At Ose Ifa today and all days, we must remember that patience, perseverance and calmness are the key factors to success as revealed in “Iwori gosun” as follows:- Bi e ba ri ibinu ki e ma binu Bi e ba ...
Read More »Congrats!!! Meet the new Oba Edu Isese Agbaye, Faniyi David Osagbamii
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.
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Question of the Week !
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 ...
Read More »Top 3 Yorùbá Colours – (Yoruba Colour naming Challenge)
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 ...
Read More »Oriki Orunmila (Praise)
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 ...
Read More »THE OYO EMPIRE: Alaafin Aole, Afonja, Alaafin Atiba and the Jihadist
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 ...
Read More »Yoruba Ancestry: What They Couldn’t See, What We Can See, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
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 ...
Read More »Speak Yoruba to your wards, Lagos educationists advise
Stakeholders in the education sector recently lent their voices to Lagos state government’s recent move to perpetuate the Yoruba language. Ambrose Nnaji reports. Yoruba parents have been advised to speak the indigenous Yoruba language to their children more, to enable ...
Read More »Top 5 Ways Irunmole Relate Effectively With Omo Eniyan (Must Read)
The relationship between Irunmole and Omo eniyan was symbiotic in nature and rewarding especially for Omo eniyan. There are five major ways by which Irunmole relate effectively with Omo eniyan right from the emergence of man on earth. The ways ...
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