The text version of the Osogbo War Of 1840

How the Yoruba Calendar Works & Ifá New Year Traditions The Yoruba traditional calendar, called Kọ́jọ́dá, starts the new year on June 3rd and ends on June 2nd the following year. It’s a lunar calendar with a 4-day week (each ...

Let’s get something straight: Olódùmarè is not “God” — and trying to make that equation is not only inaccurate, it’s lazy. The attempt to force Yoruba cosmology into the mold of Western or Abrahamic religious concepts is exactly how culture ...

Ile Ife – Ọọni Ileṣa – Ọwa Obokun Ila – Ọrangun Osogbo – Ataọja Ẹdẹ – Timi Iwo – Oluwo Ejigbo – Ogiyan Iragbiji – Aragbiji Oba – Ọlọba Ikire – Akire Imesi ile – Ọwa ooye Ife odan – ...

It is with deep concern and a heavy heart that I address a disturbing and unfortunate development currently unfolding in the Abeokuta area of Ogun State. Over the past week, there have been reports of rising tensions and attacks allegedly ...

TÍ OSU TITUN BÁ DÉ, ARÁYÉ MÁA Ń YỌ̀ MỌ́ NI, WỌN MÁA BÁ GBOGBO WA YỌ AYỌ̀ IRE NÍNÚ OSU TITUN YÍÌ, PẸ̀LÚ ÀṢẸ ELÉDÙMARÈ . 1. Ọbàtálá/Òrìṣà-ńlá, Ọbalúayé/Ṣàpọ̀nná, Ògìrìyàn, Egúngún, Ìyàmi Àjẹ́. 2. Ifá, Ọ̀rúnmìlà, Èṣù-Ọ̀dàrà, Orí, Odù, ...