Iraqw Tales

Ti'ita


Tale in Iraqw is ti’ita. This can also be translated as “night story,” because stories are typically told at night when the children are around the fire while the mother is preparing food. Many stories feature animals that act as humans, like so many stories in Africa and in the world.

The below video is of a story called Sle'eembás, which is about how men first got cattle.