Yoruba culture: Baṣọrun Gaha in battle outfit

Esu is not satan or devil, it has never been and it will never be !

All the administrators and members of the Ooduarere.com and University of Ifa are proud of Baba Awo Faniyi David Osagbamii​, recently installed the Oba Edu Isese Agbaye. We congratulate you from the bottom of our hearts.  

Olodumare has been called the Supreme God of the Orisa people. A couple of questions arise: Is there a Supreme God, like Yahweh among the Hebrews, among the Orisa people? Or is it more like in the Hindu religion, where ...

A thorough discussion on the Yorùbá color scheme requires a very detailed study of notjust chromatics, but also philosophy, religion and culture as well. It is well beyond theintention of this module to fully explain the basis of the traditional ...

Ifá Olókun, A – sorò – dayò, Elérìn-ìpin, Ibìkejì Èdùmàrè. The Diviner of the Sea, the one who makes affairs prosper, Witness to Creation, Second to the Creator. Òrúnmìla ni Baba wa o e, àwa kò ni Oba méjì, Ifá ...

In 1817, Afonja of Morin was the Are-Ona Kakanfo – the Head of the Army of the Oyo Empire, under the Alaafin of Oyo – Aole (The King). That year, Afonja sent an empty calabash to the Alaafin Aole, thereby ...

If we get our acts together, educate our children to global standards, we could create a Yoruba regional miracle within the continent with the rapidly growing workforce. Our fathers say the war does not affect the wise cripple. How we ...

Erin Ijesha Waterfall is one of the greatest gifts of nature in the world which testified that there is no end to God creative mysteries. It is not a gainsaying that the waterfall is one of the wonders God has ...