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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).

Ijapa the Tortoise · How His Stomach Became Hollow · Yoruba Tale Complete Audiobook A long, long time ago in...

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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.

Ijapa and the Hot Stew · A Yoruba Tale Complete Audiobook A long time ago, the world was very different....

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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).

Ijapa, Asin, and Ọkere · A Yoruba Tale Complete Audiobook A long, long time ago, when the world was very...

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picture of a huge elephant with a tortoise in front of him going into a town to be king in a yoruba folktale, with people cheering, dancing with music and fanfare.

6. Ijapa (Tortoise) and Erin (Elephant)

Ijapa and Erin · A Yoruba Tale Complete Audiobook A long time ago, the world was very different. Humans and...

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picture of a woman market cloth seller with her goods on her head in a yoruba folktale, standing alone in front of an iroko tree (solid oak) and two other women sellers of other things.

7. Olurombi

Olurombi · An Iroko Tale Complete Audiobook A very, very long time ago when Iroko (large, solid and long-lasting wood...

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picture of Ojeje Traders in a yoruba folktale carrying their goods to a market, and a young girl going towards them crying.

8. Ojeje Traders

Kerejigbo’s Household · A Yoruba Tale Complete Audiobook A very long time ago, in Akete, a town in a far,...

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picture of a tortoise in a yoruba folktale rescuing a young would be hunter from drowning.

9. Ijapa (Tortoise) and Jigborere, Oluwo’s Son

      Audiobook Many, many years ago, in Ijafa, a town in a faraway land, there was a man...

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picture of a woman in a yoruba folktale at a stream where her co-wife's igbako (a utensil) is swept away by the current, frantically searching for it.

10. The Two Wives (Orogun Meji)

Igbakọ Orogun · The Tale of Two Wives Audiobook Many, many years ago, in Makani, a town in a faraway...

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picture of a man in a yoruba folktale following behind a woman outside the town and the woman telling him to turn back.

11. Olailo and the Mysterious Woman

Olailo and the Mysterious Woman · Kasawa · Parallax Story A long, long time ago, in Kasawa, a town in...

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picture of a tortoise in hiding, in a yoruba folktale watching three princesses in their private garden forbidden to others.

12. Ijapa (Tortoise) and the Princesses

The Princesses of Makeke · A Tale of Three Sisters · Parallax Story Many, many years ago, in Makeke, a...

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picture of a group of people attacking a huge woman in a yoruba folktale

13. Ọlọmurọrọ

Many, many years ago in Idọja, a village just outside Sakowa – a town in a faraway land – there...

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picture of a young girl at a river in a yoruba folktale lulled to sleep by its beautiful surroundings

14. The Disobedient Girl (Alantere)

A long time ago, the world was very different. In a land far away, in the town of Ipẹri-Ake there...

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