OPINION: IF THE ROAD SEEMS BLOCKED, WE CONSULT THE LAND AND CONJURE THE UNSEEN: SEYI MAKINDE ON THE RIGHT TRACK|Ogunwoye Samson
OPINION: IF THE ROAD SEEMS BLOCKED, WE CONSULT THE LAND AND CONJURE THE UNSEEN: SEYI MAKINDE ON THE RIGHT TRACK|Ogunwoye Samson People that tend to forget their culture, tradition and history are likened to a river that forgets it source or tree that neglects it root, they will both dry up. In the time of our progenitors, whenever they were amidst turbulence and get confused, they would always go back to the base and consult the divinity, that begot the popular adage that "ti oro ba ruju, aabi Ile lere ni". The fact that we play too much in this part of the globe has made us to assume the status of Holier than the Pope. We tend to forget our past and carry our cultures with levity. In fact, we've contributed to demonization and desecration of our rich history and culture. It is truism that Pastors visit traditionalists for help, the same way Imams and Alfas go to them secretly for partnership, but yet in public, we try to maintain the westernized opinion tha