The Ojeh, Oje or Egungun society Yoruba: Ọjẹ (Ɔjɛ), Egúngún, is a fraternal institution in the West African countries of Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The society emerged from within the ranks of liberated Africans in the surrounding villages on the Freetown peninsula such as Hastings, Waterloo, Aberdeen and Murray Town of the Sierra Leone colony and subsequently, in Freetown during the mid 19th century.
The Ojeh, Oje or Egungun society Yoruba: Ọjẹ (Ɔjɛ), Egúngún, is a fraternal institution in the West African countries of Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The society emerged from within the ranks of liberated Africans in the surrounding villages on the Freetown peninsula such as Hastings, Waterloo, Aberdeen and Murray Town of the Sierra Leone colony and subsequently, in Freetown during the mid 19th century.
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