Is this you?
A love letter to Ijesa heritage, and a call to finish the work.
We celebrate what our land gave us. We talk less about what we owe it, or about the work still waiting.
What will be lost if we do not write down and hand on what we know of Ijesaland?
What changes
Fifteen chapters tell the Ijesa story honestly: its men of valour and achievers, how the people celebrate, speak and sing, and the faiths that share one land. They then ask what is ours to do, from meeting the needs of our towns to writing down our stories.
What is inside: fifteen chapters
- Men of Valour Are the Keepers of Our History
- Our Achievers Made Us Proud
- How the Ijesa Celebrate, Speak and Sing
- Faiths That Share One Land
- The Gifts in Our Children and the Schools That Grow Them
- We Look After Our Own
- Our Character, Our Shortcomings and Our Part to Play
- Someone Must Write It Down
- Ijesaland Is a Blessed Land of Gold
- Our Towns Can Meet Their Challenges
- Together We Can Meet Our Land’s Needs
- Our Land Holds Wealth, from Soil to Minerals
- Our Gifts, Like Moses’ Rod
- Ijesaland Has Stories Worth Writing
- What God Started, He Will Finish
Who it is for
Ijesa families at home and abroad, community and town associations, teachers, and anyone who loves the land they came from.
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About the author
He studied how seeds grow. Then he helped people grow.Read his story
Prof. Ayodele Rotimi Fatubarin was a son of Ilesa. A Rotarian, he was a member and one-time president of the Ijesa Patriotic Klub, Honorary Secretary of the Ijesa Restoration Club and the Ijesa Forum, and a member of the Iwude planning committee. A botanist and ecologist, he taught for decades in universities and colleges, became a Professor of Botany, and later served as Chairman of the board of the Federal Science and Technical College, Ilesa. A gifted speechwriter, he was always ready to lend a hand to others. Chief Akin Akinola KSJ, who wrote the Foreword to Patriotic Reflections, described him as “a cerebral and urbane countryman.”
He brought his training as a scientist to the Ijesa story: record it, then hand it on. This book leaves every reader with one question: what have you given back to the land that made you?