Òjìjígògún

Ìtumọọ Òjìjígògún

My shadow has climbed the fig (ògún) tree.[verification needed]

Àwọn àlàyé mìíràn

This is an old Àkúrẹ́ saying meaning, "I am old/aged." It is believed to have been uttered by the Déjì (king) of Àkúrẹ́ Òjìjígògún when he became king in 1852, as he was quite elderly at the time, and did not believe who would reign for a long time. Òjìjígògún was then used as his regnal name, (his given name was Aládégbùjì, which interestingly also refers to "shadow"). Ògún here may refer to the god Ògún, but also possibly in reference to the common wild fig tree (ficus thonningii), which is known as igi ògún, and is sacred in the Àkúrẹ́/Èkìtì regions, as well as in other African cultures.

Ìtúpalẹ̀ Mọ́fímù

òjìji-gun-ògún

Ìtumọ̀ ẹyọ-ẹyọ

Part	Meaning
òjìji	shadow, shade
gun	mount, ride (rode/climb)
ògún	Ògún, Yorùbá god of iron, war, hunting, and technology; a type of sacred tree

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Òjìjígògún
Déjì of Àkúrẹ́ (r.1852-1882)

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