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The Tortoise Called “All Of You”
A Nigerian folk tale of how Tortoise was too smooth for his own good
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There are many pourquoi tales explaining how the tortoise got his shell, but I had never heard this lovely variant before.
It was told to me by Roland Marshal, who heard it as a child from his grandmother, Christiana Edward of the Ososo tribe, from Ososo Akoko Edo L.G.A., Edo State, South Nigeria.
Later I was delighted to find a version in Ch. 11 of Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart (1958).
Roland also told me Tortoise Wins the Spicy Food Competition, for which an Activity Teaching Pack is available.
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