A picture showing Moyo Okediji art piece "OKU"

We Never Die

We Never Die

“Òkú is not dead,” said Iya Oyo. “In our [Yoruba] culture, we do not die.”

“How is that possible?” I asked her, astonished.

“We already defeated Ikú (Death),” Iya Oyo announced. “The defeat of Ikú is what the Odù Ifá called Ọ̀yẹ̀kú focuses on. Olójòǹgbòdú, the wife of Ikú is the great woman who accomplished the defeat of Ikú, and since then we no longer die.”

a picture showing the Akodi Orisa Sanctuary, Ile Ife, that Moyo okediji just completed the Rainbow (Osumare) Gallery. The Rainbow is the mixture of fire and water blazing with luminous intensity across the middle belt of the sky, affirming the unity of all colors, all peoples, all races, all tongues, all hands and heads, committed to the principle of creativity.

OSUMARE: RAINBOW GALLERY

OSUMARE: RAINBOW GALLERY

At the Akodi Orisa Sanctuary, Ile Ife, we have just completed the Rainbow (Osumare) Gallery.

The Rainbow is the mixture of fire and water blazing with luminous intensity across the middle belt of the sky, affirming the unity of all colors, all peoples, all races, all tongues, all hands and heads, committed to the principle of creativity.

a picture showing moyo okediji standing next to a summer hut

Disappointments can be a blessing.

Disappointments can be a blessing.

If Nigeria had not disappointed me, I would not be in Ghana now.

But because the political situation in Nigeria has dampened my spirit with the killing of thousands of people, the daily abduction of ordinary citizens, the lawlessness and lack of judicial repercussion for those who plunder the coffer of the country, I have started shifting my gaze away from Nigeria, and started looking at other African countries for a place to vacation, invest and create.