a post by moyo okediji showing a picture of an odu ifa name irete meji

Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì.

Do you know why people say Ọbá wàjà (the monarch climbed the rafter) and not Ọbá kú (the monarch died)?

You will find the answer to the riddle in Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì.

Orunmila was a monarch, who gave birth to several other monarchs including Alárá, Ajerò, Ọlọ́wọ̀ and several others.

You will also find out in Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì why Yoruba people (ọmọ a yọ orù bá wọn tọ́jú) do not die, but climb the rafter.

a picture showing moyo okediji poised for the camera

BEFORE THE BLACKOUT

As I think about my new granddaughter, my daughter and what they know about me, about Africa, and about their tradition, a tormenting thought ran through my mind:

We, members of my generation, stand between the light and the void. And we are the last stand holding up the ancestral heritage. We must mine what is available and keep them in a culture bank, or too much will perish.

a picture showing moyo okediji with an earpiece poised for the camera

WHO ARE YOU?

We often talk of three ethnic groups: Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.

But in reality we are a lot more than these.

Do you belong to any of the following 371 ethnic groups in Nigeria?

If not write your ethnic group here and tell us the state in which you are classified.