Ajofoyinbo (We dance for the white man).

It is believed that It was created as a pleasing apology to the ancestors to end the barrenness of a young West African warrior. History has it that in 1848, a young West African warrior from the town Otta consulted a diviner on his wife’s inability to conceive a child. The diviner then told him that his case was a punishment from his ancestors who were angry with him for not properly honouring them as he should. The only solution to his childlessness was to organize an ancestral masquerade known as Egungun. The young warrior in his quest for a child adhered to the diviner's instruction and created a masquerade named Ajofoyinbo (We dance for the white man). The name was curated from his fat...View all