EULOGY OF SÀNGÓ
EULOGY OF SÀNGÓ Sàngó oníbọn ọ̀run Olúbámbí arígba ota ségun Afìrì wọ̀wọ̀ òjò sẹ́tẹ̀ ọlọ̀tẹ̀ Ààrá wàá Ààrá wòó Ààrá wàwàǹwówó Sángiri Làgiri Ọ̀làgiri kàkàkà figba ẹdun bọ̀ Akọ ológbò…
EULOGY OF SÀNGÓ Sàngó oníbọn ọ̀run Olúbámbí arígba ota ségun Afìrì wọ̀wọ̀ òjò sẹ́tẹ̀ ọlọ̀tẹ̀ Ààrá wàá Ààrá wòó Ààrá wàwàǹwówó Sángiri Làgiri Ọ̀làgiri kàkàkà figba ẹdun bọ̀ Akọ ológbò…
The story of “Eden” in the Judeo-Christian canon is a myth stolen from Kemet. The Kemetic belief in a paradise origin of man (what they called the Ausarian Age) is…
YORÙBÁ WORD FOR ALIEN Yorùbá have a number of words that can be translated as alien, but a better option is taken from Professor Wande Abimbola’s seminal work. Ìjìnlẹ̀ Ohùn…
Sometimes, Egungun requests for specific feeding materials, and sometimes the propitiator is the one who decides what he is willing to offer. This depends on the directive he’s being given…
Alukoro, Alakoro, Alaikoro – Someone who beats a slit drum The Yoruba word Alukoro Oba (Kings notifier) or town crier, also known as Alago Oba or Akede was the man…
THE ANCIENT YORUBA STONE WRITINGS OF IGBARA OKE – What were our ancestors trying to tell us? Ìgbàrà Òkè is an Ekiti dialect speaking town in Ondo state. Sometime in…
Iyami Initiation That said, I’d like to address this thing of initiation to Iyami. This too, is layered. Many say there is no initiation nor a pot for Iyami. They…
TYPES OF IYAMI AJE (TYPES OF WITCHES) According to ifa and orisha spirituality, there are three types of iyami aje (witches) energy available in the world. They are Aje dudu…
In ancient times the committed and devoted Aje (witches,) do make them self known in public by tying 3 cowries around her left ankle. But in modern times it is…