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The narrative contrasts former traditions of teaching through folktales with the modern shift to school workbooks, emphasizing values such as family spirit, discernment between goodness and wickedness, and respectful engagement with elders. The story centers on a mysterious being with a calabash whose spoken word brings healing and a stool appears.","Ndeelu  \nAs Told by:  \nMémé Vlafonou  \nIllustrations and Photographs by:  \nAnie Gandoto Semassoussi & Judith Vlafonou  \nEnglish, Maxi Gbe  \nMémé Vlafonou Dedication:  \nA mon feu époux Simon Vlafonou et à mes petits enfants  \nTo my late husband Simon Vlafonou and to my grandchildren  \nThe social function of storytelling and stories in Africa:  \nIn Africa the tale, like orality, is the greatest means of education and instruction of the child. During the evenings when the moon was bright, the children gathered around their grandparents to listen to tales. This gathering had several meanings. This allowed the children to come together, to learn the meaning of cohabitation. It created in the children the stability which awakens in them the sense of family spirit. The conclusions, the lessons learned at the end of each tale, were intended to educate children, to open their minds so that they know the difference between goodness and wickedness in order to opt for good and avoid evil .  \n-Sandrine Chikou, Three Sisters Education Fund  \nNdeelu  \nAs Told by:  \nMémé Vlafonou  \nIllustrations and Photgraphs by:  \nAnie Gandoto Semassoussi & Judith Vlafonou  \nContributions by:  \nElizabeth Allinder, Kiana Elkins, Matthew Hunter, Gregory Miedema, & Chelsea White  \nThree Sisters Education Fund & Chapter  \nEnglish, Maxi Gbe  \nCopyright © 2017, Three Sisters: Trois Soeurs L3C  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nMaxiGbe-French translations by Sandrine Chikou French-English translations by Margaret Born  \nNdeelu  \nAs Told by:  \nMémé Vlafonou  \nIllustrations and Photgraphs by:  \nAnie Gandoto Semassoussi & Judith Vlafonou  \nContributions by:  \nElizabeth Allinder, Kiana Elkins, Matthew Hunter,Gregory Miedema, & Chelsea White  \nThree Sisters Education Fund & Veterans for Peace Chapter 93  \n“In my day, education was based on orality. Stories were told to children in order to teach them valuable lessons. It also enabled them to develop a sense of active listening. But today the narrative or oral storytelling is slowly disappearing. Children learn their lessons through workbooks at school. We don’t have storytelling evenings anymore where we tell folktales. Children are too busy doing homework at night.  \nMy goal for this book is to highlight the culture of Benin. I tell the young people to always follow in the footsteps of their elders. They must also be friendly and approach those who are older, to actually listen and understand the stories of those who came before. \"  \n-Mémé Vlafonou  \nXue nu xo tʃe zɔ̆ mɔ̆ viɲ bo jɛ sunu ɖokpoji.  \nFormerly in a very distant forest lived a\"bizarre\" being  \nSunu ɔ̆ eɖo nukun ă . E ka yiɲ gbɛtɔ a. Vodunwɛ . E ɖo ta boɖo alɔ e ka do nu kun ă . ɖa e ɖotatɔ̆ ɔ̆ egɔ kaka bo bu nukun mɛn bi niɲ . e ɖonukun ɖee enɔ̆ mɔ̆ le ɔ e ɖo a. E ka ɖo mɛn ɖebu a. E ɖo asi a. e ka yiɲ gbɛtɔ bo ɖo ta. bo ɖo ɖa. bɔ datɔ̆ tʃi gbehan ɖaxo ɖɔhun.  \nHe had a head but had no eyes. The hair on his head was so long that it covered the whole body. He could be compared to a Vodun.  \nE ɖo zukă ɖokpo mɛn. E yiɲ e go siɲ zukă mɛn bo jɛ gbe e mă yiɲ atiɲ gă un gă un ă lɛ mɛn ɔ̆ . kaa da si tɔ̆. e nɔ̆ ɖiɖa kaa daakpo mɛ[n. bo](n. bo) nɔ̆ so kpla bo niɲ ejɛ fienă yɔ te niɲ ganji ɔ . Ejɛ fie niɲ ɔ̆ enɔ̆ de ka siɲ akpo ɔ mɛn. Bo nɔ̆ sɔ ɖota. E ze ka ɖo taa e nɔ̆ ɖɔ “ndeeeeeelu.”  \nHe had a calabash. When he was hungry, he came out of the forest, put the calabash on his head and said “Ndeeelu. \"  \ne nyiɲ e dɔ “ndeelu” ɔ fi de ejujɔ̆ (e si gosiɲ fi ka ka gbɔ misiɔ̆ dɔ nɛn lɛ bi) bi sese na mɛ[n. bo](n. bo)na tʃi tʃe tʃe le bɔ ziɲ kpo de ji e najijɔ̆ enă jijɔ̆  \nziɲkpo ɔ ji.  \nHe drew out Ndeelu as he said it. The word ensured that his locality became healthy.  \nEjijɔ̆ ziɲkpo ɔ ji ɔ e nă ɖɔ “ndeeeeeelu.”  \nA stool appeared then. 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