Culture

Beauty may maintain the attention of the beholder but you will find generally acclaimed standards of beauty. Those who fall in this category look very appealing to everyone. It’s thought that they were created on a monday (Aje). The Yoruba ...

Sometimes your gentility is taken for stupidity but you should ignore them as revealed in the Odu, “Owonrin Meji”, cast for Ose Ifa today. O gba mi leti mi o gba o san O se mi ni’gbo mi o fo’hun ...

If you name is a Yoruba name It is an Orisa name It does not have to include ogun, Sango, Ifa or any other Orisa name to be an Orisa name. Titilope, Moyosore, Adebayo, Wuraola,Abayomi, Babatope, Damilola, Folasade,Gbolahan, Ilesanmi, Ibitokun, ...

People often ask me if there is a “complete” written copy of the Odu Ifa. However, within the Odu Ifa it explains that there is no babalawo who knows all of the Odu Ifa because the pages in the Odu ...

Looking at the Odu and Obi cast for Ose Ifa today, “Ogbe Yonu”, I just have to declare that we shouldn’t mind what people say about us in as much as we have the support of the great delegate of ...

Agbo ato. I am reposting a lecture I gave on Iyaami while I re set my brain to continue the conversation on the deliberate suppression of ocult wisdom A Lecture on Oshun and Gelefun by Awo Fa’lokun Fatunmbi Ara Obinrin ...

  Ope, Awo Labalaba Adifa fun Labalaba Eyi tii se Ojise Olódùmarè Ope ni won ni ki o maa se A ni t’inu t’eyin mi re o, Olódùmarè Labalaba kii sede A ni t’inu t’eyin mi re o, Olódùmarè Gratitude, ...

  Keesu gbà, kebo óda félébo Adia’fun òyìnbó olomo atùkólókò Olomo agberebete lori irebete Njé ìgbà Òrúnmìlà fòrúlá jekà Kéésù gbà, kebo oda felebó Praise~ Olórógun òde Láaróyè agòngò lagò Alamulamu bata Ofebata kojo lamulamu, seketepere Onile ojude,okunrin firifiri japi ...

Remembering Pa Pierre Fátúmbí Verger, the polymath… Pa Pierre Fátúmbí Verger was born French into a noble lineage and this great man devoted more than half of his 93-year life to the study, promotion, development and practice of Yoruba culture. ...

Adieu He was never stingy with his knowledge without asking for a penny. He was patient, kind and nurturing. He taught me more than I could handle and gave me unfettered access to his entire resources. Ó di gbéré Ó ...