Oral history with Mrs. Comfort Titilayo Komoleyin

00:00 Interviewer introduction and background to interview

00:42 Interviewee introduction, name, background etc

03:40 Pregnancy and birth, care of the mother, Iya-Agbebi (role like a midwife), different types of contractions

07:25 Problems with birth and traditional methods of managing them

11:50 Role of father during the birth, and an example of a call and response used to announce the baby’s arrival by the Agbebi

13:13 Role of parents in the week post birth before the Naming Ceremony

14:02 Aftercare for the woman post birth

17:02 Aftercare for the newborn baby

20:46 Significance of names and how they are chosen

25:34 Clothes for the Naming Ceremony

27:26 Different cultural beliefs regarding delivery e.g. not eating salt until the eighth day, not announcing the birth until placenta delivered etc

32:02 Consulting a fortune teller to understand the newborns life trajectory

33:48 Food served at the Naming Ceremony

35:55 Naming Ceremony procedures, who carries the baby, where ceremony occurred, sign to show baby born at that house, mother not leaving house until Naming Ceremony etc

42:30 Items used for the Naming Ceremony and the significance of the items

47:13 Drinks served at the Naming Ceremony

48:27 Understanding of Oriki (Eulogy), give an example of Oriki (in Yoruba)

50:08 Sings an example of a song used at the Naming Ceremony

51:08 Impact of the project on future generations

52:24 Sings another traditional song