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Countless folk tales have been told and retold about ‘Ijapa’ ( Yoruba word for Tortoise) or ‘Mbe’ ( igbo word for tortoise) I had the pleasure of illustrating this for Benchmark Education (publishers)
A folk tale about the tortoise and his mischievous exploits. I still wonder why the tortoise as an animal is associated with cunning, mischief, greed and selfishness in west Nigerian folklore.