Home / Art / Àṣà Oòduà / Àwọn Yèyélórìṣà, Akirè Shrine Ilé Ifẹ̀, 2003.
Àwọn Yèyélórìṣà, Akirè Shrine Ilé Ifẹ̀, 2003.

Àwọn Yèyélórìṣà, Akirè Shrine Ilé Ifẹ̀, 2003.

Pitcture was taken by Prof. Moyo Okediji‎ in 2003, he returned to find the group in 2015. But for the two women at the extreme left, all the others had transitioned.

Total tragedy says the professor
‘Everything had disappeared.
‘There was nothing left. Absolutely nothing. Zit.

‘But the Irunmoles have a way of ensuring that we don’t lose everything, even though we might be careless as humans.

‘When I came in 2001, 2002 and 2003, I worked with these women.

‘I made hours of videos, hundreds of photographs, and hours of voice tapes of them at work. I also got them to do lots of large and small paintings on canvas.

‘All these materials are in my garage here in Austin TX.
‘I gave about 5 paintings to the Denver Art Museum. I also gave them about 20 minutes of video that I edited myself on the old manual tape editor at the University of Colorado, Denver, where I was teaching.

‘In other words, I documented their works in toto.

‘When I returned in 2017, and realized that all the women had transitioned, I pulled out the materials on my laptop. And I began training young women in the neighborhood of the shrines to start a renaissance.

This has led to the development of AKODI ORISA, which is a sanctuary for Oodua (Yoruba) women’s creativity.

Ọ̀rọ̀ mi kò jù báyǐ lọ.

Sun re o

About ayangalu

Viral Video

Support Ooduarere

SUPPORT OODUARERE
Scan QR code below to Donate Bitcoin to Ooduarere
Bitcoin address:
1FN2hvx5tGG7PisyzzDoypdX37TeWa9uwb
x

Check Also

ori

Ori: Your Guide To Ur Destiny

ORI is described as an individual’s guide to their destiny. You can think of it as your personal Orisa.Ori is the most highly evolved part of ourselves. It is the divine aspect, a unique reflection of Olodumare through human consciousness.Ori is the getaway to all of the most evolved energies of the Universe. It is through our connection with Ori that we experience: our Guardian Ancestor; our Guardian Orisa; our Life Path Odu; and the power of our initiations.Many Ori ...