Talk:Fable

History, section on Africa

Remove the Africa section? It is a lovely piece of text, but absolutely un-encyclopedic. Lebeda Karel (talk) 17:58, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Just came here to post this. I wouldn't call it lovely in the slightest, it reads like someone has a chip on their shoulder and a class to teach. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.204.139 (talk) 05:36, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

I'm not sure if the section was the same in 2018 as now, but I came here to ask if the section on African fables could be cleaned up and given a more encyclopedic tone. One line that really stands out as judgmental instead of informative is this: His stories of the animal characters Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear are modern examples of African-American story-telling, this though should not transcend critiques and controversies as to whether or not Uncle Remus was a racist or apologist for slavery. The rest of the section is a bit suspect as well (As they have for thousands of years, people of all ages in Africa continue to interact with nature, including plants, animals and earthly structures such as rivers, plains, and mountains: Is it relevant that the people in Africa interact with nature a lot? does this need to be spelled out in such detail?). Kilyle (talk) 07:43, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

It seems this is still an error in 2023 that has not been corrected. I also noticed this area was lacking quality information and the way it is written is conjecture at best. I would suggest removing this section until it has been updated with valid sources of information and is rephrased to be less biased towards the people that live there. There are a few sources I can think of that I will try and add, namely the stories from the people of Ghana known as the Anansi fables.Tswolfestudent (talk) 01:36, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

I've made several edits to the article, which also addressed this issue. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or concerns, you can find my sandbox for this project through User:Vividiok/Fable. Ideally more information is added to the section on African Fables in the future to better expand that topic. Vividiok (talk) 13:33, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

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Introduction, 2nd paragraph - distinction from parable?

The paragraph near the beginning distinguishing 'fable' from 'parable' might need much better support for its key claim, and better referencing. (It was not easy to track down the source footnoted).

Wouldn't be surprised if there is more scholarly debate relevant to this point than the current version of the article lets on. RoslinTollcross (talk) 01:40, 1 November 2026 (UTC)