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Share On Saturday, May 8, Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology and History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, United State, Akinwumi Ogundiran, read his new book, ‘The Yoruba: A New History’ in Lagos. Veteran culture journalist, ex-Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture and publisher of The Culture Newspaper, Steve Ayorinde, engaged him in a stimulating conversation for over three hours at the event. Arts & Culture presents excerpts from the conversation.
The Oduduwa and Obatala we encounter in this book, were they people? Were they real? I know Obatala was a person. That is not in doubt because we know where he lived in Ile-Ife. His. His original home is Idita. It is an archaeological site; it is a spiritual site that is still there. If you dig through the Ora tradition, Ifa literature, the ritual narratives, Obatala was a person. He was the Chief Priest of Ora; Oramfe. Ora is the avatar of Or ....