No single version should be invented.
The archive will preserve each contribution in its original wording with the name of the person who remembered it and how they learned it.
A flagship family question
WHAT WAS THE OSILAJA ORÍKÌ?
We are searching for the words our ancestors would have recognised. Different remembered versions can coexist while the family works out what is shared, what differs and where each version came from.
Words, recordings, notebooks, elders.
A remembered line, pronunciation, translation, handwritten version or family explanation can all help.
Show the versions side by side.
Repeated lines can strengthen confidence. Differences are preserved instead of erased.