The festival renews the contract between humans and the divine: Osun offers grace to the community; in return, it vows to honor her Sacred Grove. This ceremony is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba ...

The dense forest of the Osun Sacred Grove, on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo, is one of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria. Regarded as the abode of the goddess of ...

Every August, Osogbo celebrates the annual Osun Osogbo festival, which draws thousands of worshippers and tourists from ...

Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi of the Osun Sacred Grove in Osogbo, Nigeria and landscape architect Tarna Klitzner based in Cape Town, South Africa emphasized the importance of integrating the ...

Part of its course is in Osun State, where it flows through the Osun-Osogbo sacred grove, a Unesco world heritage site. Osun worshippers visit the river to pray daily. The largest gathering of ...

Prepare detailed maps of the property and its buffer zone for use in the management of the property, Clearly demarcate the boundaries of the property and its buffer zone in the physical landscape; ...