Jelili Atiku: Ọfẹrẹ’gẹ̀gẹ̀, Let Peace Awake.

PLACE: Vähätori, Linnankatu

DATE & TIME: Sat 6.9. at 15

DURATION: 60 min. No pre-booking needed.

LANGUAGE: None

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Ọfẹrẹ’gẹ̀gẹ̀, Let Peace Awake. The performance consists of a procession integrating a series of Ifá rituals for peace and mental healing, gathering energy for sustenance and self-balance in our catastrophic world. My walk is a response to climate change, wars and military conflicts, human rights violations and global health issues. It also references the Odu Ifá divination system, Òfún Ọ̀sá, which provides connection with our intrinsic nature and sacred values of self, community transformation, and growth. These rituals propose a way to find again balance and harmony, protection and guidance, and are traditionally believed to aid spiritual awakening, wisdom, and in-depth knowledge on humane existence.

Jelili Atiku (he/him) is a Nigerian multimedia artist with political concerns for human rights, justice and  freedom. Through his artistic works and practice, which includes performance, he strives to help viewers understand the world and expand their consciousness so that they can activate and renew their lives and environments. Born in 1968 in Ejigbo (Lagos), Nigeria, Jelili earned a BA onFine Arts at the Ahmadu Bello University and a MA of Fine Arts at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Jelili has participated in numerous performances, exhibitions, and talks in Africa, Asia, Europe, and America. He is 2015 Prince Claus Laureate and was wrongly accused, arrested, detained in prison and trialed on the instance of his performance in public space in 2016; and also in 2019 for protecting the indigenous Yoruba religion, Ìṣẹ̀ṣe.