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ABSTRACT

The world did not just come to be without any cause. This cause is which is summarized as creation stories. Hence, different cultures have their own story of how the universe from their perspective came to be. Biblically we have two stories of how things originated. However, in African Traditional World there are also stories of how things originated or came into be. The account is according to tribes, countries etc. This work looks at the Genesis chapter one story of creations, it also looks at African Traditional Religion stories of creation as we have in Igbo culture, Ghana, and Yoruba land. In looking at it, it tries to expose the creation stories in the Book of Genesis chapter one, also exposed the stories of how things came to be in some African countries and tribes. It was discovered that in both creation stories; that things never came to be like that. It was also discovered that there was a cause that caused things to exist. Also, it was discovered that this cause behind the existence of all this is called God for Christians, Chineke for the Igbo people and related names for Yoruba and Ghana (Ashanti) people. It concludes by saying that the different names are really the same, that the only problem is battling with nomenclature. It recommends that both stories are important and should be taken seriously that the whole universe came into being by a cause that caused all. It made use of historical method in its research.