Ajapa the Tortoise: A Book of Nigerian Folk Tales

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Nigerian Folk Tales: Ajapa the Tortoise

This is an intense collection of 30 traditional Nigerian Folk Tales. The themes include lessons in honesty, loyalty, and friendship. With minimal illustration, these are good stories to read aloud before discussing some of the ideas. The other cool thing is that the stories are short and to the point. It makes this a fun way to spend a month learning about Nigeria with a story a day dedicated to folktales.

It’s interesting to note that many stories feature the tortoise. Unlike other folktales in Africa, Nigerian stories focus on the tortoise instead of the spider. There are also many similarities to European folktales in these stories. For more insight into Nigerian Fables, check out this post.

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The Folk Tales Included are:

1. Tortoise Goes Wooing
2. Why Women Have Long Hair
3. How Tortoise Became a Chief
4. The Inquisitive Servant
5. Tortoise and Crab
6. The Golden Comb
7. The Farmer’s Daughter
8. The Seven Brothers
9. The Bat
10. The Two Jars
11. Akiti
12. The Elegant Crab
13. Tortoise and Fly
14. The Leopard Man
15. Tortoise and the World’s Wisdom
16. The Iroko Tree
17. The Ants and the Serpent
18. Tortoise Saves the King
19. Oluronbi’s Promise
20. The Head
21. Tortoise Tricks the Lion
22. War About a Goat
23. The Elephant and the Rhinoceros
24. The Abyss of Ajaye
25. The Magician’s Parrot
26. Tortoise and the Cock
27. Tortoise Lets His House
28. The Monkeys and the Gorilla
29. The Wrestlers
30. Why Tortoise is Bald