HeyJaredAfro Mythos with Adeche
Exploring African Spirituality, Mythology, Folklore, and Culture through thoughtful essays, art, storytelling, and research across the continent and diaspora 🧡
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Why did we grow up knowing so few African myths and folktales? (opens the original)
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We are SO happy that we can finally tell you…we wrote a book! 🥹🧡Afro Mythos: African Legends and Folklore will be published by Penguin on 15th April 2027, and it still feels slightly surreal typing that sentence!! (US Publish date with Harper Collins tbc)For years, so much of what we have created through Adeche Atelier has come back to one question: why did we grow up knowing so few myths and folktales from the African continent?Tales from Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood to Hansel and Gret
Christianity in Colonial Africa: Was It Really a Double-Edged Sword? (opens the original)
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(free PDF at the end of this essay)This morning we read a paper entitled Christianity as a Double-Edged Sword in Colonial Africa written by Brian Schmidt. It was a great, quick read exploring the very complicated role Christianity played during European colonial rule across the continent. In the first paragraph, Schmidt references Vincent B. Khapoya’s T… Read more
A Reading List Inspired by Project a Black Planet (opens the original)
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How do you usually feel once you leave an art exhibition?If it’s a really good one then the ideas and themes from it may stay with you. For us, we often find ourselves either asking a particular question, or trying to understand the history or context surrounding what we have just seen.This was our experience of <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/project-a-black-planet-the-art-and-culture-of-panafrica?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=23938043406&gad_source=1&g
7 Essential Books for Understanding Pan-Africanism (opens the original)
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Pan-Africanism is both an idea and a movement: a belief in the shared histories, struggles and futures of African people on the continent and across the diaspora.It has taken many forms over time. For some, Pan-Africanism has meant political unity between African nations. For others, it has meant cultural pride, economic independence, anti-colonial resi… Read more
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