Ekinrin-Adde

Ekinrin-Adde ì chì ewo kàà ẹju-ọwo efu Ijumu L.G.A.kì dì Kogi State, efu yà í Western Senatorial District efu Naijẹria kì dó‘jì latitude 7° 50’N kpaì longitude 5° 50’E ugbo altitude yé 523 metres kì tẹóma ájì-lẹ . ẹ̀fì ẹ̀wo kìcha ẹwẹánẹ kpaì ùjo amone kì wẹwẹ kù má daḿa kpo‘la mà takù ma mù dù òòkáá .ámònẹ lẹ chá tì ókpa ẹjùrá amì òkwùókwo lò tì Ile-Ife, ì-Egwu yà ì Yoruba kù chẹ móò òtàkìda . Amòne yà ì ùjò chì lẹ Cha gbárù ágbádẹ má kù má chì ìchì Yoruba úgboduu ,kù má kìchì yà ówo‘ja kì dabì chì Okun, òn chì ìchì kàà kù má kå efu amì lọcál gomenti mẹ̀lù kù má dàmá tàkù ma chì Kogi West Senatorial District although with slight variation from community to community. The Okun dialect is a sub-dialect of the Yoruba language.

Ò‘hílá.

Ekinrin-Adde chì-èwn ókpàkaa efu yé úcha ẹcónomìc Okunẹ̀gba ànẹ yé ì pre-colonial era.má chanẹ Cha ámewn ùcha ẹkùbo kì chì,ámà dì ó‘òdẹ..ẹ,ama kpajẹ, amá‘lùcha , ama Nyája kpaì commerce.

Ùgbo kù má dóòdọ̀.

Ekinrin-Adde ma chà dóodo efu ewọ Ijumu Local Government Area yé Kogi state kpaì kpì kì nì ùhìò‘ma Iyamoye kpaì Egbeda Egga. Ekinrin-Adde kì chì ìmínutî ògwu má nẹ lò tì Ekiti state kpaì shares other cultures with villages on the same axis.^{[citation needed]}

Akogba Mountain from the community on a cloudy morning

Statue next to community well

Ùcha òkgwu.

Éwn malábó:Unreferenced section ámone The Ekinrin-Adde chẹ dáma lẹfu ùcha ọjì-o-jì kú má kòcha kì dabì ùcholo ẹgwù Egungun (ẹgwù). Ẹ̀gwu kì dẹ ì à dufu ègbá kù má nì ùchòlo kpaì ẹgbẹ kì ẹ̀na jó‘nu lẹkwu . Ẹ̀gwu ojima chemanyù yé ì Olori Owo ábẹkì ẹ̀gwù Iro (ì chì ewǹ ẹlìfoó ǹù abobule kù má lì maa ) and it belongs to the Ekinrin aboriginals. Iro masquerade is as old as Ekinrin itself as it was created by Akinrin himself. There is also Oyoyo (comes out during the Emindin festival) and the Ajibele, Ajoriga masquerade. Other masquerades includes Onigabon, Inun Oko and Okura (Okura appear to have gone into extinction).

Another cultural festival usually carried out on the 20th day of June every year is the Emindin festival. The “Emindin” festival is usually called out by the Omo Agba people from Ona the royal clan.

Elderly women at Ekinrin-Adde

Geography

The general nature of Ekinrin-Adde land is predominantly Savannah with undulating plains. There are deep hills, which marks the eastern and western edge. The soil is light brown, sandy and a little lateritic on the plain stony soil in the hills with rare patches of red earth. Due to the nature of the soil, most of the residents are farmers and common farm produce include yam, cassava, pepper, beans, cocoyam, melon and palm oil.

Agbegi-Lodo(Old Bedford Trucks common in Ekinrin-Adde used for wood lumbering)

Natural resources and tourist attraction

Ekinrin-Adde is very rich in white marble. The marble deposit in Ekinrin-Adde, based on its chemical composition is a pure carbonate and a typical calcitic-type marble. The marble deposit in Ekinrin-Adde is suitable for the manufacture of cement, production of sodium alkalis (sodium carbonate, bicarbonate and hydroxide), pesticide, poultry feed, calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer and as a refractory lime.

Notable tourist spots include the Akogba hill (1000m above sea level) and Oyi river.

Ajibele Masquerade of Ekinrin-Adde

The Akogba radio FM (88.3) residing near the Akogba Hill, is the first private community FM in Okun and serves the purpose of ensuring the people of Ijumu, parts of Kabba Bunu and even neighbouring states are well informed about happenings in Kogi, Nigeria and the world at large.

Festivals

Emidin Festival is the annual new yam festival of the Ekinrin people. Emidin festival is usually celebrated in June. In the very old days, barns of yams shows the wealth of a person, someone with a large collection of yams marked prestige. From planting till harvest, the process of farming yam is taken sacred by the Ekinrin-Adde's culture. Around June, the first yams are harvested and celebrated by the people. Men would dig up their first yams for display and the farmers with the biggest yams are often admired. After the celebration, the yams are cooked or roasted with the women guiding the procession.

Akogba Hiking Festival

This festival also serves as a period to thank the gods for a bountiful harvest and also to ask for abundant rains for the next planting season. It's a common practice for most indigenes of the town to return home to celebrate, meet their family members and also an age group reunion opportunity. According to tradition, it is unacceptable for the community member to eat new yam before the celebration.

Chief at new yam festival

Other festivals are Idi Festival, Okẹlẹkẹlẹ festival and a new festival for hiking the Akogba Mountain. The Akogba Mountain is one of the natural endowments of Ekinrin-Adde. A giant Monolith sitting in a pristine state in the north-west of the community overlooking the town as well as being the source of the mysterious Akogba Spring. Although it's not the only Mountain surrounding this beautiful community, it's arguably the most prominent at an alititude of about 3500 feet(1050m above sea level)

Education

Ekinrin-Adde has various primary and secondary schools. Most of the old ones were established through communal efforts and by collaboration with early missionaries. Among the very notable ones is Baptist High School, established by the community in conjunction with the missionary John B. Hill.

Kings and traditional rulers

Ekinrin-Adde is the only community in the entire Kogi state with two first class Kings serving the community.^{[citation needed]}

HRH Akinrin Johnson Kolade Otitoju during his coronation. The occasion was graced with the presence of the Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency-Governor Yahaya Bello

HRH Oba Anthony Bamigbaiye Idowu and Olori Bridget Fehintola Idowu at Hall of Fame/Gala Night, 2021

Notable people

• Abiodun Faleke - Politician and a member of Nigeria's House of Representatives of Lagos
• Olayemi Akinwunmi - Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja