Krobo People: A Short Story

I sat on the mat before him and he started to mumble strange words; it was as if he was speaking a whole different language. “You’re a rare kind you know, I can see you’re serious about saving the Ware people. You are very brave my son,” the native priest said. I had no clue what the priest was talking about. He said, “People come here all the time to find answers, but I do not see the bravery within them. I give them answers to their questions but they never come back because they could not handle the quest the gods are asking for. I see you are the son of Mustafa, your father was a brave man before he died.” I looked at the native doctor and wondered how he knew my late father. All I wanted to know was what was the quest that the gods want …show more content…
He said, “My son I believe you can complete this quest. The gods want you to travel to the west. You have to find the Krobo people of Ghana. They can help reverse this curse. The gods want the Ware people to become one with them. This is the only way our women can become fertile. We have to have children outside our tribe. The Krobo people are also blessed; their women are very fertile. That’s a gift their gods gave to them. You, Kafil, can make our people understand that it is ok to have children with another tribe. The gods believe that the Ware people disobey them because they do not marry outside our tribe. This is why they punished us: because we do not obey rules that are given. That’s why the gods told us not to eat the palava leaf anymore. Since you’re a man now, the gods want you to marry one of the Krobo woman and have a family. I asked the priest, “Why me? There are many brave men out there who can fulfill this quest.” “Many have come here but I know within me they were not the chosen one,” he said. I asked him how am I going to get to Ghana and how am I going to convince these people to interbreed with us. What will happen if they do not agree? “My son, start from the Lake Rukwa. Rukwa has no turns, it only goes straight down to the west coast. You will end up on the Gulf of Guinea. The gold coast of Ghana is located there. It is going to take you one month. Be prepared, there would be other chosen ones with …show more content…
I saw to young girls around my age speaking a language that sounded similar to ours. They were fetching water by a lake. We also decided to fetch some water to drink and as soon as they saw us they started to scream. I tried to calm them down and tell them I was harmless. When they calmed down, I spoke to them in my language and they quite understood me and I also understood them, which surprised me. They asked my friends and I where we were coming from and what we were doing there. We told them about the disaster the Ware people are facing and that we needed their people’s help. They told us that the only person we could talk to was their native priest. Amina was one of the girls who knew a lot about their priest. Amina was tall with long curly black hair. Her skin was smooth and golden brown. She led me and my friends to the priest. Their priest had a shrine just like my people. I talked to the priest about our situation. The priest told me he was expecting us. We asked him how he knew about our quest because our priest did not tell us about any Krobo priest. The Krobo priest told us that their gods told him about our arrival and he talked to his people about us coming. He said the only way they could help us is by living with the Krobo people for a couple of months and learning their traditions. I noticed the Krobos were very obedient. My friends were angry