Aramotu

Aramotu is a fictitious mythlike tale that is set in the traditionbound Yorubaland of 1909 It spins the story of Aramotu a wealthy female trader who dares to stretch the boundaries that ancient myths and traditions place on the life of the women of her time Aramotu tries to employ the socialengineering aspects of the Gelede Cult to realize her progressive ideas about the rights of women and the need for peopleoriented governance in her native Agesi Village