Education

 An African Tale. Long, long ago there lived an old woman who sold the best soup in the market. It was chicken soup. Nobody knew the old woman’s name. Nobody knew where she lived. Nobody knew why her soup was always the best in the market and why it was so hot. But people did

By Mustapha Openiyi Once upon a time there lived a king who owned a magical drum. Some said this drum was the secret to the peace that filled his land, because whenever the king beat upon the drum, marvellous food and drink appeared. And so, whenever anyone declared war upon the king’s land, he called

This is the story of how the world was created according to the Yorubas of West Africa. The entire world was filled with water when God decided to create the world. God sent his messenger Obatala to perform the task of creating the world. Obatala brought along his helper, a man named Oduduwa as well

By Frans Timmermans A very long time ago, before man came along to upset the natural balance, all animals lived together peacefully. But in those days, none of the animals had heads of their own, except the Elephant, who was the King of the animals. He had a large collection of heads in all shapes and

An Ashanti story retold by Jessica York. Anansi, the spider, loves to spin a tale! He can regale you for hours with stories full of wonder, stories full of fun, and stories full of facts, too because he is so nosy, Anansi knows almost everything about almost everybody. But Anansi wants to know everything. One

  They always say school life is the best, oh well I totally agree. Growing up I had most of my interesting days in Secondary school. Above all my adventures in school, I can never forget my tenure as a class captain in junior class. Alright, let’s take it from the beginning. I was a

Mr. Ostrich was a sober minded, serious husband, who was always willing to assist his wife in her family duties. “My Dear”, he said to her one evening, when their large clutch of eggs seemed almost ready to hatch, “my black feathers can not be seen in the darkness, so I will guard our eggs

Onikaluku jeje ewure (everyone promised to offer a goat) Ewure, ewure (goat, goat) Onikaluku jeje aguntan (everyone promised to offer a sheep) Aguntan bolojo (A fleshy sheep) Oluronbi jeje omo re (Oluronbi promised to offer her child) Omo re apon bi epo (Her child who is as light skinned as palm oil) Oluronbi O! (Oluronbi

There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother’s tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend

Once upon a time there was a dog that wanted to fly like a bird. So he found a tree and climbed it. There was a bird at the top of the tree that said you are a silly dog. You are not a bird, you can not fly. So the doggy said how can