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FOLK TALES
Every tradition has songs which tell fabulous stories - tales of murders, mischief, scandals - ancient or new. Tell us one of your favourites.
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1 The Ant and the Grasshopper
2 Alu Jon Jonki Jon
3 Fair Sally
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Contributor
RICHARD FRENCH
OLIVER OGUNTADE
JIM
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Track: Alu Jon Jonki Jon
Artist: Fela Kuti
Music: Nigerian / Yoruba
Chosen by: Oliver Oguntade (London)
 听听Listen to a clip from 'Alu Jon Jonki Jon', album: Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa '70 - deleted (Regal, UK)
Go to part 1 | 2
There was famine in the land, and all the animals suffered from lack of food. Some animals came together to hold a meeting, and after much debate they decided to eat their mothers. They ate rabbit's mother; the next day they ate deer's mother; and snail's mother followed.
But tortoise played a cheat: he took his mother to hide her in the sky. She climbed the big Iroko tree and went to live in the sky where there was no famine. Once a week tortoise came to the big Iroko tree, he sang a song and his mother climbed down from the sky with presents of yam, corn, grained cassava, oil and dried fish. Tortise sat down and ate a rich feast, and his mother returned to the sky.
Now the animals continued to eat until they ate all their mothers, and then they called another meeting. All the animals sat there with long faces and scrangy necks, but tortoise looked good and well fed. Rabbit watched tortoise with interest. They talked all day, but could not come to any decisions!
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