Ijapa ati Iya- Ẹlẹpa

Ni igba lailai awọn enia ati ẹranko ngbe lẹgbẹ ara wọn, wọn nsọ ede kanna, wọn si nhuwa bakan na. Ni...

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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.

Ijapa the Tortoise · The Groundnut Thief · Yoruba Tale A long time ago, the world was very different. Humans...

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2. How Tortoise (Ijapa) Cracked His Shell.

How Tortoise Cracked His Shell · The Tale of Ijapa · Parallax Story A long, long time ago there was...

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

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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, 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 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)

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 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

7. Olurombi A very, very long time ago when Iroko (large, solid and long-lasting wood tree from West Africa) was...

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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

A very long time ago, in Akete, a town in a far, faraway land, there lived a renowned trader called...

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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

Rere and Ijapa · The Hunter’s Tale Many, many years ago, in Ijafa, a town in a faraway land, there...

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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 Many, many years ago, in Makani, a town in a faraway land...

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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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