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mbulu
MBU-lu
jackal / fox
French: chacal / renard
Mbulu ekimi na zamba.
The jackal ran into the forest.
Le chacal s'est enfui dans la foret.
Mbulu — jackal or fox, a trickster of folktales. In Kongo stories mbulu often plays the clever-but-greedy role, outsmarting bigger animals and sometimes himself.
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