Igbo Folktale

Once upon a time, a chief had a son whose mother had died at his birth. The old chief was a hunter and used to take his son out with him when he went into the bush. He used to do most of his hunting in the long grass that grows over nearly all the Inde country and used to kill plenty of bushbuck in the dry season. In those days the people had no guns, so the chief had to shoot everything he got wi...

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Do you ever wonder how day and night came to be when people did not sleep?

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Do you ever wonder how day and night came to be when people did not sleep?

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Do you ever wonder why the mosquito is always disturbing the ear? I will be telling you about the long-lasting beef between the ear and the mosquito

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will be telling you about another mischief involving the tortoise and how he tricked the Lizard.

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will continue telling you about the tortoise's wife and how she plotted against him for his behaviour

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will be telling you about the tortoise and his wife

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will be telling you about the Snake and the Lizard fable and why mothers tell their children this story

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will be telling you the myth about the mother kite and daughter kite

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will be telling you the myth about locusts in Igbo Land

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will be telling you about the peaceful king called Eze Kenga who had a magic drum which produces food when beaten.

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria, west Africa. Today, I will be telling you about why dead people are buried

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the igbo tribe in the south eastern region of Nigeria, west africa. Today, I will be telling you about why the Hawk kils chicks

Nnuo Nnuo, welcome to African folktale according to the igbo tribe in the south eastern region of Nigeria, west africa. Today, I will be telling you about “Eze na Tree Ogu” in English, “The King and the medicine or juju (as the Yoruba’s will call it) tree.

Welcome to an African folktale according to the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, today I will tell you a story about the white man and his iron horse. Interesting right? Join me on this story

Hello there, this is African Folktale according to the Igbo tribe in the southeastern region of Nigeria in West Africa. Today I will be telling you about the disobedient girl who married the skull

On our last episode, I was telling you about Agu na eche Mba and the great battle that is about to shake the animal kingdom. I am sure you want to know who won, I will tell you, don’t worry. The kingdom had a land, air and water force of over 15 thousand beasts, birds, and reptiles. The Leopard King gave the signal for the battle drums and trumpets to be sounded. And so, 15 thousand strong male an...

Many centuries ago, when black men lived in harmony with the wild beasts and subtle cattle in the jungles of Africa, before the great war in the animal kingdom and the invasion by the white cavemen, before the man lost the trust and love of beasts – the Leopard was the king of the Animal kingdom. He was loved by all, both humans and animals alike. He was blessed with wisdom, beauty and strength. H...

Today I will be telling you about The Igbo myth of creation, that is about how the world was created according to the Igbo tribe. For the Igbo people, they say the heavens were in good condition as all the Gods and Goddesses who they believed existed before humans lived together in one part of heaven. However, each one of them was selfish, and therefore very anarchical. This then became the cause...

Last time, I told you about Mbe na Ejula, that is Tortoise and the snail and how Mbe killed the Queen and covered her corpse after meeting the soothsayer. I am sure you want to hear the rest of the story. I will tell you all about it (break) When he had done this, he went back to his friend – Ejula – and said to him, “Get your rifle, let go –a- hunting for monkeys have destroyed the maize on my fa...

Once upon a time, na ofu ’obodo in a certain land, the Igwe gave a directive to the town crier and said: “Use the Ogene and announce to all my subjects that there is a task I’ll show them, that anyone that first finishes his own, I’ll give him my daughter, Adaeze’m in marriage.” The Town-crier then did as his master instructed. It came to be that when the day dawned, the Mbe awoke and picked up hi...

Once upon a time, all the birds were invited to a feast in the sky.  They were very happy and began to prepare themselves for the great day.  They painted their bodies with red camwood and drew beautiful patterns on them with uli. Mgbekwu which is the tortoise in Igbo saw all these preparations and soon discovered what it all meant.  Nothing that happened in the world of the animals ever escaped h...

For the Igbo people, they say the heavens were in good condition as all the Gods and Goddesses who they believed existed before humans lived together in one part of heaven. However, each one of them was selfish, and therefore very anarchical. This then became the cause of great worry in the heavens as jealousy and greed came upon these Gods and Goddesses. These deities were fighting against themse...

There was a time in an Igbo village when monsters torment little children and teenagers at night. The villagers tried to capture and kill these monsters but all their efforts ended up in vain. In this same village, a beautiful girl named Obaledo lived with her parents. She was very beautiful that princes from faraway lands competed to win her heart.