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Our Most Recent Stories
The Animal Kingdom’s Most Unusual Challenge In the heart of the Animal Kingdom, there was a wise king with a beloved daughter. To find a suitor worthy of her, he devised a unique challenge: only a man who could endure immense pain for her would win her hand in marriage. The king announced that whoever […] More
The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Three, Igbo to English translation, Mike Ejeagha’s song, Omekagu, lyrics, Igbo folk music, Opi, Omenani, folksong, Fablingverse folktales, Igbo folktale, fabling, ọfọ na ogu, free to read, read free stories from Africa “What do you mean, you would like to announce Omekagu as king?” One of the elders asked, appalled. “Abomination!” […] More
The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Six, Igbo to English translation, Mike Ejeagha’s song, Omekagu, lyrics, Igbo folk music, Opi, Omenani, folksong, Fablingverse folktales, Igbo folktale, fabling, ọfọ na ogu, free to read, read free stories from Africa “You! Murderer!” The king lunged at his first son. He could not handle the river of hatred that swirled […] More
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Egbere: Keeping The Mat ( Bush Baby )
Egbere’s mother, she was a poor woman who could not afford to feed herself, talk less a child who ate any and everything. To make matters worse, a deformed child with a hunch back and the face of a gnome. She wept over its birth. More
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Mbe the tortoise and the rich man
Once upon a time in the land of folk tales, Mbe The Tortoise decided it was time to marry, he had become a farmer and the only way he could get his crops sold in the market was if he had a wife, as that was the rule of the land. Women without husbands could not own farmlands and men without wives could not own market stalls. Even though tortoise needed a wife to gain permission to sell his good at the market, he did not want a wife from his village, because all the women in his village knew him to be poor, lazy, cunning, sneaky, smart, vindictive, uncultured, and wise, and so they did not want to marry him. More
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Ofo na Ogu (Justice and Honesty)
We have found this woman guilty of soiling the earth. She has committed a grave sin against us. She has tarnished her husband’s name with adultery, and as our customs degree, she must be punished.” Its muffled voice decreed. More
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Nwanyi Mmiri: Burn That Shrine Down
Because, because, you are not real, you are a demon, these people need need to be liberated from you.” He trembled. Nwanyi Mmiri, Mami Wata, African Myths More
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The Bride Price
Elephant picks Tortoise with his trunk and throws him at the bunch of plantain he had been trying to reach More
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Anansi vs Mbe – The Pot of Wisdom
So he went about and collected all the wisdom from his head, from his backyard, from his family, from his house, then he went to everybody he had ever given wisdom to and collected his wisdom from them and kept all his wisdom in a pot. More
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The Hot Water Challenge: Why the Lizard Nods Its Head
The Animal Kingdom’s Most Unusual Challenge In the heart of the Animal Kingdom, there was a wise king with a beloved daughter. To find a suitor worthy of her, he devised a unique challenge: only a man who could endure immense pain for her would win her hand in marriage. The king announced that whoever […] More
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The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Three
The tale of Omekagu, An Igbo folk tale
The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Three, Igbo to English translation, Mike Ejeagha’s song, Omekagu, lyrics, Igbo folk music, Opi, Omenani, folksong, Fablingverse folktales, Igbo folktale, fabling, ọfọ na ogu, free to read, read free stories from Africa “What do you mean, you would like to announce Omekagu as king?” One of the elders asked, appalled. “Abomination!” […] More
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The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Six
The tale of Omekagu, An Igbo folk tale
The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Six, Igbo to English translation, Mike Ejeagha’s song, Omekagu, lyrics, Igbo folk music, Opi, Omenani, folksong, Fablingverse folktales, Igbo folktale, fabling, ọfọ na ogu, free to read, read free stories from Africa “You! Murderer!” The king lunged at his first son. He could not handle the river of hatred that swirled […] More
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The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Five
The tale of Omekagu, An Igbo folk tale
The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Five, Igbo to English translation, Mike Ejeagha’s song, Omekagu, lyrics, Igbo folk music, Opi, Omenani, folksong, Fablingverse folktales, Igbo folktale, fabling, ọfọ na ogu, free to read, read free stories from Africa Back at the palace, Seeing that the elders would not adhere to his wish, the king decided to take […] More
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The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Four
The tale of Omekagu, An Igbo folk tale
The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Four, Igbo to English translation, Mike Ejeagha’s song, Omekagu, lyrics, Igbo folk music, Opi, Omenani, folksong, Fablingverse folktales, Igbo folktale, fabling, ọfọ na ogu, free to read, read free stories from Africa “Once upon a time, there was a young prince, the oldest of his father’s children, and as the oldest […] More
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The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Two
The tale of Omekagu, An Igbo folk tale
The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter Two, Igbo to English translation, Mike Ejeagha’s song, Omekagu, lyrics, Igbo folk music, Opi, Omenani, folksong, Fablingverse folktales, Igbo folktale, fabling, ọfọ na ogu, free to read, read free stories from Africa That night, as Omekagu snuck into his stepmother’s kitchen to eat the large portion of Antelope meat that his […] More
