26th Osun Festival

OSUN FESTIVAL
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
OSUN FESTIVAL

The Osun (pronounced O-shoon) Festival honors the Yoruba river goddess, Osun. The festival features African drum, dance, tradition and theatre. This performance allows young people to see youth their own age performing traditional African cultural traditions and exposes them to African culture. It is a fabulous production that transports the audience on a journey to West Africa. The inspirational production is presented each August almost simultaneously with the annual Osun Festival held in Oshogbo, Nigeria. The Atlanta Osun Festival originated in 1998 as the artistic collaboration of dancer Ramatu Afegbua-Sabbatt and Adebisi Adeleke, Master of the Talking Drum.
Forum
The public community forum that precedes our annual performance has been an integral part of our programming since 1998 and was established as an educational platform to discuss the influence, practice, and preservation of indigenous African traditions in the diaspora.
The panel is to share facts, offer opinions and respond to questions either through questions curated by the moderator or taken from the audience directly.
Orisas dance classes
Osun dances are the ritualistic dances of Praise. They are dances of celebration and expression to the Yoruba deity and mother fruitfulness. Osun is an embodiment of love, beauty, wealth, intimacy, diplomacy. She represents the freshwater from the ocean, and is celebrated every year in Osugbo. Among the dances dedicated to Osun, the
Agbebe dance showcases the ritual object most associated with Osun, a secular fan that she uses as a source of authority and symbol of control.
Agbegbe dance is an energetic dance but gracefully displayed.
Concert
The concert is a production that displays, drumming, songs, acting, theatre, and energetic dances. The production protrays the faboulus festival held in Osogbo every August of each year.
Osun Festival over the years
Photo credits: Manga Media, Zeta Powell, Brothersphotography, Leo Photo Video

2022 Milestone white-red-gold

2021 Segese

23rd Baba Bisi

2019 Iya Ajimoro

2018 Gbeni Gbeni

2017- Osun Ssogbo Eleyele Aro

2016- Osun Olowa Aremo

2015 Oladekoju Ewuji

2014- AWEDE WEMO

2013 Omi-Ero

2004- Olomo Yo Yo

2003- Someone with Diamond Combs

2001

1999

1998- Odun Osun