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The Egungun festival must surely come to an end, and even members of the Egungun family will have to purchase akara balls just like everyone else.  

We should always think ahead and aftermath in all we do. Ifa always exposes possible outcome of situation and also provides immediate solutions to it all. Only if we know how to apply it amicably. Please pounder and meditate over ...

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“KṒJṒDÁ” – ‘Ki ṓjṓ dá: Meaning; May The Day Be Clear or Foreseen; is the name of Yórúbà Calendar. Akù Odùn Tìtún o! Eyìn Omo Yórubà nìlè lókó, léyín ódì! It is 10,059 of the Yoruba Calendar (Kojoda, which means ...

Ooni: I could not understand the language spoken in the market. What was it that I didn’t sell? Except human parts. I sold biscuit, vegetable oil, rice, sugar, name it. I kept on working. The going was rough and tough ...

She is studying with us at the University of African Art summer school, Akire Temple, Ile ife

Ìjọba-àpapọ̀ sọ Èkó di ìpínlẹ̀ ni àádọ́ta ọdún sẹhin.  Èkó jẹ́ olú ilú fún gbogbo orilẹ̀ èdè Nigeria tẹ́lẹ̀ ki wọn tó gbe lọ si Abuja.  Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó jẹ ikan ninú ipinle mẹ́fà Yorùbá. Yorùbá ni “Èkó gba olè, ó ...

Spiritual forces Àasà female spirits. Àbikú the spirits of young children who live a short life between Reincarnations. Àjínde the spirit of a deceased ancestor (egún) who speaks at their own funeral through a medium. Agbasà the spirits of a ...

You can still find IFA diviners not only in owo, ile-ife and Ibadan but also in faraway Brazil, USA and the Caribbeans! Unfortunately, the purveyors of shariah in Nigeria today are notable Yoruba Muslims such as Ishaq Akintola. Why push ...

” Ifa is not merely a collection of verses, proverbs, parables and anecdotes. Ifa is God’s sacred message to mankind. It is the embodiment of the totality of human existence.” Ifa is the Divine Message of Olodumare to mankind and ...