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African Fables and Boarding house Stories

Lagbaja, 

Madam Coi-coi,

The headless girl,

Bushbaby,

Mammy water

Lulu and so many others.


I'm sure we all heard these stories. Even if you didn't go to boarding school, you heard of Madam coi-coi and the bush baby.


We grew up with tales of Lagbaja, and Mammy water instead of the monster under the bed and the boogie man.


I grew up with the tale of Shokolokbangoshe in addition to all these.

He was a monster that captured bad children and carried them to his cave (I'll leave the rest of the story for you to complete). Whenever he walked, the ground shook. 


Scary as they may been. Each story taught an important lesson- from being well behaved to not going out alone at night or out at night at all.


What stories did you grow up hearing?





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