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Osogbo Town: Scenic Rooftops

Helmut Wienerroither2008

Adunni Olorisha Trust / Adunni Osun Foundation

Adunni Olorisha Trust / Adunni Osun Foundation
Osogbo, Nigeria

As photographed from an upper floor of Susanne Wenger's house on Ibokun Road in Osogbo. The Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in the town of Osogbo in Osun State, in the South West of Nigeria. This is the town of the famous Osun Osogbo Festival, which is the most imporant traditional showcase in Nigeria today, with thousands of visitors trooping in from around the country and internationally from the African Disapora every year. Osogbo welcomed Autrian artist Susanne Wenger in the laste 1950s, and she went on to start the New Sacred Art Movement, which transformed the Osun Grove over many decades into the world renowned site it is today.

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  • Title: Osogbo Town: Scenic Rooftops
  • Creator: Helmut Wienerroither
  • Date Created: 2008
  • Location Created: Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
  • Photographer: Helmut Wienerroither
  • Date of photography: 2008
Adunni Olorisha Trust / Adunni Osun Foundation

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