YORUBA FOLKLORE: ÀLỌ́ ÌJÀPÁ ỌLỌ́GBỌ́N AYÉ

Story telling is a form of evening entertainment in the traditional Yoruba family, usually taking place after the day's last meal.
Due to safety concerns, afterdark outdoor activities were not encouraged hence members of each household passes the idle evening by telling tales and solving riddles.
The advent of colonisation and christenisation brought about new social arrangements, which eventually led to the disappearance of evening storytime.
This project is an effort geared towards bringing the delight of traditional Yoruba folktales to the listening of today's diverse audience, as well as preserving it for the future generations.
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Every Child brought up within the traditional Yoruba setting was exposed to the Ìjàpá tales.
Ìjàpá, also referred to as Alábahun, is by far the most popular protagonist of the Yoruba folk tales. And due to its laziness, greed and miserliness, is always up to one mischief or another to secure an undue advantage for itself, hence the Yoruba hyperbolic proverb of 'Ọ̀ràn gbogbo kii sé lórí Alábahun' - All trouble will not fail to crash on the Alábahun's head.
For this project, i do not rely on my recollection of the tales heard in my childhood as they are now vague in most parts. I'll therefore be reading from the work of a renowned author, Adeboye Babalola, ÀKÓJỌPỌ̀ ÀLỌ́ ÌJÀPÁ (The Collected Tales of Ijapa). The tales in this volume are authentic and only slightly vary from the versions of other authors based on their different storytelling styles.

[@NaijaUplift840]

I remember this story from my childhood. Kindly continue as I use your channel to teach my son Yoruba. You needed to have his joy when we discovered the 'Mura Sise' poem which I taught him. He was reciting it word for word. Our heritage must continue with our children. Great work.

[@ronkebarber6238]

... Olọ́gbọ́n ẹ̀ẹ̀wẹ̀.

[@mojisolaadegboyega8313]

Enikan kii gbon tan laye.... ododo oro. This brought back memories when we sit by night to hear stories from the Elders.... our Alawiye too... the unadulterated one.
Thank You so much

[@yorubaclaw]

Nostalgic! The aim of this project is to restore that Yoruba story telling family time.

[@sherimango3868]

Dáadáa gan. Ẹ ṣe!