Johnson Okùnadé 
On the 7th of July, 1958, in Room 236 of a hotel in Paris, Prince Jimoh Oládùńní Oyèwùmí made a decision that would rename a piece of Jos forever. By then, he had grown to become one of the biggest Nigerian distributors for CFAO, a French trading house that had been moving goods across West … Read more
Prince Jimoh Oládùńní Oyèwùmí arrived in Jos on the 17th of May, 1944. In Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, being a prince was never treated as a license to be idle. He had to earn his place like everyone else. Getting to Jos was not simple. He travelled first to Òṣogbo, the nearest railway station, and paid seventeen shillings … Read more
If there’s one thing that defined the Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ man, it was his refusal to sit still where money moved. North, South, East, West, home or abroad, wherever trade called, he answered. So when word reached Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ about the opportunities up North, the earliest settlers who made their way to Jos weren’t just looking for a … Read more
The lure of commerce is great for Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ people. Anywhere trade flourished is where you’d find them. It didn’t matter how far, remote, or dangerous. In going about his trade in the early 20th century, the itinerant Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ man first left his family behind and spent about nine months in Jos fully engaged in his … Read more
In the book, Ìwé Ìtàn Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, the author established that Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ grew rapidly while the wars were still going on. When peace returned, some of the towns and villages went back to where they came from, but aside from those who returned, many people from Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ set out for far distances in search of trade … Read more
When Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ people arrived in Jos as early as the 1880s, they lived together as one family under one roof. The houses were named after people or events, and each house, most times, consisted of people from ancient family compounds in specific areas of Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́. There were Ilé Ọdẹ́fárá, Ilé Ayétòrò, Ilé Mágàjíyá, Ilé Ìdòwú, … Read more
While shooting the documentary “A Road From Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ to Jos” with Àyánkọ́lá Àyánwuyì, we kept hearing names like Ilé Ọdẹ́fárá, Ilé Ayétòrò, Ilé Mágàjíyá, Ilé Ìdòwú, and so on, right here in Jos. I was genuinely shocked that this concept had travelled that far from home and was still so alive among Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ settlers in … Read more
The book “Home Away From Home… History of Ogbomoso People in Jos,” published in 2012, was written by Olayinka Oyegbile PhD. The book did a fantastic job of chronicling the incredible story of how Ogbomoso people found a second home in Jos. It documents, in vivid detail, the attribute of an average Ogbomoso man: easily … Read more
Àyánkọ́lá Àyánwuyì is a Àyánkọ́lá Àyánwuyì is a cultural practitioner, cultural researcher and cultural educator. It’s on that basis that we became bosom friends. He is the founder and executive director of Dùndún Centre (formerly AIF Yorùbá Cultural Centre), and has produced numerous quality Yorùbá cultural documentaries, earning recognition across the globe. He is the … Read more
A new historical documentary titled “A Road From Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ to Jos” is set for release, chronicling the story of how generations of Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ indigenes built a second home for themselves in Jos, Plateau State. The project is the work of two Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́-born culture lovers, Àyánkọ́lá Àyánwuyì and Johnson Akínrìnadé Okùnadé, who began production in 2024 … Read more
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