Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Oke-Oye revival
In July 1930 at Oke-Oye in Ilesa, Nigeria, the former steamroller driver Joseph Ayo Babalola led a revival in which followers reported mass healings and the raising of a dead child.
1930 CE · 7.63, 4.74 · status: account
The account
Babalola had reported a call from God in 1928. The revival led to the Christ Apostolic Church. Colonial authorities later jailed him for opposing witch-finding practices that had caused harm.