Yoruba Folktale

The water goddess gave Tortoise a magic Igbako and warned him not to reveal the magic of the Igbako to anyone outside his immediate family.
The Tortoise family feasted for the entire day on the food that appeared. They ate until they could eat no more. By this time, Tortoise was thinking of the fame the igbako could bring him, he needed to show off his magic to the entire animal kingdom.
So Tortoise went to the palace and told the Oba he had a solution to the famine. He convinced the Oba to send for every animal in the forest and soon, all the animals were assembled at the Oba's palace.
What did the tortoise do?

Back in the days when Tortoise could talk and the animals ruled the forest, famines were frequent and those animals who could not survive the drought would wither and die. There was one such period when the tortoise had become lean.
He had survived as long as he could on his wit but he soon began to suffer like all the other animals as every available source of food disappeared.
The water goddess gave Tortoise a magic Igbako and warned him not to reveal the magic of the Igbako to anyone outside his immediate family.
But what did the tortoise do?

A Famous hunter and wrestler named Akiti boasted that he was stronger than any other man or animal. He had easily overcome a giant, a leopard, a lion, a wolf, and a boa-constrictor, and as nobody else opposed his claim, he called himself “the King of the forest.”
Wherever he went, he sang his triumphant wrestling song, and everyone feared and respected him. But he had forgotten the Elephant, who is a very wise animal and knows many charms.
One day the Elephant challenged him and declared that he had no right to call himself “King,” as the Elephant himself was the king of the forest and could not be defeated.

Welcome to Africa folktale according to the southwest region of Nigeria on Africa business radio. I will tell you the story of the Yorùbá Talking Drum called Gángan and how Ayangalu was saved because of the message of the drum
.

Welcome to Africa folktale according to the southwest region of Nigeria on Africa business radio. I will tell you the story of the monster who had fire

Welcome to Africa folktale according to the southwest region of Nigeria on Africa business radio. I will tell you the story of a king who was captured by the enemy and how the mice saved him

Enle o, welcome to Africa folktale according to the southwest region of Nigeria on Africa business radio. I will tell you the story about why the three brothers who were on a journey and their encounter with the mysterious old woman and her pot of porridge

Enle o, welcome to Africa folktale according to the southwest region of Nigeria on Africa business radio. I will tell you the story about why the monster that had a fire

Enle o, welcome to Africa folktale according to the southwest region of Nigeria on Africa business radio. I will tell you the story about why the mosquito disturbs the ear.

Enle o, welcome to Africa folktale according to the southwest region of Nigeria on Africa business radio. I will tell you the story about the iya ile and Iyawo's baby.

Do you know tribal marks in Yoruba land is a used as a sign of victory and celebration? Welcome to African Folktale on Africa Business Radio according to the southwest region of Nigeria. The story for today is about tribal marks and how they originated

Welcome to African Folktale on Africa Business Radio according to the southwest region of Nigeria. The story for today is about a hardworking man called Kii Gbo Kii Gba who was stubborn.

She was warned by the husband not to divulge the information to anyone, or he risked dying. That was how they continued their life in that village. One day, the hunter went to the farm with one of his children with the animal-woman and the rest of them stayed home with their mother and with the senior wife and her children. There was a quarrel between the two wives and the senior wife then used the secret of the skin to abuse the junior wife. She said, Máa je máa mu, àwò re n be lákàá ‘Eat and drink, your skin is inside the barn’.

Welcome to another folktale from the southwest region of Nigeria. We have all asked this question at one point in our life "Why do Monkeys Look like Humans'' science has always given us an answer but I will tell you what our forefathers told us about this.

Welcome to Yoruba folktale, today I will tell you a story about the Yoruba Kingdom was created. The story is about Oranmiyan and his grandchildren

There was a brave warrior named Ayorinde Aje who fought battles alongside Oderinlo, Ogunmola, Ogbori-efon and other Ibadan warriors, went to war in Ogbagi, a town in Akoko, in present Ondo State.
During the war, no one was able to face the powerful war masquerade of the town which was Oloolu. Ayorinde Aje was the only one who challenged and defeated the masquerade. He then took the Oloolu bearer captive and led him to Ibadan.
On the way, the bearer’s refused to proceed with the journey and in annoyance, Ayorinde Aje beheaded her and commanded her husband to add her head to the costume of Oloolu.

The devotees of the deity Oya consider it taboo to eat the buffalo.
This deity is believed to be the mother of all buffalos.
A hunter once went into the bush to hunt and as he was laying in an ambush for animals on a tree he saw a buffalo next to a termite’s nest. As he was getting ready to shoot the buffalo, he saw that the buffalo turned into a beautiful woman, who put clothes on and hid its skin inside the termite’s nest.
The hunter was astonished and could not do anything until the animal-woman left the spot. Later, the hunter came down from the tree, took the skin from the termite nest and climbed up the same tree to lay in ambush again.
Later, the animal woman came and wanted to take the skin so that she could transform into a buffalo again but the skin was gone.

She got home and started counting her money when her husband asked from inside the room.
“Aaye mi, Ni bo ni Igba ewa re wa? Mo n wa oju mi o?
(Aaye dear, where is your calabash of beans, am searching for my eyes?”
Aaye gladly and innocently informed the husband that she had sold the calabash together with her beans for large sum. Aigboran screamed on top of his voice and started weeping profusely. He narrated to his wife how he used to remove his eyes to monitor Aaye whenever she was going out to sell.

A long time ago, there was a man called “Aigboran”. He got married to a very beautiful woman whom he cherished and worshipped like a god. Everybody in the village of “Ojutaye” knew that Aigboran’s wife was the most beautiful woman in the village.
Instead of the man to be happy about his luck, he was very much disturbed about the beauty of his wife that he started monitoring her around the village. “Aaye”, the beautiful wife was a trader who sells beans like other women in that village. A lot of the village men always made jest of her.

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 called Moremi
Moremi Ajasoro was an illustrious and brave woman who lived in Ile-Ife in the old age. Although she hailed from Offa, through marriage, she was related to the royal family and her husband, King Oramiyan was a direct descendant of the founding father of the Yorubas, Oduduwa.
She was noted as extremely beautiful.

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 Monkey”, he thought.
Ijapa was upset because Monkey had not responded in public to the traditional greeting,
"Maywe not be blamed for that for which we are not responsible." The appropriate response is “Amin.” Instead, Monkey was very disrespectful. Rolling his eyes he presented his bumbum, after shaking it and he farted at Ijapa.
Of course, Ijapa had to retaliate, given his nature. He thought, “Who does he think he is? Because he walks on two and does fancy jumping tricks, he thinks he is better than the other animals?” Ijapa mulled.

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 approach the children with songs and then take their food away.

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 word Iyawo was not used when referring to a wife until an incident brought about its coinage and usage.
Let me tell you the origin of the Yoruba word Iyawo.

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 celebration was only for humans, the monkeys could only watch from afar in sadness as they sang and danced in celebration.
This continued for years until the monkeys got tired of being left out of the celebration. They decided to send a representative named Edun to Olodunmare the God on their behalf.
Edun embarks on the journey when he got to Olodumare's Palace...............
What happened to Edun?