Aiyetoro

Aiyetoro, utopian Christian settlement of the Nigerian Holy Apostles’ Community established in 1947. The Holy Apostles’ Community was founded by a small group of the Cherubim and Seraphim Society, itself a part of the Aladura religious movement (a Charismatic Christian movement having affinities with Pentecostalism). The founders of Aiyetoro built the model settlement on piles on a mudbank in the coastal lagoons 100 miles (160 km) east of Lagos. Though anyone could join, offenders against...