LOGINGrandma probably told you a lot of things that you forgot. Things she told you that you wished you have a chance to revisit the past,so you could hear it again. This book is about our African folktales and stories about our cultural values. This book is just to refresh our memories about our cultural heritage which seemed we have forgotten it. An adage says that :"A river that forgets it source/origin will surely run dry". Let's promote our heritage. Come and let's join Grandma and reflect on all the stories Grandma told us. © Odekanle .R. Funso
View MoreHi lovelies ☺️.According to the title, can you actually believe that there is a man who never lied. Let's find out as we read.STORY OF THE MAN WHO NEVER LIEDOnce upon a time, there lived a wise man by the name of OKWUEGBU. He never lied. All the people in the land, even the ones who lived twenty days away, knew about him.The king heard about Okwuegbu and ordered his subjects to bring him to the palace. He looked at the wise man and asked:" Okwuegbu, is it true, that you have never lied?"" It's true.""And you will never lie in your life?"" I'm sure in that.""Okay, tell the truth, but be careful! The lie is cunning and it gets on your tongue easily."Several days passed and the king called Okwuegbu once again. There was a big crowd: the king was about to go hunting. The king held his horse by the mane, his left foot was already on the stirru
This part is dedicated to all my Readers. Tanx so much for your support. HOW THE FROG CAME TO BE THE KING OF RIVERS AND MARSHES There was a time when animals and people lived on the earth harmoniously side by side. Each respected the other, and they went out of their way to be friendly and useful to each other. The Elephant being the King of the animals decided one day that there should be a King of the Rivers and Marshes. He thought it would be useful to have somebody responsible for alerting people to the coming of the first rains, so that they would have time to get ready and start preparing their tools and seeds.&nbs
Hi lovelies ☺️, sorry for the late post, some things came up. This part is dedicated to all my Readers who voted,commented and shared my book, you all know yourself, you guys are the best. How the Tortoise got a wife for the king with a grain of maize Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there was a serious famine in Iduu-na-Oba (Tortoise’s town). There was scarcely any food anywhere and the little available could only be purchased by the rich individuals. Tortoise, not being financially buoyant enough to buy food for himself and his family, started thinking of how he was going to mitigate the famine. He learnt from some people that there is food in a faraway town. Immediately he heard this, he made up his mind that, no matter th
WOMAN WITH TWO SKINSOnce upon a time,Enyimba was a very powerful king.He fought and conquered all the surrounding countries, killing all the old men and women, but the able-bodied men and girls he caught and brought back as slaves, and they worked on the farms until they died.This king had two hundred wives, but none of them had borne a son to him.His subjects, seeing that he was becoming an old man, begged him to marry one of the Spider's daughters, as they always had plenty of children.But when the king saw the Spider's daughter he did not like her, as she was ugly, and the people said it was because her mother had had so many children at the same time.However, in order to please his people he married the ugly girl, and placed her among his other wives, but they all complained because she was so ugly