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Listen, do you hear the evening wind howl and the lazy crickets call? It’s almost that special time – it’s storytime! Folklores are tales, legends, and superstitions of a particular ethnic population. In Igbo culture and other African societies, storytelling is unique, such that it is a passage to transmit the tradition of a place from one generation to another. These tales convey history, ancient messages, and old knowledge. They teach morals and virtues to younger people. The eastern part of Nigeria largely occupied by the Igbo tribe, is rich in culture, customs and traditions and one of the tenets that has survived the rage of civilization and modernization is the art of storytelling. Interesting and educative folktales which have been passed down from generations to generations from the ‘ancestors’ are told to children in the bid to preserve the norms and culture of the tribe, imbibe good morals and instill the spirit of communal love amongst members of their society....

A long long time ago, in a far-off land, there lived a cunning creature called Mbeku (Tortoise). He lived in a hut with his loving wife and worked diligently in his farm. Now while he had a good life, Tortoise wanted a more comfortable existence and as such was always looking for the next get rich quick scheme. One day, whilst working in his farm, a large flock of birds flew past him. It was a sight to behold, thousands and thousands of birds, stretching as far as the eye could see. The entire horizon was covered different exotic birds, parrots, doves, eagles, vultures, it was a roll call of all the birds in the land. Having never seen this phenomenon before, Tortoise was keen to find out what was happening,so he called out to the birds. Most flew by him however, they were in such a hurry to get to their destination and their excited chatters and twitters drowned out Tortoise’s voice from below. Luckily for him however, after most of the flock had passed and the...

In the Animal kingdom, the king's daughter refuses to marry the suitors that came for her hand in marriage, she had a big fantasy of riding across the village on an elephant. So she said that any suitor that brings a life elephant to her will have her as a wife, so the king announces to all the animals in the kingdom and all of them were so discouraged about it but the tortoise went to the king and said "I will marry your daughter, I will bring a life elephant and have her as my wife. I came before to marry her but you people chased me away but this time, I will marry her, so he also proceeded to the elephant house because the tortoise and the elephant were good friends, so he went to the elephant house and said "The king of our village will be having an Ofallah in the next two days and he said that you will be the chief of the occasion. An Ofallah is the biggest festival in Igbo land, present day Nigeria. So if any traditional ruler should invite you, you are highly hon...