AGBO OLODE: THE HISTORY AND PHENOMINOLOGY OF A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL AND FERTILITY DEITY OF OGIDI - IJUMU IN KOGI STATE

OJO, Paul Olarewaju, PhD

AKU - An African Journal of Contemporary Research (AAJCR) (Vol. 1 No. 1, 2020) AGBO OLODE: THE HISTORY AND PHENOMINOLOGY OF A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL AND FERTILITY DEITY OF OGIDI - IJUMU IN KOGI STATE Author(s): OJO, Paul Olarewaju, PhD

ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses the Agbo festival among the people of Ogidi-Ijumu within the context of egungun, and the phenomenology of this festival which is a fertility deity as the hub and identity of the traditional religion of the people. It is a discussion of the history of the religion of a people through the descriptive approach.

Keywords: Agbo Olode, Fertility Deity, Ogidi-Ijumu, Kogi State, Egungun, Religious Festival

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