Tag Archives: Ifa poems

We are the ones born to flyto open wide the feathers of our wingsand like a kite without a careto soar far above the fence Therefore we aim farWhile we are flyingfearlessly soaring through the firmamentflowing toward the spirit of ...

My phone rang.“Àlàó?” I said after picking it up.“Hello, prof,” said the sweet voice on the other side.It is a woman, I decided. But I don’t know the number. I shouldn’t have picked up the call. But it was too ...

Truths of ìfá

To you Erelú, Why haven’t you come with peace? But with pain and tears, But why!why!why! Why did you like disturbing my girls? Why don’t you let them be? Erelú ògbògbó Why did you like coming l’ógbòn ojó, Even with ...

11 year adolescent Awo of Babalawo of northern Oyo State, Nigeria, recounting Ifa verse from the Ifa Corpus (understudies begin learning at 4yrs old). It is qualified to note that Ifa is still all that much an Ancient Oral lovely ...