His Royal Majesty Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; Ikubabayeye and Alaafin of Oyo. The revered representative of Sango on earth today.
Going back to the primordial age (earliest of times) there
was laid down patterns of life imparted upon one generation to the next. These ‘patterns
of life’ were in the form of ‘Cells of Culture’, which have their origin in the
ancestral celestial-habitat, existing within the cosmos and life being a continuum
stipulates that ‘what goes around comes around’. It has only been more pertinent
over the years especially for us
Africans to infuse back into our various cultural nomenclatures our way of life
as a matter of urgency for the sake of coming generations. The Osun Osogbo
festival is an example of a celebration of Cells of Culture of the Yorubas
where different deities are revered or worshipped. And speaking in this light I
would introduce one of such deities of the Yorubas known as SANGO.
Sango was once the most powerful king in the entire Yoruba
race both far and wide. Sango was child of Oranyan and it was when Ajuan who
was king at that period left the throne that Sango was made king by the people
of Oyo Empire which is a known town that exists in the South West region of
Nigeria. Sango was an exceedingly strong an individual; he was said to posses
various charms and black magical powers. The people of that period confirmed
that when Sango Spoke fumes of fire emitted from his mouth, which is why he was
referred to as the ‘god of thunder’.
In one of his Epic battles which was during the reign of
Ajuan who at that time was always paying tribute to the then Olowu of Owu
Abeokuta, presently in Ogun State, South West Nigeria; being what brought the
dethroning of Ajuan by the people of Oyo Empire leading to the enthronement of
Sango. When it was time for him to dance to the tune of the Olowu, he declined;
this made the Olowu declares war against Oyo. By the time Sango encountered the
troops of the Olowu; they witnessed fire emanating from his mouth as he spoke
that those that survived the encounter barely made it alive while they took to their heels and this meant victory for
him and hence it made him have control over a vast region. But sadly , he
started getting power drunk and it was in this state he decided to take his
empire which was in deep forest to Oyo town of today which eventually took
place.
Though Sango’s end was quite sad; this was due to his way of
dealing with certain issues of life. What can be deduced positively from this
is avatar, which is applicable in today’s life process, principally as ‘Africans’
which are largely scientific and Humanistic in nature as life-guiding/guarding
principles of everyday life. Such as being confident, principled, disciplined,
strong spiritually and physically, in proper relationship between nature and
man, being respectful of cosmological-natural ordinances such as sunrise/sunset,
and being reverent of the sea river and natural grooves.
Sango had a wife called OYA
who is currently belived to be a ‘river godess’ and he engaged in some form
of nocturnal worship process of the sea. Which scientifically explained;
equalizes to the evaporative power exhibited so to speak such as when a red-hot
rod is immersed in water which occurs on a daily basis when a finger of the sun
(sunray) penetrates the ocean surface leading to the transcention of a potent
power of the sea towards the sun which lies within the cosmological plane
giving birth to a new life form. Which is physically and spiritually (action
and thought process) represented in various forms of black power given capable
hands (bodies) to control one of whom such individuals is SANGO
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