This Yoruba millennial priestess has made it her mission to change the narrative about Yoruba spirituality. A Adaobi Onyeakagbu Follow Omítonàdé Ifáwemímo, a twenty-something year old graduate from ...

Esu is the Yoruba fashion of Satan in Christian and Jewish belief. It is generally known as the Devil across the western cultures, but in Yoruba cosmology, he is a god of mischief, created by ...

This PhD dissertation by Ayodele Ogundipe was written in 1978 for the Department of Folklore, Indiana University. AFA copy 39088019915701 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This ...

This is the citation of Èsù, the Yoruba god of protection, benevolence, chief enforcer and messenger between heaven and earth: Èsù Láàlú, ògiri òkò, onílé kángun kàgun Ònà Òrun, jòwó má yojú s’óròmi.

Esu is an Orisha in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people. Though the term has been ascribed to mean "devil" in English, Ifa historians and fundamentalists insist that Esu is an important god.

Introduction -- Genesis of the imbroglio -- Etymological probing -- Misconceptions of Èṣù's identity -- Views and submissions -- The importance of sacrifice in Yorùbá belief -- Èṣù's relationship with ...

Renowned Ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, has admonished Nigerians to desist from blaming the Yoruba deity, Esu, for their misdeeds. Elebuibon made the call during a peaceful rally tagged “Esu Is ...

The 10th Annual “Esu Is Not Satan” Festival is set to take place on December 24th, 2024, from 12 PM to 5 PM at the iconic New African Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos. This year’s festival promises to be a ...

What did Modupe Onitiri Abiola smoke on the morning of Saturday, April 13, 2024, when she made a recorded broadcast declaring the secession of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria from the ...