A very long time ago, four brothers who only had the ambition to be rich, decided to go together to the forbidden village of Tinkougri.
He was so forbidden that even speaking his name automatically led to death. The legend also tells that in this sacred village of the ancestors, the pebbles of the paths were made of gold, and that the fetishes there had the power to make anyone as rich as a king. Between the ban and the riches to come, the choice of our four brothers was made. They gave themselves courage and trained themselves not to pronounce the name of Tinkougri under any pretext.
BROTHER 1: “Where are we going, we don’t pronounce what you know”
BROTHER 2: “Ah, I know. How many times have you said that to me, I know. You have to say that to the other who says it all! »
BROTHER 3: “I understand. »
BROTHER 1: “What did you understand? »
BROTHER 3: “You say not to say, right? »
BROTHER 1: “What shouldn’t we say?” »
BROTHER 3: “But you big brother all the same, we don’t say what we can’t say. »
Our four brothers hit the road. They walk, they walk, they walk, they walk…
And after three long days of walking, the fourth brother under the effect of fatigue, forgetting the prohibition, said to his brothers:
BROTHER 4: “But guys, their TINKOUGRI is far away, deh!!! “.
And immediately, he drops dead.
It was all in tears and powerless in front of the remains of their little brother, that the three others promised to offer their youngest a grandiose funeral once they became rich.
And again, they hit the road. They walk, they walk, they walk, they walk…
Tired and nostalgic for his little brother, the third brother suddenly says:
BROTHER 3: “Our little brother was right, TINKOUGRI is really too far! »
Immediately, he collapses, and dies in turn.
In tears, the two survivors set off again. They walk, they walk, they walk, they walk…
After three long days of walking, they arrive at TINKOUGRI.
Before even being in the center of the village, they have already filled six bags with gold.
Taken with immense joy, the second brother then said:
BROTHER 2: “Wow big brother, TINKOUGRI is really wonderful, look at everything we picked up! »
But no sooner has he said it than he too falls.
Furious, the first of the brothers said:
BROTHER 1: “Can we be stupid like that? We tell you that we must not say TINKOUGRI, and you say it! Now you are dead. »
And on these words, the latter also falls, stiff dead.
Which of the four brothers do you think deserved the riches of TINKOUGRI?
Performers : Flopy Mendosa, Vincent de Paul Kouamé, Hugue-Édouard Kouakou, Charles Kohoury, Yacouba Karamoko.
Music : Ange Bouely, Boussou Roland, Souleymane Diabaté, Daniel Opoh and Jean Sempé Ake Olloé.
Africa in story is a series created by the NGO Des Livres Pour Tous – Côte d’Ivoire and the collective Making Waves, in partnership with RFI. This project has received support from the “Access Culture” scheme of the French Institute in Paris and the French Development Agency (AFD), the “ACP-EU Culture for West Africa – Awa” program from the French Institute and the Kôrè Cultural Centre, the “Agir” system of the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis and the Île-de-France Region.
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