Sango is A Gift To Africa Race – Alaafin Of Oyo

The Alaafin of Oyo Empire, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi lll has said that Sango was a gift to the Africa race and one of the greatest physicians that has ever lived.

Oba Adeyemi with his wives  Photo credit: Micheal Obasa

The monarch made this declaration on Saturday, August 29, during the just concluded World Sango Festival. He explained how Sango came to being and why he should be celebrated.

According to the king, Sango took over the reign from his elder brother, Dada Ajuwon who was the then Alaafin. As it was customary then, successive Alaafin must wage war every three years to add to his territory, but due to Ajuwon lukewarm attitude, his refusal to fight lead to his dethronement.

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Oba Adeyemi said: “He is the first Africa physician because he could draw energy from lighting and use that power advangeusly to pursue the cause of of his people.

“When his brother was enthroned as the Alaafin, it was the practise then that every Alaafin must go to war every three years to expand the Oyo Empire.

“It was mandated then that each successive Alaafin must expand the culture, language and culture of the Yoruba Race.

“Due to the lukewarm attitude of Dada Ajuwon,the then Alaafin, he was dethroned by his youner brother, Sango. Sango was a fearless warrior and the mere mention of Sango drives fear in adjointing communities and towns. He brought more terrories under the control of the Oyo Empire.He was a fearless judge during his time. He judged with fairness and without sentiments.

“Traditional credited to have emitted fires from his nostril and mouth whenever he spoke. He smite opponents without physical contact. For anyone to fight Sango, the person be very prepared. He was one of the greatest rulers to have rule in the Africa continents.”

The Alaafin added that the reign of Sango, brought many good tiding to the empire as more territories were conquered. He explained that many of the Yoruba speaking people in Benin, Ghana, Togo and Senegel were under the control of the old Oyo Empire.

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In a separate interview with Naij.com, the cultural ambassador to the Alaafin, Dr. Paula Gomes, called on Nigerians to preserve their culture and heritage saying that Nigerians spend money abroad to witness and appreciate other peoples culture at the detrimental of theirs.

She advised that Nigerians to take their culture and tradition serious and help to preserve it.

Gomes said: “I am very ashamed of Nigerians’s attitude, they treat their own culture and tradition with disdain only to travel to euro to appreciate culture there. If those people did not preserve their culture will they go there?”

Sango, the Yoruba god of thunder, is a deity highly revered by the Yoruba nation. The festival was organised to celebrate Alaafin Sango. The third Alaafin of Oyo, who was said to have reigned around 10 77 AD, had supernatural powers and retained the energy from thunder.

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