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Published 16 January 2021
Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon is a renowned cultural promoter and diviner. In this interview with BOLA BAMIGBOLA, he speaks about his childhood, work and sundry issues
Where and when were you born?
I was born at Oluode Aturuku Compound, Osogbo. I am a descendant of Olutimehin. Olutimehin was a co-founder of Osogbo land. My father, Pa Akinrinde Akanbi Elebuibon, was a hunter and a herbalist-diviner by profession. He had six wives of whom my mother was the youngest. My mother had three children – two boys and a girl. My immediate elder sister was an ‘abiku.’
Was there any foretelling to your parents about you and what you would eventually become before your birth? ....

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