Category: African, Nigerian, and Igbo Folktales
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All of You – Tortoise, The Birds, and The Feast in The Sky
Once upon a time in the animal kingdom, Igwe, the Arụsi of the sky, sat upon his throne of clouds and silence, bored.
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The Famine – An Igbo Folktale Based in The Fablingverse About Tortoise, Dog, and a Long Famine Caused by the Sun and Moon
Nkịta, the Dog, was among the animals who had lost everything. His den was gone, his food swept away, and worst of all, his mother had been swallowed by The Waters.
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Mbe and Akidi (A Fablingverse Igbo Folktale)
Keyword: Mbe and Akidi (A Fablingverse Igbo Folktale about Tortoise) Once upon a time in the animal kingdom, Nwunye Mbe, the tortoise’s wife, had grown tired of him. He never paid attention, never listened, and only came home when he was hungry, leaving immediately after he’d eaten. Once, while she was sweeping the house, Mbe…
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Lyrics to Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche (Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo) Gentleman, Mike Ejeagha
Nnam eze, a kpàtà m enyi My father, king, I have bought and brought Elephant. Nnam eze, a kpàtà m enyi My father, king, I have bought and brought Elephant.
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The Hot Water Challenge: Why Lizard Nods Its Head
Keywords: The Hot Water Challenge, Why Lizard Nods Its Head, The Animal Kingdom, Fabling Folktale, Igbo Folktale, African Folklore, Fablingverse 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…
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The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter One (Adapted From Mike Ejeagha’s folksong)
KeyWords: The Tale of Omekagu – Chapter One, 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 Has it ever been known that a story would be titled after a secondary character? And…
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Mbe the tortoise and the rich man
Once upon a time in the land of folktales, 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
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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.
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Anansi vs Mbe – The Hero of Stories
Keywords: Anansi vs Mbe, The Hero of Stories, African Folktales, African Mythology, Nigerian Folktale, Ghanaian Folktale, Anansi The Spider, Mbe The Tortoise, Free Short Stories, Fabling Pam, Once upon a time in the world of African Folktales, the Gods were the protagonists of every story. Every story, even the ones done by mortals were ascribed…
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The Snake and The Two Lonely Men – A Fablingverse Folktale
The Snake and The Two Lonely Men: Nigerian Folktales, Snake tales, Fabling, Pam, Free Short Stories, A Fablingverse Folktale Once upon a time, in a village, there were two men who were unmarried and lonely. All the men in their village had found wives, but they could not, because there was a scarcity of women,…
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The Jackal and The Peacock – A Fablingverse Folktale
The Jackal snapped back to his present and clumped his jaw close to The Peacock’s neck but could not bring himself to clench his teeth.
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Why Lion is Only King of The Forest
Even though he felt he was the strongest, the young lion obeyed his mother and remained in the forest, away from humans, until he grew up and became Lion, King of the forest. Then he became bored and wanted more. He wanted to be the King of the world, not just the king of the…
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The Wicked Stepmother
One day while working on his farm, a beautiful woman (Adanma) with her daughter (Egodi) walked up to him to ask if he could accommodate them for a while since they were from a far away land