The hand carved canoe is very important in the worship of Osun in my egbe. The pictured canoe is the oldest canoe in Africa found in Nigeria is 8000 years old. The oldest canoe in Egypt is only 5000 years old.
“The reality is that Kabiesi, the Ooni of Ife is above all, Ile Ife is the cradle of humanity. We know what we know; we know what we accept and believe and that remains the fact…I don’t want you (Ooni) to spend any time or energy at all responding to counter or alternative theories. It is not necessary. The influence of the Ooni and Ile Ife as the cradle of mankind transcended this region. Ife monarch was recognized and referred ...