Lets face it, when it comes to Africa, what most people think of is the corruption, kidnappings, poverty.

What a lot of people don’t know about though, are the superstitions, myths and legends that have to do with Africa itself.

WHISTLING AT NIGHT
Some people enjoy whistling, making music without singing and just your lips, perfect for those who cant sing.

In some parts of Nigeria though, you must not whistle at night, Because you will wake the dead,
who will whistle back at you and just may escort you back to their graves, its not a matter of question, they WILL take you.

Another belief is that you will be calling snakes to you, no you won’t be able to control them.

THE BEAUTIFUL PLAITS
The story of this folklore is commonly told in Nigerian boarding schools, now take note that in most Nigerian schools,
girls must have their hair in plaits/cornrows.
Anyway the story goes like this;
"In this very school, some time ago, there was a girl whose hair was the finest, it was always beautifully made and very neat, but when asked who made her hair, the girl would reply and say it was a very shy and quiet friend of hers, well people got tired of asking and dropped the subject.

Until one night, one of her roommates woke up and let out a scream, there was the girl headless, plaiting her own head."

PREGNANT WOMEN
Most cultures and tribes have their own rules and beliefs when it comes to pregnant women. Nigerians are no different.
In some cultures, like the Ijaw and Yorubas, a pregnant woman is not allowed to see a masquerade because they believe that the baby will look like a masquerade when it is born.

Also in some places, when a pregnant woman is sitting with her legs out, you must not cross her legs, the reason? The baby might look like you or bad luck will follow the child.
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THE DEVILS’ MUSIC
Have you ever found yourself just randomly dancing to nothing, but just dancing, happy with what your doing, well be careful and try to remember where you kept your shoes.
One of the lesser known myths, the devils’ music goes like this.

If you scatter your shoes in the night before going to bed, when you wake up, your shoes will be beside your bed, if you put on those shoes you just might find yourself dancing to hell.

There’s honestly no way to know if your shoes have satanic dancing powers, all you have working for you is to try and remember where you kept them the night before.

BUSH BABIES

No matter how strong or brave you are, noises in the night can make anyone jump, especially if its the sound of a crying baby but before you run to help that baby, make sure it isn’t a bush baby.

The bush baby is a myth used to scare boarding school students into minding their business and staying indoors in the night.

The story goes like this:

"On a calm night, with the wind at a minimum, when your almost at that point of sweet sleep, you will hear crying from outside. It will sound like a baby or a toddler crying, sometimes the kid will be calling for help, now you being the good Samaritan goes outside to help the little one, just as you reach the kid, he looks up at you with red eyes and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth, you will never be seen again.

Some say, they kill and eat you right there, while others say they drag you down to hell."

The moral of this story? Stay in bed and mind your own business.

JINN
The jinn is said to have an Islamic background, mostly popular in boarding schools that have a majority of Muslims, that fact does not make them any less scary.
No one is sure what they look like, but it is agreed that they are very small and sometimes invincible, but one thing that is believed is that they are mean killing machines, especially if you step on their house or children or pour water on them, and no you can’t apologise, because you wouldn’t even know that you did anything.

It is believed that anthills are their homes, and so the warning goes that you should never destroy an anthill.

That bush baby is called egbere in yoruba land.
Legend has it that, the egbere has a mat that it carries around, this mat is belived to have mystical powers, It is also belived that anybody that steals the mat from the egbere will have to endure the crying. This means that the egbere[/b]will stay by the window side of the person every night, crying and begging the person to return its mat.. If such a person can endure the crying for some weeks, the [b]egbere will leave the person.. Afterwards, such a person will get stinkingly rich.

There are plenty of other yoruba myths, i will be back with more.

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There are also allegations of Bush rats having mystical powers. Bush rats are called okete (im not sure if i got the spelling).

There has been different stories of Bush Rats[/b]having the ability to turn into human beings on market days and go to the market and buy food..

There are also some hunters that have allegedly seen these bush rats in the jungle at night, walking with their two hind legs and carrying stuffs like yams, fruits, etc on their heads and walking like human beings.
Now, i can attest to this coz, i once went hunting with my friends in my village before and when we were trying to fish a [b]bush rat out of its hole, we found ingridents like maggi, onion e.t.c inside its hole.. (we ran for our lives )


My dad also told me once that if you wash a mortar, and you use the water from it to wash your face, then proceed to any market spuare, you will have the ability to see ghosts and different demons in form of human beings that come and buy food..(i have not tried this oo)

JAZES:
THE INEDIBLE FISH
There is a river in Kogi state which is said to be cursed, and if you catch a fish from there,
no matter how much you try to cook it, it will always remain raw.
Plus if you ever get injured by the bone of any fish in that river, the injury will never heal.

There is a River in Ileogbo Osun state too,if u catch a fish in it and cook it it will never cook and will not die.


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That Bush baby is call EGBERE in yorubaland ,na cry cry spirit, she carries Mat all around in the night, My Grandpa who was a hunter collected her mat in the 50s . The spirit always disturb him in his hut before he eventually killed the sturbon girl,but disappear immediately.

THE INEDIBLE FISH
There is a river in Kogi state which is said to be cursed, and if you catch a fish from there,
no matter how much you try to cook it, it will always remain raw.

Plus if you ever get injured by the bone of any fish in that river, the injury will never heal.

MADAM KOI KOI (THE WOMAN IN RED)
Madam koi koi is the most popular story told to all boarding school students.

One of the versions of madam koi koi goes like this:

A long time ago, there was a teacher who loved the colour red, from head to toe this is all she ever wears, she was also a wicked woman who had a son.
Now, one day the children who she taught had enough of her, carrying her son, they beat him to the point of death, in the rush and struggle to save her son, she lost one leg of her shoes, angry with what had happened, she vowed to take revenge on those who killed her son.

To this day she walks the earth, looking for her son and lost shoe. She can enter rooms in the night, and if you ever hear her telltale sound, koi koi koi, you immediately close your eyes and don’t open them until the sound of her heel cannot be heard again. Unless? Well, death is all that awaits you.

MAMMY WATER

This is a river goddess who is described as a beautiful and graceful being, a woman who is half human and half fish, a mermaid in short.
Unlike the little mermaid though, this goddess is not a doe eyed princess looking for her true love, instead she’s out for an easy slave to carry back to her watery kingdom to serve her and her sisters for as long as they wish.

Another belief is that, if you find one brushing her hair by the beach at night, she will swim away and leave her comb behind, if you pick up this comb, she will appear to you in your dreams asking for it back, in exchange for money, any amount you want. No sex, where would you even put anything?

With all these, she is actually revered by some cultures.

FOLLOWING

WITCHES, WIZARDS AND WITCHCRAFT
Unlike Harry Potter, those suspected of witchcraft will most likely be killed or may be asked to kill others, for a little payment of course.

A lot of Nigerians believe that witches hold meeting every night, planning how to ruin the lives of others and when they’re done with their nightly meetings they fly around for sometime, carrying out some evil acts, like murder and stealing of properties.



Of course, it is said that if any of your pictures, or properties are missing, a witch has carried it away to make sacrifices with.

One of the most popular ways people believe you can become a citizen of the night, is to eat in your dreams, no matter what, as long as your eating, especially eggs, meat and sweets, you are being initiated.

Most people believe that only prayers can ward them off, and others? Well they believe that creating their own coven is the only way to help protect yourself.

lalasticlala abeg help me push it to the relevant section, had to post this here.
Thanks

JAZES:
WITCHES, WIZARDS AND WITCHCRAFT
Unlike Harry Potter, those suspected of witchcraft will most likely be killed or may be asked to kill others, for a little payment of course.

A lot of Nigerians believe that witches hold meeting every night, planning how to ruin the lives of others and when they’re done with their nightly meetings they fly around for sometime, carrying out some evil acts, like murder and stealing of properties.



Of course, it is said that if any of your pictures, or properties are missing, a witch has carried it away to make sacrifices with.

One of the most popular ways people believe you can become a citizen of the night, is to eat in your dreams, no matter what, as long as your eating, especially eggs, meat and sweets, you are being initiated.

Most people believe that only prayers can ward them off, and others? Well they believe that creating their own coven is the only way to help protect yourself.

lalasticlala abeg help me push it to the relevant section, had to post this here.
Thanks

These ones plenty in Edo state and Delta. but the Headquarter is actually in Iyaro in Benin

Wow, nice work op, I used to hear about this myths since my primary school days, but the one that really fascinated me far into adult hood was the Bush baby and madam Koi Koi, prolly because I never was a boarder and most borders at that time attested to the story.

Wat of Baba dudu

Lol. Mermaids, gimme ur comb.

dat mammy water own got me cracking
why would she always leav her comb behind ?

we africans shaa

moscobabs:


These ones plenty in Edo state and Delta. but the Headquarter is actually in Iyaro in Benin

lol..guy u wicked o

I think its the mermaid and witch thing that is truly real, all others I think they are just myth.

I think its the mermaid and witch thing that us truly real, all others I think they are just myth.

whitecloth:
I think its the mermaid and witch thing that us truly real, all others I think they are just myth.

U don see mermaid and witch b4?

Ok

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THE BUSH BABY IS CALLED "EGBERE"

And we have 3 TYPES OF EKUN EGBERE ;DD

Check the last one here www.weddinginnigeria.com

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NICE WORK BY OP

......... One of d most popular one I got first hand experience was the popular saying that " if you collect d eyelashes of a dog or the Apollo from a dogs eye mistakenly touches ur eye u wud start seeing spirits!!!! " .....,.
..........One day I happened to play with a neighbors Rottweiler as a kid rubbing my face all ova his face when I got home I saw strange things I Neva fathomed even to d extent of seeing a man crying in front of our gate when I showed my daddy he said he didn't see anything ........ they took me for serious deliverance b4 I stopped seeing such!!!!!!

Nice research@OP

@ op d one of bush babies is actually real. I have living witnesses of dem. Dey are called ""iwin" in yoruba. My dad av seen one b4, my mum too wen she was still in republic of benin. And recently during our camp a frnd jamd one n he was nt himself dat night. I slept like a baby tho.

Nice one OP







#off-to-find-bush-baby.

Nice one..........