THE STORY OF HOW DAY AND NIGHT BEGAN (Igbo folklore)
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....