Ojemba Ndigbo

THE SHIVERING ELEPHANT FOLKTALES FROM IGBOLAND Written by Mazi Michael Ngozi Osuji. Email;  osujimichael60@gmail.com , Tell; +2348033865418. Once upon a time there was a certain elephant that was feeling terribly cold and feverish in the jungle. The cold was so much that the elephant could no longer contain it, and so he needed a shelter and warmth It was the great season of harmatan, and the season had brought with it some form of unbearable cold, and chilling dews, were falling from the sky with the atmosphere covered in thick black smoke.  The chilling cold, forced people to remain indoors within their houses. The people also made fires in their houses in order to keep warmth and to fight the raging cold weather. Meanwhile, there was a hunter who lived in the jungle. He built a hut in the jungle where he lived with his family. Like other families, the hunter also made fires in his hut in order to keep the hut warm and to combat the ragi...

OGWOLOGWO THE GREEEDY DOG FOLKTALES FROM IGBO LAND Written by Mazi Michael Ngozi Osuji. Email; osujimichael60@gmail.com , Tell; +2348033865418. Once upon a time; there was a greedy dog named, Ogwologwo. Ogwologwo is a name sarcastically given to rascals in the society. So the dog in this story was indeed a rascal to other dogs in the village. Ogwologwo was a slave dog to the gods. He was used   in sacrificing to the gods as a puppy before he grew into a big   and mighty dog. Everybody in the village knows that Ogwologwo was owned by the gods of the land; what was popularly known as ,”Nkita Amadioha”, that is, Amadioha’s dog..Amadioha was the Igbo goddess of thunder and lightning. In those days live infant animals and fowls were offered as sacrifices to the gods. These sacrificial animals and fowls were always left to fend for themselves and roam the village as nobody owns them but the gods. It was believed that the gods who owns them would always ...