Namorutunga

Name: Namorutunga
Author: Simon Ipoo

by Simon Ipoo

Ages 5–96 min readLearn About the WorldFree to read

Namoratunga in Turkana, Kenya, is an ancient site of 19 stone pillars. This story explains how those stones came to be at the site.

A spellbinding Turkana folktale full of music and mystery that carries a child into a famous dancing village and the legend born the night a strange visitor arrived.

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Credits & license

Written by Simon Ipoo

Illustrated by Zablon Alex Nguku

License: CC BY 4.0

Source: Global Digital Library

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Questions to talk about together

The whole village loved to gather every evening to dance the edonga — what do you love to do all together with others?
The villagers felt afraid when a stranger's messenger arrived — when have you felt unsure about someone new?
What do you imagine happened when the mysterious stranger finally took his turn to dance?