A close reading of Efé (Ituri Pygmies) creation/‘origin of death’ cycles—Baatsi and the Tahu taboo, Masupa/Tore’s withdrawn arm—mapped to Genesis and EToC.
Efé (Ituri Pygmies) Creation: Baatsi, the Tahu Tree, and the Vanishing Arm of God


A close reading of Efé (Ituri Pygmies) creation/‘origin of death’ cycles—Baatsi and the Tahu taboo, Masupa/Tore’s withdrawn arm—mapped to Genesis and EToC.

Sweep through Yoruba clay-people, Dogon fish-twins, Egyptian ka-snakes, and Lebe’s bullroarer to see how Africa narrates human beginnings.