Interesting facts and opinions were shared about how slavery, religion, ignorance and truth have been used to create causes and effects in a cited Continent.

When I arrived in the United States thirty years ago, I couldn’t call the US a new land.It might be new to me, but it was not new to those who were born there.But if the history of the United ...

Iyemoja is motherly and strongly protective, and cares deeply for all her children, comforting them and cleansing them of sorrow. She is said to be able to cure infertility in Women, and cowrie shells represent her wealth. She does not ...

Isese Practitioners in Otta, Ogun State; have appealed to State and Federal Governments to set aside a day as Isese Day and make it a National Holiday in Nigeria. Making the appeal at the Isese Day 2022 organised by the ...

Looking at the Odù, Ọ̀bàrà Méjì cast for today’s Ọ̀sẹ̀ Ifá, I quickly remember the song of the legend, late Hubert Ogunde from the album, “Onímọ́tò” where he sang as follows :-Asúrétete ò màní kọ́já iléArìngbẹ̀rẹ̀gbẹ̀rẹ̀ ò màní sọnù sọ́nàImpatient ...

The child is highly valued in indigenous Oodua (Yoruba) culture. As I look at the images sent to me today by the Akodi Orisa artists, I noticed the way the child is firmly tied to the back of the mother, ...

You will find the answer to the riddle in Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì.Orunmila was a monarch, who gave birth to several other monarchs including Alárá, Ajerò, Ọlọ́wọ̀ and several others.You will also find out in Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì why Yoruba people (ọmọ a ...

Shangó is someone who loves to tell the truth.Liars can’t be in his presence. Sàngó does justice with precision as Ifá makes us understand that Sàngó can see anything stored anywhere in a matter of seconds no matter the weight ...

Yorùbás were not the only race that was taken as slaves during the Atlantic slave trade era. There are several races taken as slaves too and they were taken in their numbers during that period. And after the end of ...

“Baba Oyo,” I said one afternoon when I was alone with him, “you are very soft, too gentle, with Iya Oyo. You are not like all the other Baba I know.”Baba Oyo laughed. “What does too gentle mean?”“I really don’t ...