Book of African Folklore contains 50 stories, curated from North, South, East, West and Central Africa. The stories are grouped into three sections:</p><p>* Creation myths and foundation legends </p><p>* Stories about human relationships and the cultural institutions they created</p><p>* Animal tales (with a twist…the folktales are about some of the most unlikely animals!)</p><p>I thoroughly enjoyed digging into the historical and cultural context out of which the stories, their themes, and protagonists emerge. There is something for everybody!</p><p><p>Mythological Africans is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Mythological Africans at <a href="https://mythologicalafricans.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">mythologicalafricans.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 6, 2026
The Magician
<p>It’s April, friends, and we’ll spend the month focused on the Jungian archetype of the Magician. We’ll go over what Jung (and Jungian scholars in general) have to say about the Magician, set it in the African context, and then examine specific examples of the patterns of behavior, circumstances, images and ideas which allude to the Magician archetype as they show up in African myth, folklore and legend. We will necessarily touch on the topic of witchcraft in the African context but only peripherally and as relevant to the topic.</p><p>In today’s episode, we’ll see how Nuer (Sudan) prophet, Ngundeng Bong, embodied the Magician archetype to catalyze change.</p><p><p>“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” </p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke"><strong>Sir Arthur Charles Clarke</strong></a><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke">, English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, and invento</a>r.</p></p><p>References</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/stream/the-collected-works-of-carl-jung-complete-digital-edition/The%20Collected%20Works%20of%20C.G.%20Jung%20-%20Complete%20Digital%20Edition_djvu.txt">The Collected Works of Carl Jung</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://riftvalley.net/news/sudan-and-south-sudan/fate-ngungdengs-dang/">The Fate of Ngungdeng’s Dang</a>.</p><p>* Kelsey, Darren. "<a target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-93660-0_2">The Archetypal Magician.</a>" Storytelling and Collective Psychology: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Life and the Work of Derren Brown. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. 21-40.</p><p>* Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evan. The Nuer:: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People. Oxford University Press. 1940. p185.</p><p>Can’t Get Enough?</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://hingesoftime.substack.com/p/tenets-of-kikuyu-witchcraft">Tenets of Kikuyu Witchcraft and Religion</a></p><p>Still Can’t Get Enough?</p><p>The Watkins Book of African Folklore contains 50 stories, curated from North, South, East, West and Central Africa. The stories are grouped into three sections:</p><p>* Creation myths and foundation legends (including the story of Tin Hinan, Founding Mother of the the Tuareg!)</p><p>* Stories about human relationships and the cultural institutions they created</p><p>* Animal tales (with a twist…the folktales are about some of the most unlikely animals!)</p><p>I thoroughly enjoyed digging into the historical and cultural context out of which the stories, their themes, and protagonists emerge. There is something for everybody!</p><p><p>Mythological Africans is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Mythological Africans at <a href="https://mythologicalafricans.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">mythologicalafricans.substack.com/subscribe</a>
February 23, 2026
The Ruler Archetype in African Myth and Folklore
<p></p><p>Hi Friends!</p><p>In week three of our Jungian archetypes meets African myth and folklore series, we start on the story of Sundiata (AKA Son Jara) Keita, arguably one of the major figures from African legends about good and courageous rulership. </p><p>Sundiata is to the Manding people what Arthur of Camelot is to the British. </p><p>We preface things with a bit more contextualization of rulership as an archetype and then take a quick look at Sundiata’s life to lay the foundation for our discussion.</p><p>This is a big topic and I feel the weight of my own limited knowledge as I poke and prod at it. I ask for your understanding as we go along. I will try to be as thorough as I can be.</p><p>I hope you enjoy!</p><p>References</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/epicofsonjarawes0000john">The Epic of Son Jara</a> by John W. Johnson</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/stream/the-collected-works-of-carl-jung-complete-digital-edition/The%20Collected%20Works%20of%20C.G.%20Jung%20-%20Complete%20Digital%20Edition_djvu.txt">The Collected Works of Carl Jung</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://carl-jung.net/individuation_process.html">Jung and the Individuation Process</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://iaap.org/jung-analytical-psychology/short-articles-on-analytical-psychology/persona-2/">The Persona</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thesap.org.uk/articles-on-jungian-psychology-2/about-analysis-and-therapy/the-shadow/">The Shadow</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://iaap.org/jung-analytical-psychology/short-articles-on-analytical-psychology/anima-and-animus-2/">The Anima and Animus</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://jungiancenter.org/our-inner-partner-jung-on-the-anima-and-animus/">Our Inner Partner: The Anima and Animus</a></p><p>* 12 Jungian Archetypes: The Foundation of Personality</p><p>* </p><p>Can’t Get Enough?</p><p></p><p>Need a book of African Mythology and Folklore?</p><p>The Watkins Book of African Folklore contains 50 stories, curated from North, South, East, West and Central Africa. The stories are grouped into three sections:</p><p>* Creation myths and foundation legends (including the foundation legend of the Tuareg!)</p><p>* Stories about human relationships and the cultural institutions they created</p><p>* Animal tales (with a twist…the folktales are about some of the most unlikely animals!)</p><p>I thoroughly enjoyed digging into the historical and cultural context out of which the stories, their themes, and protagonists emerge. There is something for everybody!</p><p><p>Mythological Africans is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Mythological Africans at <a href="https://mythologicalafricans.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">mythologicalafricans.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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