It is the end of an era for the Ijesha traditional music called adamo as the remains of its iconic singer, Chief Adedara Arunraloja Oba, were on Saturday interred at his home town in Ilesa, Osun.
Adedara was a contemporary of Yoruba traditional musicians and poets such as the late Yusuf Olatunji, Haruna Isola, Ayinla Omowura, Ogundare Fonyanmu and Odolaye Aremu – as well as Ligali Mukaiba.
Their music made radio airwaves thick in the 1070s and 80s, while they were also toasts at major events where they performed.
The indigenous music icon, who died at the age of 92 years on April 21, was buried at his Oke-Ayo residence.
At the funeral service, Prophet Ademola Egbeyemi, Pastor-in-charge, Holiness Church of Christ (Ori-Oke Apedahun), Ilesa, called for genuine repentance of all before it was too late.
Egbeyemi said that whatever we do in secret would come to light one day, adding that everybody would be judged according to his or her deeds, either good or bad.
The cleric said that it was the turn of the late music legend, adding, “no one knows who’s next”.
Egbeyemi said that we brought nothing to this world and would take nothing away when it was time, urging all and sundry to remember death and do good while still alive.
