Professional Documents
Culture Documents
6th Period African News
6th Period African News
In this Edition…
Slave a Queen?
—> A Bite too Far, Lo- Could slave become queen?
cal villagers score re-
venge on Crocodile,
“Rosy Rhodopis,” that is what everyone is
avenging their lost
saying in downtown Cairo after a young slave
friends.
girl became the queen of Egypt. It all happened
—> Slave a Queen, yesterday when a slave girl named Rhodopis was
Rhodopis goes from sitting by the Nile. The three servant girls that
house slave, to queen of she lived with came down and insulted her.
Egypt. Rhodopis just tried to ignore them like she did
every day.
When night fell, Rhodopis danced with her
animal friends. She was dancing so gracefully
that she didn’t even know that her master had
woken up and began to make her some slippers.
As morning broke, the slippers were presented to
Rhodopis. They were rosy red and sparkled at
the toes. (See “Slave a queen” — Page 2)
1
The African Gazette • $0.50 • Volume 1, Issue 1 • December 16th, 2008
Slave a Queen
(Continued from page 1)
Just as Rhodopis was beginning to feel good about herself, word of a party at the
pharaoh’s house reached the hut in which Rhodopis lived. All of the servant girls
left, but Rhodopis was forced to stay behind. A bystander has said that Rhodopis de-
cided to sit under a tree and wait for the return of the servant girls. The bystander
then told us that a falcon named Horus swooped down and stole one of the rosy red
slippers. The falcon flew to the Pharaoh’s house and dropped the slipper onto the
Pharaohs lap. A witness at the party said that the pharaoh needed to find the foot that
fit this slipper immediately. He called of the party and began his search.
When the servant girls arrived at the party, they were so angry that no one was
there. They left and went home. The Pharaoh himself was searching relentlessly un-
til he arrived at the home of Rhodopis. He ordered everyone to try on the slipper.
The servant girls tried to fit their foot into the slipper but failed. Then Rhodopis slid
her foot into the slipper with ease. One of the servant girls has told me that the Phar-
aoh exclaimed that Rhodopis would be his queen forever. I’m Colin Yeaney report-
ing from downtown Cairo.
Crocodile
(Continued from page 1)
someone else to look for the daughter. But, he didn’t come back either. Another
person was sent, and another, and another, but they didn’t come back either.
The villagers knew that the Crocodile was the culprit, so the chief called for a
meeting. All of the elders stated many radical ideas but one elder finally suggested
using sharp and pointy stones, killing a sheep, stuffing it with the stones, and letting
the Crocodile eat the sheep. All of the villagers agreed with this idea and proceeded
with his plan. The villagers brought the sheep to the river during the mist of night,
and put it in plain sight of the Crocodile. Officials say that the Crocodile spotted
the sheep and ate it in one huge bite. The Crocodile had become so afraid of meats
that he became a vegetarian. Officials say that the Crocodile has remained in hid-
ing and hasn’t disturbed the villagers since.
By Josh Milligan
2
CA HAV
News Volume 1, Issue 1
CA
One week ago, an anonymous bystander saw seven golden threads fall out of the sky and seven beautiful
maidens arriving on them outside of Zesperunza’s barn. It was late at night and was very dark and he could
see no more. He reported this information to us and we also got some information from other witnesses.
We conclude that the day went like this.
Last night seven golden threads dropped from the sky just outside Zesperunza’s barn and seven gorgeous
maidens came down them with bowls on their head and they intended to steal the cow’s milk. He jumped to-
wards them and they got frightened and ran to their threads and six of them got away. He held the seventh in
my arms tightly and asked why she was here. One of the women said that she was one of the daughters of
Nyami the sky god. She also said that her and her sisters meant no harm. He said that He would forgive her if
she “…agreed to marry me”. She agreed to marry him but she said that she will bring a basket and he shall not
look in it. So they got married that night. And the next day he was home alone and he was glaring at the bas-
ket and wondering what was in it. So he opened the basket and there was nothing in it, he was so confused.
http;//www.eurocosm.com/Application/Images/wicker-baskets/garden-vegetable-basket-lg.jpg
A Fishing Conspiracy
By Isabelle Blank
A week ago a young man named Anansi asked another young man named Onini to go fish-
ing with him. A witness said that Anansi “… had it in his head to trick Onini into doing all of the
work while he could just sit back and relax.” It was reported that every day Onini would come
back from the lake with all of that day’s catch and Anansi would come home empty handed. An-
ansi was interviewed and he said that that he “…was waiting for the perfect catch.” But when he
did come home with a catch it was the worn out fish traps instead of a fish. It was said that he took
the fish traps into the market and stunk up the whole place. It was reported that the chief had to
come down from his house and give the young man a beating. The last thing that was heard from
Anansi was: “If I have to take a beating; then my lousy partner Onini should at least take the pain
Onini ended up getting all of the fish and Anansi was left to have a beating
http://k53.pbase.com/g4/64/655664/2/62404474.MY8jvzlf.jpg
Djibouti
September 23, 2002
Volume 1, Issue 3
News K.I.M.-otion
Animal Clash at the Well
Two days ago, in a dry area in Africa, a conflict occurred between many of the animals. It was very dry and hot. The ani-
mals were starving, so they had to do something before they all died. They assembled a council and decided what to do. They
chose to extract the fat from their ears and sell the fat. Then they would buy a hoe with the money and dig up a well. All of the ani-
mals agreed on this idea, everyone except the Hare. The other found it astonishing, but proceeded on. The other animals bought
the hoe and dug up a well in a dry lagoon. They were so satisfied and began to drink the fresh water. The Hare was the only ani-
mal that was not there, but later on in the day he came along bringing a calabash with him. The animals near the lake became
frightened and ran home, which gave the Hare time to drink from the lake with no disturbance. Then he bathed in the lake, and
made it muddy. The next day, the other animals ran back for more water, but found the water muddied. “We were so mad. We
spent so much time digging up our well, and then it all goes to waste. It was very cruel.” Giraffe told the news reporters. They were
so mad that they got a dummy and covered it with lime stick. They decided to catch whoever muddied the water, so they hid be-
hind the bushes. The Hare came yet again with his calabash in the middle of the day. He saw the dummy and talked to it. When it
said nothing, he hit it with his hands and then his feet. The Hare got stuck, as the other animals came out of the bushes and beat
him up. In the end, the let him goes, but the Hare ran to the grass and never came out. If you ever see a Hare now, they will be in
the grass, so if you are looking for a Hare, the only place to go is the grass.
Tortoises Trick
Yesterday afternoon tiny Tortoise was crawling across the jungle when Elephant came by nearly trampling Tortoise. The day be-
fore at 8 o clock A.M. Tortoise was chased out of the river by Hippo. “Watch were your going” Elephant said this made tortoise mad.
Cheetah a bystander to the accident says that Elephant was not watching were he was going and tortoise had the right of way across the
jungle. After being trampled tortoise says that he was not happy and wanted to prove his strength so he challenged Elephant to a tug of war.
Elephant stood in the jungle waiting for tortoise to start the contest he would try to pull tortoise into the jungle when Tortoise tried to pull
elephant into the river the monkeys said they heard the contest begin when Tortoise yelled pull o mighty beast pull. Later that day Tortoise
asked Hippo to a tug of war too and told him the same thing that he said to Elephant that when he yelled pull o mighty beast pull the contest
would begin. He would have to try to pull Tortoise into the river and Tortoise had to pull Hippo into the jungle when Tortoise went into the
jungle he didn’t go to the tug of war on the other side of the jungle but hid behind a tree according to sloth who was lounging when tortoise
came by. Both Elephant and Hippo were tricked into having a tug of war against each other.
Banzai (The Singing Man) has returned to the Yoruba tribe in the city of Lagos, Nigeria,
Africa! He was cast out of his village when he said that he wanted to become a musi-
cian. During his travels he teamed up with the great musician Sholo. They traveled to
many cities and tribes spreading the word of African history through song, but one day
Continued on page 2
Banzai the Musician
Continues on page 2
Continues on page 2
PAGE 2
Musician Returns-Continued
loved his music and made him his royal musician. A few days later, he came back to his village
and played his music for them and was reunited with his family and tribe. His parents and
brothers welcomed him home with open arms, and are looking forward to rekindling their family
ties.
King Lion Gives Gifts-Continued
Be warned, for if you are greedy, you shall get none, and if you are unwilling to accept the gift, you also shall
get nothing.” Elephant immediately thundered over to the horns side, chose two giant white horns, and
picked them up in his mouth. King Lion roared with rage. “HOW DARE YOU TRY AND BE GREEDY! NOW THOSE
HORNS WILL BE STUCK IN YOUR MOUTH FOREVER, AND YOUR NOSE SHALL DRAG ON THE FLOOR!” Elephant
never got the horns out, and always had a long nose from that day forward. And one after another, each ani-
mal got gifts. Rabbit and Donkey got long ears, cow and horse got colorful clothes to divide among their chil-
dren, Leopard and Giraffe spotted coats, and the Kudu got horns to display on top their heads. But the ones
that didn’t come got nothing.