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	Jeanne Daigle BellaOnline's African Culture Editor

African Musical Instrument - Talking Drum
Before telephones, the people of West Africa would use talking drums to communicate between villages.

Bura Folktales [offsite link]
Folktales from the Bura in Northern Nigeria from missionary Albert Helser´s 1930 book on his teacher experiences.

Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria [offsite link]
By Elphinstone Dayrell (1910), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

History of Ihiagwa [offsite link]
Overview of the mythological origins of Ihiagwa, an Igbo town in Nigeria.

Motherland Nigeria [offsite link]
Lots of information about nigeria (food, language, culture, people) focusing on the Yoruba people.

Motherland Nigeria Stories [offsite link]
Collection of Nigerian and other African folktales listed by theme.

The Yoruba Language [offsite link]
Learn Yoruba - with an audio guide!

Yoruba Religion [offsite link]
Brief overview of Yoruba traditional religion and descriptions of the main deities.

Yoruba Tribe
The Yoruba people live in Benin, Nigeria, and Togo.

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