Adamu and the Witch of Dala
It was the year 1723, in the ancient Kano,love and peace was the order of the day. The great walls had just been completed and the people of the town had never been safe like this before. The connection between the great city of Kano…
Yau da Gobe sai Allah
In every tribe and cultural set up in Nigeria there is always a sense of uniqueness and identity that makes it different from the next, a form of cultural stamp that makes the people of that area different from the next. For the people of…
Akooda,A Village Guarded by the Gods. Part 2
It had been eleven moons since Olukunle was born. Everyone who knew of the prophecy declaring him a god had conveniently forgotten what had been said about the judgment that was coming on our beloved Akooda. The guns of the White men was still being…
Akooda,A Village Guarded by the gods
A very long time ago, long before civilization, before the first white man appeared on our shores. Before we ever heard the first shot of the big iron guns in our lands. It was a peaceful time, most of the gods loved us and we…
Orí ati Ọlájùmokẹ́
In ancient times, in Yoruba land, spirits, animals, and human beings inhabited a common world. In those days, stories abound of animals taking on the form of man to enable them visit human villages. What attracted them most about these villages were the maidens who…
Ìjàpá àti Babaláwo Ìlú Àjété
This is one of the oldest folklore in Yoruba land, so old that this story has become a yard stick in teaching moral lessons, quick thinking, intelligence and wit over the years. However, there is this other side of the story while as kids, we…
Folklore: Agu N’Aturu
This article is on the story of how the Igbo saying Evula ko, came about. It literally means wise male sheep, however it is used to address one who is deemed as wise or smart in their ways In an era, long before the time…
The Tortoise and Orumhonhi Bird
The first bout in the series of fight ensued when Mr. Tortoise was at the riverbank. Mr. Orumhonhi bird swooped on him from the blue and almost drowned him in the nearby fast-pacing river. The following day, on the great road to the farm, while…