The Talking Skull — West Africa (Lesser-Known) | Bedtime World Tour
Tonight we travel to Nupe country in Nigeria, where a hunter hears a skull speak beneath a silk-cotton tree. When the wonder refuses to repeat itself before the village, he must learn how much truth a story can carry.
Source & tradition: Nupe (Nigeria) version of the West African “Talking Skull Refuses to Talk” tale type, documented by Leo Frobenius and surveyed by folklorist William Bascom. Original prose retelling with a nonviolent bedtime ending.
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