Yoruba Folktale

Hello everyone, Welcome to the African Folktale according to the Yoruba Tribe in the South-West Region of Nigeria. This week, I will be telling you a story about a brave woman call…

Ijapa (Tortoise) is content with the respect he commands from the animal community. Everyone appreciates his cunning ways and wisdom. “Everyone, except that annoying arrogant Monk…

Olómúroro was a greedy monster who preyed on little children. He was not a good-looking creature but children did not seem scared of him because he sang so sweetly. He would appro…

Many people do not know that in the Yoruba language, the original Yoruba word for wife is ‘aya’ and not the commonly used ‘Iyawo’. During the early years of the Yoruba people, the…

Oluronbi and the Iroko Tree is an African Tale about Greed and the consequence of not fulfilling promises.

A long time ago, humans and monkeys lived together in the town of Ile-Ife. Annually, when the humans celebrated the Egungun festival, monkeys were never invited. Humans said the ce…