THESE MYTHS and folktales are a collection from my own pool of stories, told when I was a child in the village and locked up somewhere in the recesses of my memory. Although much has decayed with time or been wiped out by other peoples' stories fighting for front-page in my brain, I am sure there is a lot more in there that I cannot recall at the moment but which will come to the fore in due time. All I need is a catalyst, such as returning to the village, even if briefly. The village environment and atmosphere in which these stories are told impress them very firmly on the memory of the listener. Just imagine yourself as a child member of a family sitting around a wood fire on a dark night in the centre of your household compound, or lying in bed in a mud and thatched hut. All around you is darkness. Maybe it is raining, and there is lightning and thunder.
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The Author Jacob J. Akol was born in Southern Sudan, now South Sudan, in the mid-40s. He enjoyed telling myths and folktales as a child. He was educated in southern Sudan at Kuacjok Catholic Mission up to the intermediate school level. He then skipped in and out of formal education as he led the life of a refugee in Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Zambia, Ireland and England where he finished school and eventually earned a Masters Degree in Communication Arts and Media from the University of Leeds, England. As an aid worker cum journalist he travelled widely in Africa, from Antananarivo in Madagascar through Cape Town to Cairo and from Mogadishu in Somalia to Timbuktu in Mali and beyond - there is apparently more of Africa beyond Timbuktu. In addition to this book, he has authored three other books, including two memoirs. He is married to Joy and they have two grownup children, Aker and Atem. They all live in UK.
