10. How does the folktale of two sisters mirror Aine and Mbabazi’s story?

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10. How does the folktale of two sisters mirror Aine and Mbabazi’s story?

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At the funeral in Bigodi, Kaaka Nyirasafari tells Aine a folktale about two sisters, Munguma and Nyangira, who follow the goddess Nyabingi into the heart of the forest to beg the deity to give them their mother back.

How does this folk story mirror that of Aine and Mbabazi?
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