This book examines the Yoruba Avant Garde artists of the modern era. Ithighlights an important, but underrepresented and under-acknowledged cadre ofartistic personalities in the Yoruba cultural traditions known as, Are. Are, aretrailblazers, and cultural innovators, like their French counterparts, the...
Surveys previous works on Yoruba religion and outlines a typology of beliefs, as well as offers an interpretation of religious rites as elements of sacrificial system. This serious study gives valuable material for other approaches to religion-comparative, scientific and theological...
The chief purposes of this book are three: first, to give a lucid account of the typical day-to-day activities of Ifá priests with a view to highlighting their preoccupations, personalities and perspectives as custodial of Yorùbá religion, culture and philosophy....
Discover Your Ancestral Roots with The Yoruba Spiritual Training Manual – Now Available in Paperback!This is an authentic guide—rooted in real tradition and lived experience, written by an initiated Babalawo. Many people in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Latin America have ancestral...
This book is a trailblazer. Traditional, oral wisdom finally compiled and shared with the world. The stories have roots that are ancient and deep. In this book there are sixteen stories from the two hundred and fifty six (256) Odu...
The Taproot of Tradition: Chronicling Iresa-Adu Village in Ogbomoso - Origins to 2025 The Taproot of Tradition Chronicling Iresa-Adu Village in Ogbomoso - Origins to 2025Nestled in the heart of Oyo State's Surulere Local Government Area, Iresa-Adu is more than a village, it...
“In these 50 years, I have matured into the role (Oba). There were first, the formative years, then the turbulent years and finally the years of steady sail and growth.”