Tag Archives: Yoruba culture

In the history of the Yorùbá people, marriage has been very significant and its a thing of joy. Marriage is not just something that happens between just a man and woman alone. Marriage includes a relationship between the husband, wife, ...

By Babalawo Ifaseun, Oluwo prince Ifaleke and Omo awo Ifawumi. uk1 The Iyami are supernatural women who have been blessed by Eledumare with a great power which can be seen in the Odu Ifa Osetua, where it is written: anyone ...

Femi Makinde, Osogbo Magistrate Olusola Aluko, who is hearing the case instituted by the Oluwo of Iwo Oke, Osun State, Oba Kadiri Adeoye, against the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdurasheed Akanbi, has issued a fresh bench warrant for the arrest ...

Listen to this from Owonrin Sika(Owonrin Ojo Ose);- Owonrin Wokawoka Adifa fun Orunmila ti nlore gbe Ojose niyawo Ifa wa fun wa lowo Ose ta wa, oni lojo Ose. Ifa wa fun wa laya/loko Ose ta wa, oni lojo Ose. ...

Some animals within the Yoruba traditional corpus are revered as sacred figures of religious worship. Some of these animals include the yellow palm bird (popularly called eye oga), vulture (igun) and royal python. Any attempt to fell a tree where ...

WE are not Kafir(Non believers of God) which is the erroneous impression of some people. Hear this from Ogbe yeku as follows:- Ogbe yeku baba amulu Ori ogbo ori ato ni baba Edan. Adifa fun Olodumare. Oba atenilegelege fori sapeji ...

Somos capazes de nos transformar alterando para melhor o meio em que vivemos É importante sabermos que olodumare (Deus) nos criou para ajuda-lo na transformação deste mundo,a partir da nossa própria transformação íntima, com trabalho e alegria pelas oportunidades que ...

My spiritual friend and sister, Olukemi Ilori asked me, “do we have an odu that talks of such a karma- like situation? Though late in responding, I thought of “Owonrin Sogbe”. Whatever we do, we must remember there is retribution. ...

The Omoluabi is a Yoruba philosophical and cultural concept to describe a person of good character. The omoluabi concept signifies courage, hard work, humility and respect. An omoluabi is a person of honor who believes in hard work, respects the ...