Professor Wole Soyinka, has commended the management of Odu’a Investment Company for promoting and developing a sociocultural platform to rally and preserve the heritage of the Yoruba nation.
The Literary icon who spoke at the inauguration of the Oduá Museum and Hall of Fame at the pent house of the Cocoa House, Ibadan, yesterday, said the innovation by the management of Oduá was another first in the history of Ibadan while calling on all and sundry to invest in museum .
According to Prof. Soyinka, “The museum showcased the beginning of Yoruba technology and the ingenuity of our for-bearers but I want to say there is still more to do now that an appeal has been made to people to donate materials to enrich the arts, crafts and antiquities contents of the museum.
“Let me say that it is with a thought of nostalgia that I return to the cocoa house and I must say I was very happy with what I have seen here.
“Cocoa House is one of those firsts Yoruba recorded in Nigeria. This area specifically used to be the center of arts and Yoruba culture. But the negative side of it is that Nigeria once went into a downward spin including Cocoa House and the University of Ibadan. The deterioration was much.
Everything decayed and the famous Cocoa House could not save itself. But what we have seen so far impressed me, from the Ground Floor to the Top Floor of this building. This Cocoa House is the contemporary Oranmiyan staff for Yoruba,” Soyinka added.
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