Family characters are well displayed in osia sessions, emphasizing family loyalty but also rivalries and mischief among co-wives. But these characters can also be far afield. Urhobos left the lands of the Ogisos before the modern names of Benin and Edo were invented for the people who now live under the reigning royal dynasty of Obas who also feature in Urhobo tales. Osia stories are punctuated with songs that have ritual resonance. Apart from formal osia sessions, families tell stories.
Young people tell stories among themselves.
Grown-ups will from time to time tell stories among themselves for entertainment. We invite readers of these pages, who have short Urhobo stories to share, to please help to develop our knowledge of this important fragment of Urhobo culture. In that way, we all will be participating in a rich Urhobo culture of story-telling.