Igwana’s Forked Tongue: An Equatorial Guinean Folktale of Betrayal and Survival
Long ago, in a quiet village of Equatorial Guinea, two unlikely friends lived at opposite ends of the settlement, Ngambi the Igwana and Nja the Leopard. Both had large households; Ngambi had six wives and eight children, while Leopard had six wives and twenty children. Despite their differences, they often gathered with their families in the evenings, sharing laughter and stories