Must read:The Concept of Orí + its categories
"if someone has a good destiny and his inner self works against that good destiny, there will always be problems" -FAMA (1993) Yoruba as a language is a very complex language. It is like Ifa you cannot finish learning it, you keep learning and learning as a word may connotes different meanings via its Ami (Accent mark). To any Yoruba man, the word "Orí" has several meanings, Orí means Head. It means the apex of all things, the highest of any endeavor. What Orí connotes therefore is superlative or the zenith. For instance, the head is the highest and most important in the human body. It houses the brain which controls the whole body. Orí is the head, "Head" is the top, "Top" is the Supreme while "Supreme Being" is Olodumare.