African Epics

The success of man is not in never failing, but to rise up each time he falls. Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi's mother, Abigail had married her first husband for 20 years without any child in Lagos. The parents of the husband separated them after the long-year barrenness. "What God hath joined together was put asunder by them." She was adjudged a barren woman. In order to hide from public shame, Abigail Oyindamola relocated to Idogo now in Yewa South Local government where she met Fabiyi, an Egba man who was a carpenter and cocoa trader. Their marriage was unexpectedly blessed with a boy and later, a girl. This was the reason the name "Ebenezer" was arrived at in 1942. Meaning: "Nihin ni Oluwa ran mi l'owo de". Ebenezer Oluwaremilekun Olasupo. Ile aanu Oluwa ki su. Like Sarah, God answered Abigail, and took away her reproach. So shall God's promises of the fruits of the womb manifest and fulfilled in the lives of all members of His Order. Eve...

ADEGBÖRÒ Do you know that the popular saying “ENI O LE SE BI ALABARU L'OYINGBO, KO LE SE BI ADEGBORO L'OJA OBA" among the Yoruba in South West Nigeria is a true story of a young man called ADEGBORO who left Ibadan for Lagos in search of greener pasture. He chose to carry consignment using his head as the tool in the popular Oyingbo market to earn a living. Few years after, he acquired a cart from his savings and this eased the pain of carrying consignments on his head for commercial purposes. The Cart also increased his income and he was able to acquire 6 more of its kind which he rented out to others. Some 8 years in this cart pushing business, ADEGBORO bought a van which many called BOLEKAJA and learning how to drive, he drove the van himself. 4 years into the Bolekaja business, ADEGBORO had been a proud owner of 6 Vans. When it was time to put a roof over his head and being a bona fide Ibadan son, ADEGBORO built a gigantic building at OJA OBA where the...