Native Tales by Olumide Adams

In Olamidé Adams’ Native Tales: A Collection of Short Stories, a spinster in Iliya must dance bare in the market square to save the king from dying; an unlikely but kind young boy got mysterious strength, during a wrestling bout, to defeat and crush the pride of a feared wrestler in Agbor; a drummer learnt to take care of his magical talking drum and together, they saved the land of Ibadan from a dispute that almost divided the kingdom; a young and brave girl in the land of Igbeyinadun journeyed where no man had succeeded in quest of a remedy to heal her sick mother and one of two childhood friends from Esanogbogun remained faithful to their years-long-amity unlike the other who was selfish and eventually got paid in his own coin. All these stories resonate the value that hallmarks heroes, selflessness in service to others.

Author: Olamide Adams is a France-based entrepreneur, writer, teacher and music enthusiast. His writings have appeared in several Nigerian print journals such as The Guardian and Thisday Newspapers etc. and online on Naija Times. A dynamic, rigorous, and versatile individual, he was the cultural animator at the French Cultural Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos before leaving to work as a senior executive at the Air France KLM group in Nigeria. He has also worked in the recruitment and banking sectors in Paris.

Owing to his experience in the cultural field, he is passionate about promoting the arts which led to the production of the New Jazz Stew Project in 2004, a music album that featured the best in the Nigerian music industry. He currently works in the private and public sectors, both in Nigeria and in France.