Banana Island Living Podcasts

The Agbaje Episode

September 22, 2022 Banana Island Living Season 4 Episode 2
Banana Island Living Podcasts
The Agbaje Episode
Show Notes

The second in our series of conversations with people 75 years and over, this episode is a truly special one.
We meet two Agbaje sisters (82 and 91 years old) who have lived their best lives and lived to tell the tale.  Mrs. Moulin Ashake Agbaje - Anozie and Ms. Wule Agbaje (the Agbajes) are special, and boy, do let us know it!


In this episode, we talk about:

  •  life as children of a millionaire in pre-independence Nigeria
  • polygamy and family life
  • la dolce vita in 50s England
  • Cliff Richard (of all things)
  • the Nigerian civil war
  • counting your blessings
  • above everything else, the Agbaje Oriki (poignant, deep, rich, incredibly moving)

and then, the joke - the side-splitting joke. This one requires Google Translate but absolutely worth the effort.

A moving, wistful tribute to an incredible generation.

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