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August 31, 2008

47. Yoma Ndeene - Nala ala Vato, Nasi-leli Ono !!

I have been eaten people, but I have never eaten some one like this one.

These were the confessions of Yoma Ndeene, the super creature.

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Maito, maito kaii: It’s time to tell Tale of the Forests of Fako.

Yasi nanu: Yoma Ndeene was a super creature. He was no respecter of the law. He frequently grabbed properties of people and inherited properties of deceased persons with whom he had no relationship.

When an owner of properties that Yoma Ndeene was interested in refused to allow Yoma Ndeene to take possession of the properties for free, Yoma Ndeene would swallow the properties and its owner.

Warning Yoma Ndeene Ikula Nyame said:
“Yoma Ndeene ! You are a disgrace. You are shameless. Stop grabbing properties from people and save yourself from embarrassment, humiliation and possible assassination”.

("Yoma Ndeene ! o sambo ! je !
manga-na anga gbwasi wo wulutu-tu, wono,
owa, osa ngana e-mbenda tetei, nau” !)

Responding Yoma Ndeene said:
“chi ! I cannot be assassinated”
All creatures fear me.

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46. “Tuuva na Ndonge: Loova li-ke-va nau, seke te Tuuva momwiti meene mondi a-li kevise;Ndonge mofe au-keli o-teni”.

Tuuva and Ndonge: It is not Tuuva alone who causes the sky to thunder; Tuuva in fact works in concert with Ndonge to produce thunder and rainfall.

Bakweri folklore.

Tuuva and Ndonge are the twin brothers who control rainfall and thundering of the sky Their father decided not to bestow on any of them the full mystic powers that cause rainfall and thundering of the sky to occur.

He instead anointed each of them separately with partial powers only. He explained that rainfall and thundering of the sky can only occur when Tuuva and Ndonge combine their respective powers.

He warned that any one of them who alone attempts to produce rainfall and thunder without working in concert with his brother is doomed to failure and affliction by mystery illness.

He warned firmly that each of them must keep his partial powers a secret and not to disclose or surrender the secret to his brother. He warned further that the twin brothers should not despise each other.

Tuuva is arrogant, talkative, flamboyant, while Ndonge is reserved. For these reasons Wolinyama held the wrong view for several decades that it is Tuuva alone who produce thunder. Whenever the sky belched, Wolinyama used to exclaim:

"Tuuva ama tongole fe" ! (“Tuuva has done it again”).

Responding, Tuuva would say: "Oh yes, I have done it again".

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