Osogbo, a city of approximately 350,000 people, is located in the heart of southwestern Nigeria’s Yoruba-speaking people. Legend has it that Osogbo was first settled about 300 years ago by two hunters with an offer to protect all their descendants from outside tribal attacks in exchange for their promise not to hunt  near her sacred river.  The people began to worship her regularly, and today the colorful Osun Festival draws tourists from all over the world to celebrate “sacred people and sacred places.” Osogbo is now the capital of Osun State, a major distributor of electrical power for Nigeria, and one of the foremost centers of Yourbu arts and culture in Africa.