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How the Yoruba Calendar Works & Ifá New Year Traditions The Yoruba traditional calendar, called Kọ́jọ́dá, starts the new year on June 3rd and ends on June 2nd the following year. It’s a lunar calendar with a 4-day week (each ...

Let’s get something straight: Olódùmarè is not “God” — and trying to make that equation is not only inaccurate, it’s lazy. The attempt to force Yoruba cosmology into the mold of Western or Abrahamic religious concepts is exactly how culture ...

The Ooni of Ife has gifted 3 acres of land to the International Council for Ifa Religion, ICIR, to construct the largest World Ifa Temple in Ile-Ife.Located at the Stadium area, Route 7, Ile-Ife, Osun state, this monumental project will ...

Ile Ife – Ọọni Ileṣa – Ọwa Obokun Ila – Ọrangun Osogbo – Ataọja Ẹdẹ – Timi Iwo – Oluwo Ejigbo – Ogiyan Iragbiji – Aragbiji Oba – Ọlọba Ikire – Akire Imesi ile – Ọwa ooye Ife odan – ...

It is with deep concern and a heavy heart that I address a disturbing and unfortunate development currently unfolding in the Abeokuta area of Ogun State. Over the past week, there have been reports of rising tensions and attacks allegedly ...

“The reality is that Kabiesi, the Ooni of Ife is above all, Ile Ife is the cradle of humanity. We know what we know; we know what we accept and believe and that remains the fact…I don’t want you (Ooni) ...

Imagine a gathering where we have two Isese elders who are legends and had contributed alot to the propagation of Isese. Now imagine that at this same gathering, we have two Youths in Isese sitting side by side with these ...