THE Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has condemned the proposed installation of Yoruba Oba in France, describing it is a desecration of culture, custom and tradition of the Yoruba race. He enjoined Yoruba monarchs “to frustrate the emergence of ...

ADEBAYO WAHEED, Oyo masquerades yesterday defied the directive by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, that only him and the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde should play host to the masquerades this year, as they came out in their ...

Ekaaro eyin eniyan mi, aojiire bi? Aku ise ana o Eledumare ninu aanu re yio fi ire gbogbo wa wari loni o Àse.Ifá yi gbawa niyanju wipe ki a bo ifá pelu obi meji ati agbebo adiye, ki a si ...

• The 1,000-year royal castle sits upon 180 acres, has 1,000 inner rooms, museum, market, others Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure Historians have adjudged the palace of the Olowo of Owo in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State as the “biggest palace ...

Òsùn gbó ríró, kí o má dubúlẹ̀Òòró gangan laa bósùnÒsùn dé o Alàwòrò Ọlọ́run ọba ma jẹ kí gbogbo wa saarẹ Mo sé ní ìwúre fun orí kọ̀ọ̀kan wa ní ojúmọ́ ọjọ́ Àbámẹ́ta tòní wípé àìsàn kéré tóbi aráyé kò ní ...

Esu is a fundamental Orisa and of great importance in Yoruba land. There is no shrine you will get to in Yoruba land where you will not see the image or a representation of Esu. In fact, well-established towns (i.e. ...

Tàgiiri ma yí nìsó Ara rẹ lokùn Ara rẹ ní ajé gbe ńso

Yiyẹ̀ lonyẹ́ ẹ̀yẹ̀lé, Ayé ayẹ̀ wá kàlẹ̀, Rirọ lonrọ àdábà lọrún, Ayé yio rọrún fún wá jẹ̀,

Ekaaro eyin eniyan mi, aojiire bi? Aku isinmi ana o, adura wa yio gba, ori buruku koni je tiwa loni o Àse. Mo nfi akoko yi nki gbogbo onisese patapata kaakiri agbaye wipe aku aseyori odun ifá agbaye o , a ku odun a sin ku iyedun o, emin wa yio se pupo re ninu ola ati idera lase Eledumare.

The most outrageous and misleading statement about Ifa I yet have heard is that Ifa is part of some Arab culture, and that it is geomancy.