Culture

Yoruba monarch flays worshippers of Sango, other traditional deities The Oluwo of Iwo, Rasheed Akanbi, has criticised worshippers of traditional gods like Sango, saying there was no basis for such. The monarch, a Muslim, said this during the National Students ...

“What does ifa say about monogamy and polygamy? In Òyèké Méjì, Ifa says: Òkan soso poro l’obirin dun mo l’owo oko To bá di meji A di ijogbon Tó bá di meta A di eta-itule To bá di merin Won ...

Oyeku Meji, the Averter of Death, Oyeku Meji, the Averter of Death, Oyeku Meji, the Averter of Death, I call upon you three times. I beg you, Averter of Death, if Death is coming my way, help us to avert ...

Profesor Moyo Okediji will be introducing African classic to my friends. Book title: Sixteen Great Poems of Ifa Author: Wande Abimbola First published, UNESCO, 1975. New edition: 2015, University Press PLC, Have you read any African classics? Don’t be deceived: these classics ...

Preparations for Calabar Carnival, Africa’s biggest street party kicked off on Sunday with Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade and Minister for Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed flagging off the first in a series dry runs for the year. Speaking ...

By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA — The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, yesterday, raised the alarm over the erosion of Yoruba culture by what he called received religions of Islam and Christianity. Oba Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo The first class ...

Ifa Initiation “ITEFA” is a process recommended by Olodumare that we should do whenever we want to; 1. reclaim our lost blessing 2. get rid of negativities 3. get in tune with the Universal energies 4. know who we truly ...

By Prof. Moyo Okediji Is it proper or ethical for the babalawo or iyanifa to sleep with a client, or with a student learning from them? What does Ifa say about that sort of relationship–because there is a power imbalance ...

The womb of all learning, Oyeku, the most robust palm tree Wearing sixteen elegant fronds On her face, arranged in eight parallel rows like a stream of sweet water Flowing from the palm wine Of maternal infinities Removing death from ...

Not all messages in Ifa is meant to be generalized. Ifa is mostly personalized for individuals. If the same Odu gave birth to us, that doesn’t mean we have the same destiny and it’s not mandatory that all we do ...