page_title: Odunde Festival
hierarchical_section_title: Odunde Festival
caption_attribution_description: English: Odunde Festival celebrations in SW Center City Philly
context_page_description: The Odunde Festival is a one-day festival and mostly a street market catered to African-American interests and the African diaspora. It is derived from the tradition of the Yoruba people of Nigeria in celebration of the new year. It is centered at the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and South Street in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  Ruth Arthur and Lois Fernandez were co-founders of Odunde festival. Ruth died at age 64 in 1997. Lois died at age 81 in 2017. It’s unfortunate that once Ruth Arthur died, the continuing Odunde family seems to completely drop her name from its creation and left solely Lois. Ruth’s daughter has been making noise ever since to try to regain her Mom’s notoriety as co-founder. Lois’Daughter refuses to acknowledge this fact that the two moms were close friends and started Odunde together in the 1970s
context_section_description: The Odunde Festival is a one-day festival and mostly a street market catered to African-American interests and the African diaspora. It is derived from the tradition of the Yoruba people of Nigeria in celebration of the new year.  It is centered at the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and South Street in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  Ruth Arthur and Lois Fernandez were co-founders of Odunde festival. Ruth died at age 64 in 1997. Lois died at age 81 in 2017. It’s unfortunate that once Ruth Arthur died, the continuing Odunde family seems to completely drop her name from its creation and left solely Lois. Ruth’s daughter (Iyalua) has been making noise ever since to try to regain her Mom’s notoriety as co-founder. Lois’Daughter refuses to acknowledge this fact that the two moms were close friends and started Odunde together in the 1970s
caption: Odunde Festival celebrated in Southwest Center City in Philadelphia
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