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    The Tale of Anansi and Nothing
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Sep 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Tale of Anansi and Nothing

    NEAR Anansi's miserable little hut there was a fine palace where lived a very rich man called Nothing. Nothing and Anansi proposed, one...
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    Sàngó and His Wives
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Jun 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Sàngó and His Wives

    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...
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    Conversations with A Mermaid
    Chionye Lois
    • Jun 16, 2021
    • 6 min

    Conversations with A Mermaid

    The moonlit night carried the scent of wet earth. Soggy leaves were trampled underneath my mud-stained sneakers as I walked through an...
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    Born Different
    Ogbonna Humble
    • May 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Born Different

    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...
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    Raffia On Fire
    Oluwaseun Beatrice Wende
    • Apr 30, 2021
    • 8 min

    Raffia On Fire

    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,...
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    The Ugandan Law Concerning Fortune-Tellers
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Ugandan Law Concerning Fortune-Tellers

    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...
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    Death and The King
    Fikayo Adeniyi
    • Apr 14, 2021
    • 6 min

    Death and The King

    ‘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...
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    The Tale of a Mystery Mat
    Bisi Akintomide
    • Apr 11, 2021
    • 7 min

    The Tale of a Mystery Mat

    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...
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    The Myth of Bayajida
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Myth of Bayajida

    Myths go back to primordial times. As such, they may relate the experience of the creation of man, lineage, hills, rocks, river or any...
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    ÀYÀNMÒ [PREDESTINATION]
    Babs Iwalewa
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 6 min

    ÀYÀNMÒ [PREDESTINATION]

    Loud shrieks of kids playing and swirling around Madam Adepegba in her expansive compound filled the whole atmosphere. "Káyìi! E jé rora...
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    Kachi's Odyssey. (Of myths and mermaids) (Literary Competition Winner 2021)
    Obiajulu Camilius Ikechukwu
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 7 min

    Kachi's Odyssey. (Of myths and mermaids) (Literary Competition Winner 2021)

    The sacred river of Ngene flowed pleasantly from one end to the other. A few boats were docked ashore as the sunset approached. People...
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    Monyohe: A South African Folktale
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 5 min

    Monyohe: A South African Folktale

    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...
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    Jinns in Northern Nigeria
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    Jinns in Northern Nigeria

    Jinns are simply spirits that were known to have been created by God himself according to the Islamic religion.
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    Yèmọja
    Haleemah Atobiloye
    • Feb 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    Yèmọja

    The following inscriptions are my retelling of the story of Yèmọja, from the first version I heard and the history and characteristics I...
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    Olúrónbí
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Jan 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Olúrónbí

    At a little distance, three women sprawl out on the brown earth with wrappers untamed: sighing, stomping and singing...
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    Ori & Olajumoke - Nigerian Folktale
    Sesi Zamba
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ori & Olajumoke - Nigerian Folktale

    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...
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    Gipir and Labongo: A journey into the Acholi and Alur story - Ugandan Folklore
    Destiny Mugasha
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Gipir and Labongo: A journey into the Acholi and Alur story - Ugandan Folklore

    (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...
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    The Story of Kintu - Ugandan Folktale
    Destiny Mugasha
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Story of Kintu - Ugandan Folktale

    (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...
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