On 2 July 2026, I was given access to a rare event for our times. The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, summoned the priests of his kingdom to place a curse on anyone in Benin involved in kidnapping now or in the future. A reminder of the Oba'
A comparative exposition across three informants: Àwíṣẹ Awo Àgbáyé, Chief Wándé Abímbọ́lá · Chief Ayọ̀ Salami · Olóyè Ifálérè Ọdẹgbẹmí Ọdẹgbọlá II Abọrú Abọyè. The second of four parts on Òyèkú Méjì. Where Part I read the Odù through the household, this part turns to its cosmic identity: death and ancestry.
A comparative exposition across three informants: Àwíṣẹ Awo Àgbáyé, Chief Wándé Abímbọ́lá · Chief Ayọ̀ Salami · Olóyè Ifálérè Ọdẹgbẹmí Ọdẹgbọlá II Abọrú Abọyè. The first Odù established the earth. The second spoke primarily of women and death, of the àṣẹ women carry, and how that àṣẹ manifests when the conditions
Ifá demanded more of its specialists than any oral tradition in human history.