Collection of short stories

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nts. He is a true warrior who never makes noise to win wars. His action is his voice, acting as vit

nity, which he expresses with the way he renders justice courtesy of a 'detective horsetail' delivered to him by ancestors of the land. He does not discriminate whether you are his consanguine or clan. He does not also base his humanitarian gestures on ra

Edjefia exist, their palaces are as empty like a hatched egg shell, because of their introvert and exploitative ways of dealing with their people. Many folks are of the belief that his fame can never wane in humanity because of his unlimited humility to all people trooping to his great

ght skin complexion came to visit King Edjefia. His subjects organized a cultural dance called Udje to entertain the 'yellow skin' people otherwise known as Iyibo.They

physically challenged ones surrounding him. They encouraged him to sit with only them (the light complexion people who class themselves special), as they do in their homeland. But the king made them understand that he is not special or greater than any o

many other physical features like me? Do they not breathe the same oxygen like me? Does my excreta de

complexion in as much we breathe the same air, and our excreta smells altogether unwholesome no matter who or what we are. Great Edjefia! We

d status. Some people are in the position they are today not because of their integrity or hone

d the Iyibo travelled everywhere. The Udjedancers and singers were very joyful when they saw that the white men wanted to worship the king. The Udje exponents began to

ave a special horsetail to the king to assist him in determining the authenticity of any statement made by anybody who comes to his palace to complain about any wrong anybody has d

he white people. They wondered how a horsetail could utter words in form of a whistling breeze, which the king always interpreted to know who among any quarreling party was saying the trut

setail? Don't you think he may angrily get us killed? I don't want to

l more of their folks about new findings they have made. This was just a ploy to send the unwilling one among them away in order to create a conducive atmosphere for them to fulfill their plan to steal the horsetail. Before the day they had set for departure reached, seven nights of enterta

to steal the horsetail told the new incoming ones about the latest gift of the ancestors to the king, and how they have planned to steal it successfully, had one of them was not unwilling. As they were discuss

people are now speaking?" Susuluwa, one of the grea

tone. They just all of a sudden changed their style of speaking like people hot crumbs of yam are bur

folks. The abstainer (the only white man who refused to participate in stealing the horsetail) spoke to them (Susulawa and Okotie) in an understanding tone his dubious kinsmen had usually used to communicate with

s with others in power any time, are most times falsely implicated in issues they know little or nothing about in the world, especially some questionable individuals whose areas of expertise are in the stealing of the masses money while painting good image of themselves in the publ

roplane dancers!" The ne

yet," said one of the hors

see the much talked about horsetail that knows the mystery of all secrets

k to his palace. What could have gone wrong? Did they change their minds from going back to their country? But they were not as many as this approaching crowd when I

of the great black continent. As we were coming, we met your Udje procession seeing off our colleagues whom you had already entertained and were returning home at the extreme of your kingdom. We unanimously asked our departing colleagues to accompany us back to y

d the new comers. I welcome you all equally," the king t

whites' bodies to chocolate brown, as the music flows, almost temping God to come down from His abode for the very first time; to peep at the on-goings in the great Olomu kingdom. Winds also changed their whistling tunes, adding a kind of percussion to claps from the surrounding vegetations. Streams and rivers running-by always

to go into his inner chambers to collect a special kola nut from the ancestors pot of wisdom, when he saw through clairvoyance that if he is not well prepared for the ocean of questions they were about to pour on him, it would amount to a big disgrace to his personality. He was not afraid whether the horsetail could be taken by anybody sitting close to him or not. As soon as he had

whispered in another fast tone of their foreign language whic

ated around him. Instinctively, he knew theIyibo were responsible for the theft of the horsetail, since none of his people had ever stolen even a pin from him before, because there is no reason for them to do so, as he has been providing for their needs from time immemorial. Besides, the Urhobos ethnic group which the Olomus belong to, have a

r a while, he spoke in very simple and clear native dialect and in pidgin English in sequence that the entire people could understand. He told all of them to close their eyes. Thereafter, he asked the stealer of the horsetail to come out an

gathered here I greet you). You Urhobos know we don't steal in our kingdom. And I know all of you know the thief. Perhaps, you don't want to embarrass the thief, so you decided to k

That is it). We are proud of you our

ot want the Iyibo to understand, since it is not all clothes that are washed that are put outside for sun to dry sometimes. They knew the king wanted the

standing beside us," he told them, while carrying out the well known Urhobo diplomacy of handlin

jefia Iribo of Olomu," was the thunderous

een hearing us saying 'Urhobo vwan doh,' they may think it is a kind of magical invocation. But I hope you understand my idioms as we are trying to use our commonsense to find out how the horsetail was stolen. As they don't know how to pronounce the word 'vwan doh' very well, they may start calling it 'Wayo,' as some of our fellow people f

nd we shall surely catch the thief f

ll set? Are you all set an

are set!" The people re

ixing the local dialect with English language to further confuse the thief as if he w

'catch the thief.' He thereby revealed his own identity as his name is coincidentally Maradiaga Imidaka, which has similar sound tone with Mudiagan to his ears. He thought the king had truly ident

andling things as many Urhobo people are known for their high level of intellect which is being envied by those who do not belong to the clan. Instead of giving honour to those whom honour is due like the Urhobo people

revolution that took place in the Western world from the 18th-19th centuries. But some false historians of the Western world had published many misleading articles in the past declaring Africa as a place made up of uncivilized people that have no history and no culture. They have been underrating the

ans alone, for the king knew no colour or tribe or religion in his interaction with anybody that comes to him. When other black fellows in the giant of Africa where Olomu is located in the Niger Delta, heard about the theft and plundering of King Edjefia's palace, they were very sad. However, they put heads together and came up with a special method to claim back from the Iyibo in monetary form, the va

always hang in mirage. They have been crying, complaining and writing several letters to King Edjefia, informing him about how his fellow Africans have been swindling them with fake business proposals to send some special black man's treasures to them. The king being so ki

ubiously aiding some us who are misguided by them to steal Africa's treasures to their cold-room home land. So, whatever we are collecting from them in any form is a stylish reclamation of your stolen treasures from them. This type of reclamation is what some of us practice and call '419' business. So king, please, don't trouble your soul about their complains, because, if they are not

c nationalities who are experts in the acts of deceits, cannibalism, nepotism, military misrule fools, and duping their own fellow broth

one '419' and 'Wayo' people who have been stealing the Urhobo and other minorities wealth in the Niger Delta to enrich themselves. Till the end of the world, only God can tell whether my fellow African brothers from other ethnic nationalities will s