Next Time, Say Aṣẹ! Not Amen or Amin, See Why

ÀṢẸ AS A POWERFUL CHARM

ÀṢẸ can also be used to describe a powerful charm that makes whatever one profess to happen for good or bad. This ÀṢẸ is prepared inside ram or other required animal horn, and is usually an hand held object, while others can be in the form incision beneath the lower lips.

History has it that “ Awon Ijebu ni o maa n sure fun awon Oyo(Ibadan) nigba ti won n ba n lo si Ogun……….” It’s the Ijebu’s that usually pray for Oyo’s in Ibadan, whenever they want to wage war. Failure to receive the blessing of Ijebu’s will amount to defeat. This must be the reason they gave Ijebu’s an Oral eulogy of “Oral eulogy of omo afi Ase renu sure- the descendant of those that put Ase into mouth before they pray.

In Conclusion, ÀṢẸ means different things to different people, at different level, but when it is used as an interjection to prayer or at the end of a prayer, it simply means that same things with Amen and Amin, which is so be it/ so shall it be.

By: Kareem Adetola Yusuf