Africa Factbook

Returned evil for kindness African Folklore If evil lasts for a long time it will become a tradition is an Igbo Proverb. Wise sayings in the language of proverbs have been passed down for generations in the Igbo African culture. The Ape, the Snake, and the Lion returned evil for kindness African folktale is a children’s folklore story from Igbo African culture. Returned evil for kindness African Folktale Long, long ago there lived, in a village called Kendwa, a woman husband died, leaving her alone with a little baby boy. She worked hard all day to get food for herself and child, but they lived very poorly and went hungry most of the time. When the boy, whose name was Akia, began to get big, he said to his mother, one-day “Mother, we are always hungry. What work did my father do to support us?” His mother replied, “Your father was a hunter. He set traps, and we ate what he caught in them.” “Oho!” said Akia “that’s not work; that’s fun. I, too, will set traps, and see if we can’t