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It’s Ose Obatala!!!

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Patience is the Greatest Virtue While Èsù’s character is synonymous with impetuous motion and perpetual change, other òrìsàs epitomize unwavering stillness and abiding calm. One such deity is Obàtalà (Lisa, Òrìsànlá, Oxala). As the Yorùbá Arch Divinity, Obàtalà is the venerable father, whose wisdom fills the devotee with aristocratic poise and regal presence. From his oriki we get a glance of Obàtalà’s austerity: He is patient. He is silent. Without anger he pronounces his judgment.  Here it’s important to note that we all enjoy some degree of Obàtalà consciousness. For example, recall a time when you had to demonstrate deep cool. Maybe you were confronted by an emotionally intense situation, like natural childbirth or attending a loved one’s funeral. Perhaps you were facing a fast-approaching deadline or you were about to present some very important information. Think about what it was like to be “at the eye of the storm”, where, in spite of the fact that everything around you was...
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Yeye Osun (The Mother Of Character)

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  It was then proclaimed in the Holy Odu Ifa Osetura Meji: Osun must be included in all that you are doing You must involve Osun in them (women) Then life will become smooth Olodumare said that if someone is pounding yams without the knowledge of Osun His/her pounded yams will not be smooth. If someone is preparing Okra, without involving Osun in it. His/her food will not come out fine Osun must be involved in whatever is being done. The male Orishas declared that they will involve Osun. In all their creations and deliberations. We will involve Osun in whatever we do. We will involve Osun in all our deliberations. Our great Mother, who must be presented at every important deliberation We will involve Osun in all our deliberations Agberegede Ajuba Ajuba Agberegede Divined for Osun Sengesi Owner of a hair comb decorated with Iyun When she was in a secret place She spoiled the sacrifice of other divinities Who is performing a sacrifice? Without involving the owner of sacrifice Osun wh...
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OSUMARE

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Never existed as a separate Irunmole among the Yoruba Pantheon, it is venerated under Ogun energy, called 'Ogun Agbejo'.  Ogun Agbejokorun is celebrated in the month of Agemo' in some parts of Yoruba land like Igbomina, some areas in Idanre, Abeokuta, Ikire and so on. Sadly enough this practice is dying out over time, and with it the important knowledge which it holds.  The month of 'Agemo' celebrates the renewal of fertility in Nature.  During a dance among the worshippers,  snakes symbolize the umbilical cord which connects all humans to Mother Earth. The great deity of formidability and mysteries, intertwining snakes around their neck, is an annual ritual connecting one’s soul to Mother Earth . It is to be reborn, and Osumare is worshiped as the guardian of mysteries of birth and regeneration. Custodian of the creation wisdom and hidden secrets of the beginning.  A healer and an herbalist patron. The Rainbow has always been the sign of an accepted annual cele...
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The creation of Nigeria

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More evidence of why the Colonial plantation Nigeria was created. The reason for the amalgamation of Nigeria was more about the outbreak of the war in October 1899 in South Africa which took 400,000 British troops and a debt of £250,000,000 to conquer a mere handful of Boers in South Africa, reading this book attached you will realise the following: 1.The Northern elites at independence knew more about the history of Nigeria than the Southern elites or maybe the Southern elites didn't bother to study the history; 2. The British offered Confederation of States but was rejected by the Nigerian elites at independence. 3. Strachey was one of the officer at the colonial office told Sir F. Lugard that the amalgamation would not work but Lugard said he only regards the document as temporary - at any rate in parts;  4. Winston Churchill actually told Sir F. Lugard to jettison the North because they were not financially viable while the South were generating £250,000 yearly for the colonial...
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Yoruba philosophy

As Yoruba people, I believe that if we truly want to move forward, we must return to our original philosophy. Western governance was never designed for our worldview. It cannot fully serve a people whose identity, values and spirituality are different. Western governance is not our spiritual fabric. It was sewn from a worldview that does not understand us. In pre-colonial Yorubaland, every town had a system of leadership rooted in its culture. Oyo, Ijebu, Egba, Ibadan, Ibarapa, Ekiti. Each one worked because it reflected who the people were, each system came from the people’s spirit. Our ancestors built governance on Iwa (character), consensus, accountability, and communal wisdom. Today, we copied a system that prioritizes competition, individualism, and power for power’s sake and we are confused. Why won’t we be?  A society cannot thrive when it abandons the philosophy that shaped it. A people lose their direction when they forget the worldview that once guided them. To move forwa...
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Masquerades

As an expert in masquerade studies, I can emphatically state that there are different varieties of masquerades. For the sake of this context, let me point out to two: the ritual and the entertaining ones.  The ritual ones are special ones that hardly comes out. Only on extremely special occasions. This is because the process, sacrifices and functions are too elaborate and dangerous. Ritual masquerade is used to chase offenders out a community, especially offenders that are judged to have broken some extreme taboos, such as murdering a kinsman/kinswoman. Ritual masquerade are also used to cleanse/purify the land of epidemics or diseases outbreak in the land. Ritual masquerades do not dance; if they do (rarely, and to a limited extent), each step has meaning. Ritual masquerades are stationed: they do not travel. Perhaps they can go to war camps to fight the enemies. But they don’t travel. Most ritual masquerades are not supposed to be seen and/or touched by different kinds of people,...
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Your Orí is your greatest divinity.

Your Orí is your greatest divinity.  Before you came to earth, you chose your destiny through your Orí. When you honour it with Ìwúre (prayers), good character and truth, your path opens with ease. Listen to your Ori, feed it with gratitude and walk boldly in alignment with your purpose. Ori mi, má je n ṣàṣejù; má je n ṣàfèjú, jẹ́ kí n rí ire lónìí. My Ori, let me not act foolishly, let me not act blindly, let me meet goodness today.... Àṣẹ!!! Orí huuuuu Orí Olówó Orí Ọlọ́lá Orí òní ire gbogbo fún wa ó.... Àṣẹ!!! 
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