- Collection:
- Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
- Title:
- Ogu Culture Series, Interview with Hunjenukon, Part 2: Osù (Taboo/Abomination)
- Creator:
- Avoseh, Mejai B. M.
Mewhenu, Hosu Peter
Carter-Enyi, Aaron - Date of Original:
- 2020-06-14
- Subject:
- Gun (African people)
- Location:
- Nigeria, Ogun State, Ado-Odo, 6.59546, 2.94176
- Medium:
- born digital
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Participants: 1. Thofonnen Hunjenukon Ayidodonu (Principal Respondent) 2. Anago Ajrakoh 3. Hunpe Medese Amubioya Hoteyin Interview by: Mejai Avoseh, PhD, University of South Dakota Recording Date: March 5, 2018 Location: Ajrako, Ado-Odo, Ado-Odo/Ota, Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria Transcription and Translation by: Mewhenu Hosu, Lagos State University International School Editing and Captions by: Aaron Carter-Enyi, PhD, Morehouse College
Osù loosely translates as taboo but certain behavior that are Osù may qualify as abomination. Prior to colonialism, most African cultures were settled with laws and regulations. For the Ogu, most of such laws and regulations that govern the community subsisted in Osù. For instance, one Osù that every Ogu knows from a tender age is that no one kills or even hurts the sacred python (thàgbé). The Osù that covers (thàgbé) qualifies as an abomination. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/adept.ogu:0005.000
- Additional Rights Information:
- This file is in copyright. For more information or to request a use not granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC), please contact the Archives Research Center (archives@auctr.edu).
- Extent:
- 0:05:02
- Original Collection:
- African Digital Ethnography Project: Ogu Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Rights:
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