The Agemo festival is a masquerade festival most closely linked with the Ijebu, honouring the deity Agemo, believed to protect children (Wikipedia).
- Type
- Festival
- Nature of the record
- Contemporary practice
- Category
- Festivals & ceremonies
- When observed
- Seven days between June and August, fixed by the Awujale and the Agemo heads
- Current status
- Active
- Scope
- Subgroup
The Agemo festival is a masquerade festival most closely linked with the Ijebu, honouring the deity Agemo, believed to protect children (Wikipedia). It is held between June and August, once linked to the maize harvest, and lasts seven days; its timing is fixed after a meeting of the Awujale with the heads of the sixteen titled Agemo, the Olofas. The Agemo masquerades travel from their villages to the shrine at Imosan, by way of Ijebu-Ode, and women may not see the procession; movement is restricted during parts of the festival.
- Agemo festival — Wikipedia · link
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Archive ID: CULT-AGEMO-FESTIVAL · Last updated 2 October 2026.
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