The sacred Osun River becoming increasingly toxic

(19 Aug 2022)
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Osogbo, Nigeria - 31 May 2022
1. Various aerial shots of river at Osogbo sacred grove, Osun State
2. The Chief Priest, Osunyemi Ifarinu Ifabode
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3. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Osunyemi Ifarinu Ifabode, Baba Orisa (Chief Priest), Osogbo:
"What people refer to as water we call it herb, the herb of Osun because it has transcended ordinary water. It is not a river without an origin, it has an origin and has become a herb that we use for healing."
4. The river at Osogbo sacred grove, Osun State
5. Drone shot of Osun river, Osogbo sacred grove and people offering prayers
6. Man offering prayers by riverbank
7. Wide shot of Sarafa Aolabi offering prayers at the riverbank
8. Mid flyover shot of fertility deity statue by riverbank, Osogbo sacred grove
9. Aerial shots of river, Osogbo sacred grove
10. Statue of a woman coddling a child
11. Various of ritual performed for an unidentified woman wrapped in white sheets and carrying sacrifice covered with white wraps on her head as they danced barefooted towards the Osun Osogbo riverbank to present sacrifice to the fertility deity.
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12. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Abimbola Adeyemi, Priestess Osogbo:
"God has given powers to Osun (river) from the beginning that whomever come to seek the fruit of the womb, that God will grant their prayers, fertility belongs to Osun."
13. A ritual performed for an unidentified woman wrapped in white sheets and carrying sacrifice covered with white wraps on her head as they danced barefooted towards the Osun Osogbo riverbank to present sacrifice to the fertility deity.
14. Aerial of women offering prayers by the riverbank after offering sacrifice
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15. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Sarafa Afolabi, Devotee:
"I believe in Osun river, which is why I am here to offer prayers and request for what I need and I have a strong belief that it is Osun that can make it happen for me that is why I come before her today."
16. Priestess Adeyemi ringing bell
17. Men offering prayers by riverbank
18. Aerial of the river, Osogbo sacred grove
19. Various aerial shots of miners at mining sites in Oora-Ijesa village,  Obokun, Osun State
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20. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Osunyemi Ifarinu Ifabode, Baba Orisa (Chief Priest), Osogbo:
"There was no threat to the river before now but since mining activities began, people mining gold and using all sort of chemicals, it is the chemical pollution that flows down the Osun river reaching the sacred river at the grove."
21. Various aerial shots of confluence between Erinle river, left and Osun river, right  in Ede, Osun State
22. Various aerial shots of Osun river in Ede, Osun State
23. Aerial shot of Osun river, Osogbo sacred grove
24. Aerial shot of miners at mining sites in Oora-Ijesa village,  Obokun, Osun State
25. Closeup on hands of Anthony Adejuwon
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26. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Adejuwon, Team Lead, Urban Alert:
"It seems the government is incapacitated about the problem and thereby exposing residence of the state, in fact people living in more than twenty (20) communities to the effect of the pollution."
27. Various of fishermen at Esa-Odo dam, Osun State
28. Various aerial shots of Esa-Odo dam, Osun State
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29. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Adejuwon, Team Lead, Urban Alert:
"While some people think that the contamination of the Osun river is not resolvable, I am optimistic and I believe that it is possible, the government just need to have that political will to save the iconic river."
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