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Outlook: My Life as a Millennial Yoruba Priestess

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Omitonade Ifawemimo Egbelade (credit: Laeila Adjovi)

20/01/2019 GMT

My Life as a Millennial Yoruba Priestess

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Omitonade’s world of deities, divination, and mobile phones

Omitonade is one of youngest women in Ibadan, Nigeria to become a traditional Yoruba priestess.

Beyoncé, mermaids and Satan? Outlook Weekend is in Nigeria looking at the mysteries and misconceptions surrounding the traditional Yoruba religion – and what it takes to be a modern devotee of this ancient faith. Reporter Laeila Adjovi travels to the city of Ibadan to meet one of youngest women to become a traditional Yoruba priestess. Her name is Omitonade and her world is defined by deities, divination and mobile phones.

A longer version of this episode is available on the Outlook podcast.

Reporter: Laeila Adjovi
Producer: Maryam Maruf

Image: Omitonade Ifawemimo Egbelade
Credit: Laeila Adjovi

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