18. WTF Andrew Lang (we stan a disobedient daughter)

Hey there kids, welcome to the episode where Max and Janey rage about the stories they chose to tell! This episode does have a content warning, as Janey will discuss child marriages at the very end. 

Janey’s Sources - The Disobedient Girl Who Married a Skull

• "African Myths and Tales: Epic Tales" with forward by Kwadwo Osei-Nyame Jr. 
• “Child Marriage in West and Central Africa: At a Glance“ from UNICEF 
• “Nigeria: Child Marriage Violates Girls’ Rights” from Human Rights Watch 
• “Female chief in Malawi breaks up 850 child marriages and sends girls back to school,” article about Chief Theresa Kachindamoto by Boaz Abel 
• “Malawi’s fearsome chief, terminator of child marriages” from Aljazeera 
• "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 

Max’s Sources - The Nettle Spinner

• Free text of “The Nettle Spinner” by Andrew Lang, from “The Red Fairy Book” 

Chapters

• 1:34 "The Nettle Spinner" (Max)
• 39:31 "The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull" (Janey)
• 57:11 Child Marriages in West and Central Africa