In times past farmers laid their produce on pathways and highways unattended.

Buyers were expected to pay the appropriate amount of money and place it into a calabash which sat next to the produce. This system worked well. People feared The Creator and placed verisimilitude and honesty above all things.

Mendacity, theft, dishonesty, adultery and wickedness were traits that were despised and avoided at all costs. The Ogboni ruling class of nobility ensured that native custom and law was observed.

With the arrival of the colonial European and his bible things started to change; we were taught that it was okay to sin as Jesus had paid the ultimate sin as propitiation for mankind. Sins could be forgiven. Absolution was available on request. "Go forth and sin no more" became the paradigm of the day. It was acceptable to lie, to steal, to covet and to destroy.

Retribution seemed so far away and in any case forgiveness could always be sought at the point of death.

Our tradition teaches us that the only path is that of truth, dishonesty will reap its own unavoidable rewards.

We Africans have a culture that pre-dates the European, Middle Eastern and Slavic empires, yet we shun our heritage and cling to beliefs that were not developed by our race.

I am a TraditionalistToTheCore. I follow the ways of my fathers, mothers and ancestors. People of Nobility, Wisdom, Philanthropy, Humility, Sagacity and Wealth who lived to venerable old age and who never buried their children.

This pill might be too bitter for some of you to swallow. Kindly unfriend and block me, I assure you that you will not be missed.

Chief Adebayo Oluyomi Adeola Harold-Sodipo
The Baajiki of Egbaland