OBASANJO: WHY I DIDN’T KNOW MY FATHER HAD TRIBAL MARKS

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday broke his silence on his late father, saying for many years he could neither tell how the man looked nor did he know that his father had the Owu “tribal marks” on both cheeks.

Obasanjo, who attributed the phenomenon to some of the inhibiting African cultural practices, which present the youth as people that should be seen and not heard, said he could not look at his father in the face when growing up because African culture made him to turn his face downward whenever his father was talking.

The Balogun of Owu Kingdom, who spoke at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during a Regional Summit on ‘Women and Youth in the Promotion of Cultural Security and Development in Africa’, added that he “suffered” for many years on account of the restrictive cultural practices.

Source: The Nation