picture of a tortoise, rat and a squirrel at a market place in a yoruba folktale, fighting with tortoise beating the rat with a stick.

5. Why Ijapa’s Nose is Very Small (Ijapa, Asin and Okere).

A long, long time ago, when the world was very different from the way it is today, there lived a...

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picture of a tortoise in distress, in a yoruba folktale, with burnt head, holding a deep cap with piping hot porridge yam.

4. Why Ijapa Is Bald.

A long time ago, the world was very different. Humans and animals had much in common, lived side by side,...

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picture of a tortoise in distress in a yoruba folktale showing his very large and extended stomach walking outside his town with people looking at him

3. How Tortoise (Ijapa)’s Stomach Became Hollow (Ijapa and Babalawo).

A long, long time ago in Teregun, a town in a far away land there was a tortoise, Ijapa, who...

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2. How Tortoise (Ijapa) Cracked His Shell.

A long, long time ago there was famine in Teregun, a town in a faraway land where a tortoise, Ijapa,...

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picture of a tortoise in a Yoruba folktale stealing groundnuts at a market place as the market people dance away from the market.

1. How Tortoise (Ijapa) Got His Shell – Ìjàpá and Ìyá- Ẹlépà.

A long time ago, the world was very different. Humans and animals had much in common, lived side by side,...

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