Sulaiman Ajilara Ajobiewe @70: The Keeper of Yoruba Identity (Oriki) Who Made President Obasanjo Cry
On October 8, 2025, Sulaiman Ajilara Ajobiewe turned seventy, marking seven decades of a life devoted to preserving what many Yoruba have abandoned, the oriki, the praise poetry that maps ancestral lineage and cultural identity. Born in 1955 in Ila Orangun, Osun State, Ajobiewe represents a generation caught between the waning influence of traditional knowledge …