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When the Slave boats docked in America, Brazil, Cuba and the Caribbean's, hundreds of cultures, traditions, and religions landed with Africans, but only one remains prominent till date in the new world, the culture of the Yoruba.

Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s character is no different from that of boxer in George Orwell’s book titled ‘animal farm’.

For every Yoruba deity, there is always a way through which its devotees hear the message of Olodumare. Ifa for instance serves above all by being the "spoke man" for all deities.  It speaks through Opele (divination chain), Ikin  (palm nuts) and through kola nuts.  This write-up talks about three effective channels adopted by Egbe in telling its devotees what  & what not to do. Egbe speaks to its followers via three major channels.

Image credit: theworldofIfa Ogunda and Irosun were brothers. They embarked on a journey to Olofin's palace for spiritual work. As they got to the point of entry, they saw some human's heads on the floor being cut off for some offences. Irosun who happened to be a younger one told his brother that " could you believed that not all the heads here committed the offence they were killed for" Ogunda told him to shut up that they were all real criminals. 

In one of her informative and educative books, Chief FAMA Aina Adewale-Somadhi shared a story about a man who thinks he knows it all. The story is shared here-under.

I was recently on my facebook account when i saw this write-up on Osanyin claimed to be written by a facebook user. This write-up got my attention, so i decided to share. An indeed good research carried out by the real author. Read below

For every name that exists in the Yoruba race has an attached meaning.  It does not only has a meaning, but it also relates to the family lineage history or perhaps, the religion of which is practiced by such family. For every Irunmole, there are names attached to each of them.  They stand as prefixes to these names. Ogun for example stands as a prefix to the name Biyi. When matched together it becomes Ogunbiyi which means "Ogun gives birth to this" or "Ogun's child".

Egungun also we all know is the deity of the departed ancestors. The belief of Yoruba people and Ifa is that even departed ancestors are still part and parcel to the larger family. Below are ten facts you should know about Egungun.

Igba didi is a special ritual in Egbe, which is used to cure anti-social behavior, People with the experience of having sex in the dreams and in reality Semen appear all over their body are said to be the victims of "Oko-Orun" (Spirit husband). No matter how beautiful a lady may be, if she is a victim of Oko Orun, she would definitely have a problem in getting married as she is stigmatized by the husband in heaven thus making potential suitors lose interest in her without any plausible reason (Salami 2014). In this kind of situation IGBA DIDI should be done for this victim in order to tear the Oko-orun and the victim apart. Other problems for which Igba didi can be used are what Salami (2014) pointed out.

For a long time, I have been ruminating in my mind what could be Ifa’s point of view about the eclipse. Somehow, my mind got fascinated by a story in Odu Ifa Obara Meji. Orunmila made us aware of what could be regarded as eclipses in our lives in a particular stanza of Obara Meji.