AFRICA DARK TALES – THE DREADED NWIBOKO OBODO.
Nwiboko Obodo (c. 1893–1959) was a powerful, controversial Warrant Chief and high priest from Isieke, Abakaliki, who led the feared Odozi Obodo (“Committee of Peacemakers”) cult between 1954 and 1958.…
THE fat LADY …
Machendu lives in the village of Latanja. She lives alone in a ramnbling bighouse. An inheritance from her dead father. Machendu is the only child of avery wealthy man. When…
THE LION IS ILL
Old Mungo the lion king of the animals is now too old to go out to hunt forfood. He is too weak to chase more agile, much faster and younger…
THE KING LION IS ILL.
Old Mungo the lion king of the animals is now too old to go out to hunt forfood. He is too weak to chase more agile, much faster and younger…
THE REWARD
The king has lost his ring. He could not say exactly where and when he lost the ring. He woke up one morning and looked at his finger and the…
Why Cats kill Mice
The famine had lasted for a long time and the best word to describe its severity is intense. It had got so bad that all the large animals in the…
THE INGRIDIENTS
He started adding the ingredients on the floor to the oil mud mixture ; as he did so he explained what he is doing to Adaeze. Because Ngozi was there,…
PIDGIN ENGLISH IDIOMS – Interpretations
1 Abeg give a beggar chance Please, let the down trodden be allowed to participate or partake 2 Aboki wey dey sell gworo come dey chop gworo, na him profit…
THE LION CUB AND THE LAMB
The lamb was playing outside in the village square and the lion’s cub came out and joined him and the two innocent children frolicked and rolled all over the square…
Words of Our Elders – Idioms, Proverbs and Explainations
1 Our people say that if you are told an idiom or a proverb with the explanation then the bride price of your mother is wasted. 2 It is the…