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My report in which I spoke to Lanre Adeleke (Legacy), Idris Faro, Kayode Usamot (Pintos), Profs Wale Omole Roger Makanjuola as well as the Iwilade family in Iwo Osun State is published in the TELL magazine edition of this week.
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In Nigeria, he hears spirit legends from the Oba of Lagos, meets the Ooni of Ife and the Oba of Osun, of whom he seeks permission to see the sacred groves.
The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul Aminatta Forna 2010
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The Yoruba are the main ethnic group in the states of Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo, which are subdivisions of Nigeria; they also constitute a sizable proportion of Kwara and Kogi states as well as of the Benin.
Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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It appears the western and eastern gods no longer appeal to some Nigerian natives of the Yoruba tribe as the annual Osogbo festival of the river-goddess Osun has had increasing participation by the year.
Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008
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The 94-year-old Austrian who has lived in Osogbo for 58 years and has become a high priestess of Osun was glad to see the natives scuttle back to their original deity.
Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008
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A situation similar to the Osun-Osogbo Festival was reenacted during the grand finale.
Archive 2008-07-01 Jan 2008
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A situation similar to the Osun-Osogbo Festival was reenacted during the grand finale.
Goddess Okota Jan 2008
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In the twelfth century, the city of Ile-Ife, located in the Osun region of the South-west of Nigeria, emerged as the cultural and political centre of this community.
Archive 2008-01-01 Christopher 2008
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The 94-year-old Austrian who has lived in Osogbo for 58 years and has become a high priestess of Osun was glad to see the natives scuttle back to their original deity.
The Goddess Osun Jan 2008
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It appears the western and eastern gods no longer appeal to some Nigerian natives of the Yoruba tribe as the annual Osogbo festival of the river-goddess Osun has had increasing participation by the year.
The Goddess Osun Jan 2008
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