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INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
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
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
INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
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INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
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 For the Ogu, Àgọ́ is a combination of rites, rituals, and celebration of the departed. Àgọ́ goes beyond interment and includes rites and regulations. There are specifics of the animals that must be slaughtered, the live musical band that must perform. Àgọ́ is a celebration of saints uncanonized. There are also after-rites to inquire if the sacrifices and rites at a particular Àgọ́ have been accepted by the ancestors.
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 For the Ogu, Àgọ́ is a combination of rites, rituals, and celebration of the departed. Àgọ́ goes beyond interment and includes rites and regulations. There are specifics of the animals that must be slaughtered, the live musical band that must perform. Àgọ́ is a celebration of saints uncanonized. There are also after-rites to inquire if the sacrifices and rites at a particular Àgọ́ have been accepted by the ancestors.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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