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Kudos to the Traditional Miracle Workers: An Update
By Lateef Oladeji of Gem Business Ventures
I had contributed an intel in December 2008 titled, “Kudos to the Traditional Miracle Workers” - please, visit: http://www.qondio.com/kudos-to-the-traditional-miracle-workers. In it, I had recounted the experience of a couple which had been married for over 8 painful years, struggling to have a child. When all orthodox medical and spiritual means had failed, they succumbed to a suggestion to seek the services of a traditional priest/priestess. In a magic-like manner, the couple’s prayers got answered through the efforts of the traditional priest/priestess, and it was blessed with a set of twins last December. I had witnessed the joyous naming ceremony then. Three days ago on March 2nd, 2009, the culmination of the miracles happened. The same couple was blessed with another male son, less than 3 months after the arrival of the twin babies! I initially scorned the news as an unnecessary joke, but I soon confirmed its authenticity. Indeed, some section of the Press in Nigeria has interviewed the couple involved and carried the news. As for me, I got the information immediately after the occurrence, as the husband is my younger brother. Earlier that day, my brother had informed me that his wife had been down with a strange illness, with blood and water coming out of her as if in labour. A scan later at the hospital revealed that she was actually in labour! People have been commenting on the miracle happening for the past 3 days. Some claimed that they had witnessed such a happening before but that the interval was not up to 2 weeks, not to talk of nearly 3 months. Some volunteered probable reasons, such as “fertilized ovulation after the first conception”, and so on. The poser bothering many now is: can we really refer to the 3 children as triplets from the same delivery process or are they to be regarded as coming via separate births? In our traditional Yoruba society, the last of the triplets is known as “Eta-Oko” while the child coming after a set of twins in a subsequent birth is called “Idowu”. What do we call this new baby who has come almost 3 months after the first set, Eta-Oko or Idowu? How puzzling!
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