Moonlight Tales by Mama Bisi

Ijapa steals a sacred pot of wisdom to keep it all for himself — and discovers, too late, that wisdom was never meant to be owned.

A proud boy dismisses an old drummer as worthless — until the drum speaks in ways no one expected, and the boy must face what he failed to see.

A greedy trader lies to a magical calabash that remembers every word. The calabash does not forget. Neither does the village.

Tortoise (Ijapa) tricks the birds into carrying him to a sky feast — then eats it all. The feathers were borrowed. Borrowed things always go back.