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Masun’kun

No one had ever succeeded with the masun’kun ritual

Soogun Omoniyi
Feb 27, 2019
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No man had ever opted for masun’kun, until Akapo.

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Rituals were a vital part of the ways of the old Yorubas. Like gold rings on a beggar, they stood out amongst the people. They came in different forms; the good, the not-so-good, the terrible, the necessary and the sacrosanct rituals. Many of them, no matter how bloody they got, were compulsorily perfor…

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