Madagascar Tales — Part 2: The Three Wives of Andriamihanina · Tsiantsiva and Her Servant · Zalahifina and Zavavifina · Ngano
Disclosure: this performance is narrated by AI-generated voices.
Four tales from Madagascar, collected by Charles Renel and published in Paris in 1910 in his Contes de Madagascar — heard in English in a fresh translation made for this series, from Betsimisaraka, Sakalava and Antankarana storytellers.
A husband leaves his three wives a riddle about beef, and only one wife reads it rightly. A bridegroom rides away from the wedding with the wrong bride. A woman who will marry only a man who bears her own name finds him — and when he is seized on the road for a witch, her wit talks him free. And Ngano, the boy who answered every question with a riddle, outwits a king.
Stories in this episode:
0:53 Introduction
1:38 The Three Wives of Andriamihanina
3:44 Tsiantsiva and Her Servant
7:06 Zalahifina and Zavavifina
15:49 Ngano
Source: Contes de Madagascar, collected by Charles Renel (Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1910) — public domain; translated from the French for KacheliTV. Narrated by Amos.
Music: "Before the Pines End" (instrumental) — opening and closing theme, with a short excerpt between stories.
