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The Tale of the Boy Who Tricked a Tyrant

A TED-Ed retelling by Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore of a West African Dagara folktale. A clever boy named Yagangnaa outwits a tyrannical chief by answering each impossible demand with one of his own.

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