EP 133: Ghana- Morning Sunrise, Honourable Minu, Why The Moon and The Stars Receive Their Light From The Sun (W. H. Barker 1917)
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In the first story, Morning Sunrise has to figure out which man is worthy of her hand in marriage. So, her father pretends she is dead, just to see who would pay for the funeral.
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\\nIn the second story, a man from the countryside comes to the big city. He does not speak the local language and so all of his questions are met with the answer of "I don\'t know" or Minu. Whose is this? Who owns these fields? Whose building is that? Minu is the owner of it all!
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\\nIn the third story, Anansi takes a back seat to his son Kweku Tsin. A flesh eating dragon is capturing people and going to eat them. Kweku finds a way to trick the dragon\'s pet cock, and then leads people to safety through a series of tricks. For these good deeds, he is transformed into the Sun. Long live Kweku Tsin!
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\\nSource: West African folk-tales by Barker, William Henry, 1882-; Sinclair, Cecilia
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
\\nMusic: Sample video of Ghanaian traditional music by theghanaproject2013
\\nSound Effects: Rain by Dustin Steichmann
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\\nMusic: by Ghana Project. Rain by me.
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