Download or read book Awon Iya Orisa written by Paul Tuley and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human race arose in Africa. So did its earliest religious beliefs. Olodumare was once the creator of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria and yet, ever since he came down to Earth, worship of him and his pantheon spread all over the world. Now at last he tells his story, in his human and his spiritual form. Meet him and the orisas, spirits from before history and beyond this world and, as the future catches up with them, you too can meet the awesome powers and personalities of their world as they fight to make ours a better place. Steeped in the culture of West Africa, Awon Iya Orisa is a work of both faith and creative fiction. Rescuing a fascinating faith from neglect, Paul Tuley has woven together belief and imagination even as he has woven the depths of the past into the passions and perils of the present.

Download or read book Oriki Awon Orisa written by Obafemi Origunwa and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oriki Awon Òrìsà is a book and companion audio series by Fayemi Abidemi and Obafemi Origunwa. Visit www.ObafemiO.com to download the audio files. It is part of a larger multimedia curriculum that teaches the art and the practice of òrìsà lifestyle. Oríkì Awon Òrìsà is A LEARNING TOOL FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN PROPER WORSHIP. With materials in print, audio, video and online, Oríkì Awon Òrìsà is perfect for your personal shrine or as a temple worship and study guide. Visit www.ObafemiO.com for more resources.

Download or read book A New Alafia Ose Speaks Volume V written by CHIEF IYA NIFA OSUN MONIFE and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Alafia, Ose Speaks, Volume V, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the fifth of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Ose Speaks, Volume V, is also about how individuals will come to know that the blessings and the help of the Creator, Orisa and the Ancestors are readily available, through prayer and divination. The ability to succeed in life and have the peace of mind that comes from taking the mistakes out of life, by knowing the right choices. That is what this book, "A New Alafia" brings into your life. Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa has been interpreting the sacred Orisa Oduns for individuals for over 30 years. An excellent book which also contains spiritual remedies.Cover Art Illustration done by Don Mitchell.

Download or read book A New Alafia Irosun Speaks Volume IV written by CHIEF IYA NIFA OSUN MONIFE and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Alafia, Irosun Speaks, Volume IV, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the fourth of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Irosun Speaks, Volume IV, is also about how individuals will come to know that the blessings and the help of the Creator, Orisa and the Ancestors are readily available, through prayer and divination. The ability to succeed in life and have the peace of mind that comes from taking the mistakes out of life, by knowing the right choices. That is what this book, "A New Alafia" brings into your life. Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa has been interpreting the sacred Orisa Oduns for individuals for over 30 years. An excellent book which also contains spiritual remedies.Cover Art Illustration done by Don Mitchell.

Download or read book A New Alafia Osa Speaks Volume IX written by CHIEF IYA NIFA OSUN MONIFE and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Alafia, Osa Speaks, Volume IX, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the ninth of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Osa Speaks, Volume IX, is also about how individuals will come to know that the blessings and the help of the Creator, Orisa and the Ancestors are readily available, through prayer and divination. The ability to succeed in life and have the peace of mind that comes from taking the mistakes out of life, by knowing the right choices. That is what this book, "A New Alafia" brings into your life. Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa has been interpreting the sacred Orisa Oduns for individuals for over 30 years. An excellent book which also contains spiritual remedies.Cover Art Illustration done by Don Mitchell.

Download or read book A New Alafia Oyeku Speaks Volume XII written by CHIEF IYA NIFA OSUN MONIFE and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Alafia, Oyeku Speaks, Volume XII, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the twelfth of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Oyeku Speaks, Volume XII, is also about how individuals will come to know that the blessings and the help of the Creator, Orisa and the Ancestors are readily available, through prayer and divination. The ability to succeed in life and have the peace of mind that comes from taking the mistakes out of life, by knowing the right choices. That is what this book, "A New Alafia" brings into your life. Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa has been interpreting the sacred Orisa Oduns for individuals for over 30 years. An excellent book which also contains spiritual remedies.Cover Art Illustration done by Don Mitchell.

Download or read book A New Alafia Owonrin Speaks Volume XI written by CHIEF IYA NIFA OSUN MONIFE and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-07 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Alafia, Owonrin Speaks, Volume XI, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the eleventh of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Owonrin Speaks, Volume XI, is also about how individuals will come to know that the blessings and the help of the Creator, Orisa and the Ancestors are readily available, through prayer and divination. The ability to succeed in life and have the peace of mind that comes from taking the mistakes out of life, by knowing the right choices. That is what this book, "A New Alafia" brings into your life. Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa has been interpreting the sacred Orisa Oduns for individuals for over 30 years. An excellent book which also contains spiritual remedies.Cover Art Illustration done by Don Mitchell.

Download or read book A New Alafia Ogunda Speaks Volume III written by CHIEF IYA NIFA OSUN MONIFE and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Alafia, Ogunda Speaks, Volume III, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the third of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Ogunda Speaks, Volume III, is also about how individuals will come to know that the blessings and the help of the Creator, Orisa and the Ancestors are readily available, through prayer and divination. The ability to succeed in life and have the peace of mind that comes from taking the mistakes out of life, by knowing the right choices. That is what this book, "A New Alafia" brings into your life. Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa has been interpreting the sacred Orisa Oduns for individuals for over 30 years. An excellent book which also contains spiritual remedies.Cover Art Illustration done by Don Mitchell.

Download or read book Our Mothers Our Powers Our Texts written by Teresa N. Washington and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-27 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Washington writes supple and thoughtful prose and creatively integrates African and African-derived terminology, which never distract the reader. I consider Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts not only a brilliant study, but also a model to be emulated." —Ousseynou B. Traore, William Patterson University Àjé is a Yoruba word that signifies a spiritual power of vast potential, as well as the human beings who exercise that power. Although both men and women can have Àjé, its owners and controllers are women, the literal and cosmic Mothers who are revered as the gods of society. Because of its association with female power, its invisibility and profundity, Àjé is often misconstrued as witchcraft. However, as Teresa N. Washington points out in Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts, Àjé is central to the Yoruba ethos and cosmology. Not only does it underpin the concepts of creation and creativity, but as a force of justice and retribution, Àjé is essential to social harmony and balance. As Africans were forced into exile and enslavement, they took Àjé with them and continued its work of creating, destroying, harming, and healing in the New World. Washington seeks out Àjé’s subversive power of creation and re-creation in a diverse range of Africana texts, from both men and women, from both oral and contemporary literature, and across space and time. She guides readers to an understanding of the symbolic, methodological, and spiritual issues that are central to important works by Africana writers but are rarely elucidated by Western criticism. She begins with an examination of the ancient forms of Àjé in Yoruba culture, which creates a framework for innovative readings of important works by Africana writers, including Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Ben Okri, Wole Soyinka, Jamaica Kincaid, and Ntozake Shange. This rich analysis will appeal to readers of Africana literature, African religion and philosophy, feminist studies, and comparative literature.

Download or read book A Time of Troubles written by Oladele Olusanya and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIME OF TROUBLES descends on Yorubaland. Set in motion by the collapse of the old Oyo Empire, a hundred years of discord unfolds. It is a time of mayhem, social upheaval and slave raids as the Yoruba city-states are torn apart by fratricidal war. Warlords such as Oluyole, Ogunmola, Kurunmi and Ogedengbe, with their ‘war-boys,’ achieve power and infamy in their various theaters of war from Owu and Ijaiye to Kiriji. Caught up in the chaos are the author’s forebears, the Warrior from Ife, his son Solesi, the war-boy who came back home from capture and exile, and Baba Mamu who, tiring of war, takes solace in his cocoa farm. The story culminates in the bloody defeat of the Ijebus at Imagbon and the imposition of British rule over Yorubaland.

Download or read book Iyami Osoronga Divine Femininity written by Chief Fagbemileke Fatunmise and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is my prayer that all of you who read this text will be truly blessed as well as inspired! I appeal to you to learn the names of The Ancient Ancestral Mothers and be blessed; for, they promised they will bless anyone who knows their names; any one who call their names; they will bless any one who doable (put their Ori/Head) to the ground or floor in honor of them and receive your blessings. Do these things for all nations and generations know of them! I am in hopes that each of you will have a deeper insight and appreciation of Divine Feminine Energy (DFE) the Universal Ase of all existence. This is your opportunity to rise to another spiritual dimension and excel above Earthly Trappings. Give thanks to Yeye Osun for she is the first Iyami. She houses the Divine Feminine Energy in her sacred cauldron i.e. womb.

Download or read book African Oral Literature written by Howard James Jordan and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-10 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Oral Literature: Its Philosophical Thoughts Conveyed in Yuruba Society explores the ways that the Yoruba people of Nigeria have made remarkable contributions to the world’s civilization. Yoruba philosophical, religious tenets, artistic tenets, ideas, and icons have helped to transform religious beliefs and practices and the arts. When considering the study of Yoruba oral traditions, one learns how its philosophical concepts are the bases for an interpretation of what constitutes their aesthetic performance in art forms. This book introduces distinguished Yoruba cultural historians documenting the full spectrum, which extends beyond the visual art form. Through oral tradition, the effigy with its ako naturalism is not judged for its photographic realism, but for its efficacy within the context of the ako traditional ceremony, which is intended to make the end of this life and the beginning of the next one honorable and dignifying for one's parents where good will is needed by those still on earth. About the Author Howard James Jordan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948. He is a lifetime member of the following associations: The Buffalo Soldiers, 24th Infantry Regiment of New Jersey; The Buffalo Soldiers 9th & 10th Horse Cavalry Association of Baltimore, MD and Los Angeles, CA; Disabled American Veterans (DVA) and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dept. of New Jersey. Howard’s hobbies include writing, reading history, dancing, roller skating, horseback riding, traveling, wood carving, and painting. He also taught art in Nigeria Secondary Schools, was a research assistant at Nigerian University, and taught special education in Philadelphia Public Schools.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of African Religion written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 1582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Numerous titles focusing on particular beliefs in Africa exist, including Marcel Griaule′s Conversations with Ogotemmeli, but this one presents an unparallelled exploration of a multitude of cultures and experiences. It is both a gateway to deeper exploration and a penetrating resource on its own. This is bound to become the definitive scholarly resource on African religions." — Library Journal, Starred Review "Overall, because of its singular focus, reliability, and scope, this encyclopedia will prove invaluable where there is considerable interest in Africa or in different religious traditions." –Library Journal As the first comprehensive work to assemble ideas, concepts, discourses, and extensive essays in this vital area, the Encyclopedia of African Religion explores such topics as deities and divinities, the nature of humanity, the end of life, the conquest of fear, and the quest for attainment of harmony with nature and other humans. Editors Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama include nearly 500 entries that seek to rediscover the original beauty and majesty of African religion. Features · Offers the best representation to date of the African response to the sacred · Helps readers grasp the enormity of Africa′s contribution to religious ideas by presenting richly textured concepts of spirituality, ritual, and initiation while simultaneously advancing new theological categories, cosmological narratives, and ways to conceptualize ethical behavior · Provides readers with new metaphors, figures of speech, modes of reasoning, etymologies, analogies, and cosmogonies · Reveals the complexity, texture, and rhythms of the African religious tradition to provide scholars with a baseline for future works The Encyclopedia of African Religion is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in fields such as Religion, Africana Studies, Sociology, and Philosophy.

Download or read book Iyanifa Women of Wisdom written by Ayele Kumari and published by Ayele Kumari. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iyanifa means Mother of Wisdom or Mother of Ifa. It is the position of the High Priestess in the Ifa Orisha tradition . The Ifa Orisha tradition of Africa is thousands of years old and was so strong, it was able to survive the slave trade to go on in the new world. What didn't survive the slave trade ,but remained in Africa was the position of Iyanifa. In a world where women have lost much of their ancient mysteries to patriarchy and slavery, a tradition is presented here that went underground but did not die. Iyanifas, Iyami, and Queen mothers of Africa resurface now to continue a legacy for new generations across the globe. This book is a collection of stories, essays, and explorations of the position of Iyanifa and its resurgence in the Diaspora. Gleaned from the perspective of the elder mothers who broke the glass ceiling to reclaim the tradition , they share their divine wisdom teachings, candid personal experiences, joys, and growing pains drawn from their lives as Iyanifas and women in the tradition. This volume of work features authors such as Luisah Teish, Iyanla Vanzant, Aina Olomo and many other powerful healers, diviners, and counselors. It is offered as a gift to women in the tradition and to those interested in Woman’s and African Studies to explore the path of Iyanifa and to be a resource for years to come.

Download or read book Africa Wo Man Palava written by Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-04-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ogunyemi uses the novels to trace a Nigerian women's literary tradition that reflects an ideology centered on children and community. Of prime importance is the paradoxical Mammywata figure, the independent, childless mother, who serves as a basis for the postcolonial woman in the novels and in society at large. Ogunyemi tracks this figure through many permutations, from matriarch to writer, her multiple personalities reflecting competing loyalties. This sustained critical study counters prevailing "masculinist" theories of black literature in a powerful narrative of the Nigerian world.

Download or read book The Architects of Existence written by Teresa N. Washington and published by Oya's Tornado. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought written by Abiola Irele and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From St. Augustine and early Ethiopian philosophers to the anti-colonialist movements of Pan-Africanism and Negritude, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive view of African thought, covering the intellectual tradition both on the continent in its entirety and throughout the African Diaspora in the Americas and in Europe. The term "African thought" has been interpreted in the broadest sense to embrace all those forms of discourse - philosophy, political thought, religion, literature, important social movements - that contribute to the formulation of a distinctive vision of the world determined by or derived from the African experience. The Encyclopedia is a large-scale work of 350 entries covering major topics involved in the development of African Thought including historical figures and important social movements, producing a collection that is an essential resource for teaching, an invaluable companion to independent research, and a solid guide for further study.