Ile Iba Abe Ina-Inu: House of the fire within

Sir:

I was flummoxed and confused upon reading the title
of your book, and then hearing about some of its
main premises. The fundamental controversy suggests
that Oduduwa was in fact from Benin, thus making
the Bini older than the Yoruba. I protested, along
with every other person who has lived in Yoruba land,
for it was an awkward interpretation of history.

Subsequent, however, to the behavior of certain
people, whom you are in quiet aware of, I can now
say that the sense of brotherhood with the Yoruba
I once had... has been weakened... perhaps irredeemably.

I could never be bold enough to say Oduduwa was a thief,
but the behavior of his descendants has offended me.
So I will say that his children have much to learn, for
I was a visitor in their land and now do not consider
my culture to be of Yoruba stock. This, sir, despite
the papyrus of ani.

So, I agree with you, in principle, that as concerns
sovereignty, the Midwest "in this one" shall stick
with the east. It is very unlikely that my feet shall
ever touch Yoruba land again.

And that's my judgment as of now.

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