A Sunday worship with Ifa priest, Wande Abimbola

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A Sunday worship with Ifa priest, Wande Abimbola

Last week’s ascension to the Alaafin of Oyo throne by then Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade courted tremendous ruckus in Yorubaland. Why would an unseen Ifa deity and its cloudy, ancient system of divination choose an Alaafin? Implicated in the back-and-forth that followed was 92-year old Ògúnwán̄dé Abím̄bọ́lá, professor of Yoruba language and literature and one-time […]

A Sunday worship with Ifa priest, Wande Abimbola
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