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Archive for July, 2011
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The farmers son becomes a hunter
Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes A farmer and his wife had one son named Ajadi. They were not rich but they never lacked for food for no matter how bad times got, they always managed to grow enough food to feed their small family with a little left over to trade. Ajadi’s parents looked forward to the day he would join them in their farming profession. With more hands on the farm, they could ...
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Ananse and the pot of wisdom
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes This is a very old story told when the world was young . It is about how Mr.. Ananse the Sly and greedy one among all the animals in the forest outsmarted himself. As the story goes Ananse, that is still his name , but did you know that his first name was Kweku because he was born on a Wednesday ? One day Ananse collected all the wisdom ...
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The Lost Heir
Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes A very long time ago in a little village somewhere in the western part of the country now known as Nigeria, was a king who had three wives but no children. He needed a male heir to succeed him on the throne and he was worried. He decided to seek help from the ifa priest as he was growing old and time was short. The ifa priest came to ...
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The Lost Message
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes THE ant has had from time immemorial many enemies, and because he is small and destructive, there have been a great many slaughters among them. Not only were most of the birds their enemies, but Anteater lived almost wholly from them, and Centipede beset them every time and at all places when he had the chance. So now there were a few among them who thought it would be ...
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Kiigbo Kiigba and the helpful spirits
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes There was a man named Kiigbo Kiigba who lived a very long time ago in a little Yoruba village. Like many of the villagers, he was a very hardworking farmer, but he had one major flaw – he was very stubborn. In fact, his name in Yoruba means “one who does not hear nor accept”, since he neither listens to anybody nor consider anybody’s suggestions. Like many villages in ...
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3 Brothers and a pot of porridge
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Three brothers were traveling through the dense rain forest jungle. They had been traveling on foot for almost a full day and night was falling. They needed a suitable place to rest for the night, a place where they would be safe from prowling animals of the night. They were in luck because before darkness fell, they spotted a little isolated hut in the distance. When they arrived at ...
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Chief who was no Fool
Reading time: 6 – 10 minutes “Help me,” the old man begged. “My neighbor has stolen from me.” The paramount chief gladly listened. It pleased him that others recognized his wisdom. “What exactly is the problem?” questioned the chief. “My neighbor stole my goats. I’m a poor man, too poor to replace them.” “And what do you have to say?” the chief asked the man’s neighbor. “I don’t know what he is talking about,” answered ...
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Snake and the Eggs
Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes “My eggs!” cried Chicken. “One of my eggs is missing! Yesterday I had twelve eggs and today there are only eleven.” As Chicken fled her nest to find Rooster, she had no idea that she was about to lose more eggs. Just out of view of the nest, the thief patiently waited for Chicken to leave her eggs again. Snake crept slowly and quietly up to the nest. He ...
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UnOriginal – Podcast
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes The main reason cats don’t make money is because what they start a business doing is the same as everyone else. The product they choose is the same product that is on every business start up website. But, with this kind of thinking you will never make any money because there’s only one original idea and the rest are a boring knockoff that gets increasingly inferior. When it comes ...
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