HISTORICAL STUDY ABOUT THE LIVE OF YORUBA

Yorubas culture and society

Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa: A West African Spiritual Tradition

Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa: A West African Spiritual Tradition   Orisa is the indigenous earth-centered religion of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Its central tenet is for people to live intimately with the sacred, working toward an awareness of the divine in all things. The author introduces the basic teachings and [...]

Priestess of Osun – My Nigerian Initiation

Priestess of Osun – My Nigerian Initiation The journey of an African-American woman to Osogbo, Nigeria to be initiated into the traditional religion of the Yoruba of West Africa. Initiated to Osun in 2000, Osunyemi felt compelled to go to the ancient site of the Osun Shrine in Osogbo. Under the guidance of Chief Atanda [...]

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