Eyo

Eyo festival in lagos state nigeria by Kukoyi Kehinde

Eyo festival in lagos state nigeria 2009

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Eyo festival in lagos state nigeria 2009

The formation, in fact, is everywhere that of Eyo or Yoruba, the goodly region lying west of the lower Niger, and its fertility must result from the abundant water supply of the equatorial belt.

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Wearied and unrefreshed after her sleepless night, Mary was not in the best of spirits, and she was glad to see King Eyo, who had come to supervise the loading and packing of the canoe: his kind eyes, cheery smile, and sympathetic words did her good, and her courage revived.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

For herself she found a friend in King Eyo, to whom she could go at any time and relate her troubles and receive sympathy and support.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

Instead of answering her one of the chiefs who had accompanied her to Calabar turned to the crowd and, in a burst of eloquence, described all he had seen at Creek Town, how the Europeans lived, and how King Eyo and every chief and gentleman had treated their Mother as a person superior to them, and given her all honour.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

Eyo had provided her with the Royal canoe, a hollow tree-trunk twenty feet long, and she lay in comfort under the cool cover of a framework of palm leaves, freshly lopped from the tree, and shut off from the crew by a gaudy curtain.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

King Eyo again offered his canoe and paddlers and a number of bearers for her baggage.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

A grandson of the first King Eyo also sent men occasionally, with instructions to do anything they could for the white Mother, and to bring down her messages to Calabar.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

She had been seeking to familiarise the minds of the chiefs with the idea of settling their disputes by means of arbitration instead of by fighting, and had been cherishing the hope that she might persuade some of them to proceed to Creek Town and discuss the subject with King Eyo.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone