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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

In this week's MA essaypisode, we tackle the Negative Mother Archetype with a speculative reading of the Fulbe Njeddo Dewal myth. Read here: substack.com/@mythologica...

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The Caregiver Archetype in African Myth and Folklore

The Negative Mother: A Speculative Reading

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

ICYMI: the latest installment of the MA series on Jungian Archetypes in African myth and legend.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Hi Friends! ICYMI, we're two essays deep into June's exploration of the Caregiver (Mother & Father) Archetype in African Myth and folklore. Read here: mythologicalafricans.substack.com

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

These are “essaypisodes” so no YouTube link. Head over to the MA Substack page to catch up. substack.com/@mythologica...

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Mythological Africans | Substack

Exploring African mythologies, spiritualities and cultures

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Hi friends! MA’s been silent but not absent while I caught up with life. We rounded up the exploration of the Magician archetype and moved on to the Sage.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Keeping up with MA? We’re two episodes and one reflection deep into April. The latest here: substack.com/@mythologica...

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The Magician's Shadow

Defining evil in the African context

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

And, as always, subscribe to MA on Substack to keep up with it all! substack.com/@mythologica...

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Mythological Africans | Substack

Exploring African mythologies, spiritualities and cultures

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We’ll go over what Jung (and Jungian scholars in general) say about the Magician, set it in the African context, and then examine specific examples of the Magician archetype as they show up in African myth, folklore and legend. Listen on YouTube: youtu.be/Ke0QA006obM?...

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The Magician

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

New Month, New Series, New Episode! For the month of April, we’ll focus on the Jungian archetype of the Magician.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Hello Friends! We close the series with a short reflection on what this might all mean for us as people living in today’s world of chaos and contradictions. youtu.be/S2PwqpTTo7A?...

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The Ruler Archetype in African Myth and Folklore

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

New week, new episode! This week, we linger in that sliver of space where the perception of “good” or “bad” rulership bends to the will of the beholder. youtu.be/GUWmY4wXvCQ?...

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The Ruler Archetype in African Myth and Folklore

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New Episode! I examine archetypal symbols, patterns and motifs from the story of Chief Shemwindo, a case of bad rulership from the legends of the Nyanga of the DRC, and then reflect on how this ties to the persistence of bad rulership on the continent in current times.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Subscribe on Substack so the latest updates: mythologicalafricans.substack.com/p/the-ruler-...

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The Ruler Archetype in African Myth and Folklore

The Dream of Musa Keita

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

ICYMI! New episode tomorrow ✨

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We start with him this week and will continue looking at him and other African rulers of myth and legend for the rest of March. youtu.be/TOHnM4_IzM0?...

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The Ruler Archetype in African Myth and Folklore

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Sundiata is to Mali’s Manding people what Arthur of Camelot is to the British. His legend is rich in archetypal symbols and he is one of the continent’s embodiments of a courageous hero who became a beloved ruler.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

ICYMI New episode tomorrow!

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Thank you for your interest and support! See you next weekend!

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Week 2 of our exploration of Jung’s Archetypes in African myth and folklore. Still laying the foundation here but don’t miss it! mythologicalafricans.substack.com/p/who-is-a-p...

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Who is a person?

On Jung and some African conceptions of personhood

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The Mythological Africans Podcast is back with our first episode of 2026 and some exciting news: you can now listen to MA podcast episodes on YouTube! Head over to YouTube to catch up on past episodes (all 90 of them!). While you're over there, check out the Deep Dive series!

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Subscribe on Substack for regular updates (If you don’t already!) ✨ substack.com/@mythologica...

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Mythological Africans | Substack

Exploring African mythologies, spiritualities and cultures

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I will also use some truly unsavory figures from African legend to discuss why it’s important (potentially lifesaving even) for a people to lean into the shadow of their collective stories. It will be an interesting year so don’t miss out!

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

With a beloved Black/African actress potentially being cast in the role of a traditionally non Black/African character in Greek mythology, I will have opinions if this actually happens.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We’ll examine the extant and potential philosophical and corresponding psychological, social and cultural implications of a selection of figures in African myths and folklore.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Hi friends! MA is back from break so regularly scheduled programming starts with the first podcast episode next Sunday, and the January reflection this month. MA’s focus this year will be on the “mindscapes” of African myths and folklore (since we did landscapes last year).

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Closing out 2025 with the final installment of the MA Essay series. TL:DR Us Black/African must shake off the culture-wide aversion to vigorously challenging authority figures.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The average human in the modern context is largely cut off from deep and transformative relationships with land forms. But what does it mean to be in relationship with a land form? And what could this mean for us present-day Africans? open.substack.com/pub/mytholog...

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Tishuash

...the pleasure of remembering things that are past

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Happy New Year folks! The horrors persist but so do we ✨

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

We continue our reading and discussion of Ibrahim al Koni's “The Bleeding of the Stone” in this week's episode.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Listen here (and everywhere else you get your podcasts): open.substack.com/pub/mytholog...

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Sun, Sand and Human

Enemies and allies

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

What's new on MA this week? The first podcast episode from our reading of Ibrahim al Koni's "The Bleeding of the Stone".

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Weekend Bonus: MA October-November recap and plan for what remains of the year.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

We start this month's series by revisiting a previous MA episode based on another al Koni book (The Animists), in which he introduces two characters who feature prominently in his work: the Sahara desert and her faithful companion, the Sun. mythologicalafricans.substack.com/p/africas-sa...

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Africa's Sahara

It‘s hard to believe its December already, but here we are!

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

To end our 2025 exploration of land form mythology and folklore from the African continent, we'll be reading “The Bleeding of the Stone" by Libyan author Ibrahim al Koni.

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Helen Nde @hm-nde.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

As always, listen on Substack or anywhere else you get your podcasts: open.substack.com/pub/mytholog...

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Creation Myths vs Foundation Legends

An African Perspective

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