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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.All Tales

    7. Olurombi

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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.All Tales

    8. Ojeje Traders

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

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

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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.All Tales

    10. The Two Wives

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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.All Tales

    11. Olailo and the Mysterious Woman

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

    12. Ijapa (Tortoise) and the Princesses

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  • picture of a group of people attacking a huge woman in a yoruba folktaleAll Tales

    13. Olomuroro

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

    14. The Disobedient Girl (Alantere)

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  • picture of a tortoise in a yoruba folktale observing a beautiful young woman on her way to a river.All Tales

    I5. Ijapa (Tortoise) and Kerebuje

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  • picture of two brothers in a yoruba folktale, gifted in music singing and dancing at a musical competitionAll Tales

    16. The Jealous Brother

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