Once upon a time, there was a rich farmer who lived in the outskirts of a large city. He got almost everything that anybody would...
Tales
The stories on this page have been written or recorded by men from Mozambique. They have committed themselves to making their own original stories or traditional stories available for publication by Tale Traders. Here you can find both spoken and written stories in English, Portuguese, French, Cicopi and Citswa.
Tale Traders will continue to publish stories to make them easily accessible.
Who will follow these adventurous men?
Fictie
A história è contada por António Mabota à seus filhos, em Moçambique, no ano de 2011.The story was told by António Mabota to his sons...
Once upon a time, there was a poor couple living in a region far from town. The man was a hunter and his wife was...
Some centuries ago, there was a hunter who used to make traps by digging pits in the ground. He had a blind wife and had...
Once upon a time, there was a boy who was looking for a woman to marry. One day the boy saw a very pretty girl...
Rafael Ernesto Samuel is an English teacher at Escola Secundária de Inhassoro in Inhassoro, Inhambane Province, Mozambique. He followed the first steps of a very...
David Messias studied English at Universidade Pedagogica in Maxixe, Mozambique. The story Better materially poor than mentally taken is the third in a series of...
David Messias is an English student at Universidade Pedagogica in Maxixe, Mozambique. The story African tales: how animals got their names is the second in...
Once upon a time there was a young lady named Lidia who had become an orphan at the age of 12. This is a very...
Non-fictie
1. AbstractIn recent years, the use of local languages in Mozambique has been the subject of great debate by different linguists and institutions in the...
(Im) pressions Elle ne s’est décidée à me raccompagner que vingt minutes avant le départ. Et lui, il se baladait dans les parages quand j’ai...