NEAR Anansi's miserable little hut there was a fine palace where lived a very rich man called Nothing. Nothing and Anansi proposed, one...

Sàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; and as Jakuta or Badé is an Orisha, a deity in Yoruba religion. He is a royal...

The moonlit night carried the scent of wet earth. Soggy leaves were trampled underneath my mud-stained sneakers as I walked through an...

The cry of a new child filled the air, everyone was happy at the arrival of this precious little life, however when they came out after...

She was not the vain nor jealous type; Moremi liked to tell herself. In fact, she could be less concerned about the state of her beauty,...

Once upon a time there was a woman who had a beautiful daughter whom she loved very much, and she was very anxious that she should find a...

‘Do you want to hear a story?’ Damisi looked at his cousin with dull eyes. He wasn't sure if his cousin was oblivious to their current...

Growing up, I heard tales of the famous Bush Baby from the older boys in my village that attended the only boarding school in the whole...

Myths go back to primordial times. As such, they may relate the experience of the creation of man, lineage, hills, rocks, river or any...

Loud shrieks of kids playing and swirling around Madam Adepegba in her expansive compound filled the whole atmosphere. "Káyìi! E jé rora...

The sacred river of Ngene flowed pleasantly from one end to the other. A few boats were docked ashore as the sunset approached. People...

They say there was a chief’s son called Masilo; there was a dearth in his village. Masilo invited many men, saying that they must come to...

Jinns are simply spirits that were known to have been created by God himself according to the Islamic religion.

The following inscriptions are my retelling of the story of Yèmọja, from the first version I heard and the history and characteristics I...

At a little distance, three women sprawl out on the brown earth with wrappers untamed: sighing, stomping and singing...

I remember being really fascinated when I heard this story as a child. I think I was around 9 - 11 so my recollection may not be great...

(Oleny) Gipir and Labongo, what a time old legend! Dating far back into the 15th Century, its climax sits atop a spot on the Albert Nile...

(Baskerville & Morris) ONCE upon a time, a very long while ago, there were no people in the country of Uganda except one man, and his...