EP 114: Nigeria- The Hunter and the Demon Polo or Orisa Oko, Moremi, The Bat (M.I. Ogumefu 1929)

In the first episode, Orisha Oko, the Yoruba god of farming and hunting, tries to keep people from practicing bad magic. If you were found guilty of practicing magic, the demon Polo would cut off your head. After Oko left, a man tried to continue the tradition, but could not be a powerful as Oko and Polo. What happened then?

In the second story, Moremi is the wise and beautiful queen of the Ile-Ife. He people are the subject of many raids from the neighboring Igbo who look more like monster than men. Moremi promises to give a great sacrifice to the river god if she can find out the secrets of Igbo. She is soon after captured and learns their secrets. Will the sacrifice of animals be enough to satisfy the river god?

In the third story, Bat is fighting on the side of his cousins, the mice. When he sees the battle start to turn in the favor of the birds, he switches sides and loses the respect of all.

Source: Yoruba Legands M.I. Ogumefu 1929

Sound FX: Birds, Rain and Thunder AMB by Idalize from www.freesound.org

Recorded in a residential area near a highway in Lynnwood, Pretoria. The recorder was next to a road, handheld under an umbrella pointed towards a flock of various birds and a cloudy, lightly raining sky. Raining, bird-singing, light thundering, watery, nature sounds.

Music: Fofonye - Song in ewé recorded by DL01 on www.freesound.org

Fofonye (="my big brother") - Ewe religious song interpreted this morning by 17 year old Venunye, in Agou, Togo.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

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