OmoEkofa (young children who study Ifa)

10 yr old young Awo of Babalawo in northern Oyo State, Nigeria, reciting Ifa poetry (students as young as 4yrs old) - the Ifa Corpus. The Odu Ifa are arranged in 16 major chapters with an additional 240 minor chapters making a collections of 256 Odu Ifa chapters or the wisdom of Olodumare (God the Creator) in 256 containers of sacred wisdom/knowledge delivered to mankind in the form of ancient parables. It is said that each of the containers has no less then 1,500 stories per container in 256 places, the wisdom / knowledge of the Yoruba Traditional Religion called Ifa, is vast and beyond any one humans mind capacity.
Ifa Philosophy is still very much an oral tradition with a collective of knowledge dating back over 10,000 years from the creation of Human kind and even the creation of this Universe.

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• Ifa
• wisdom
• knowledge
• ancient
• religion
• yoruba
• nigeria
• poetry
• ATR
• Olodumare

[neosinister]

A se!

If you understood what he was saying you wouldnt be making light of it. The kid has more wisdom at his age than you could ever hope for in your lifetime.

[omoibile]

I LISTENED TO THIS IFA SAYINGS AND PREDICTION IS BAFFLING AT 0:19 - 0:30. THERE IFA REFERED TO WHITE MEN AS HIS GREAT CHILDREN OF HAPPY SOUL ACROSS THE OCEAN, WITH WONDERFUL WORKS THAT CAN'T BE DESTROYED (adifa fun Oyinbo omo adunlokan...omo ... : ti ba won gbe eti oya, Ara ti oyinbo da ole baje o... ) I DON'Y KNOW MUCH ABOUT IFALOGY. COULD THIS BE A TRUE ODU IFA ? ARE WHITES REALLY RECOGNISED BY IFA OR OYINBO REFERED TO BY IFA ARE OTHER AFRICANS OF LIGHTER SKINNED COLOUR?

[4Kehinde]

The Odu Ifa make no mention of Caucasians, the text existed before Caucasians when all humans were African. The confusion you see is a formality among West Africans that consists of flattery. It is not that they think higher of foreigners but that it is polite to flatter them. You will find this formality in the opening of many African epics transcribed by foreignors, who later became aware that it was simply an expression of welcome.

[4Kehinde]

The Odu Ifa make no mention of Caucasians, the text existed before Caucasians well all humans were African. The confusion you see is a formality among West Africans that consists of flattery. It is not that they think higher of foreigners but that it is polite to flatter them. You will find this formality in the opening of many African epics transcribed by foreignors, who later became aware that it was simply an expression of welcome.

[orisala]

@seunbballoo7 aseoooooooo!!!!!

[MrSocool07]

aww look at d baby gold

[DEBOEFOREVER]

All i can say is wow. I am in tears, the way he recited those verses, it would take some of us years to not only recite but understand. Bless the orishas that walk with us consistently.

[kunkuma]

Please how can I locate these kids. I really will like to meet them. I will be going to Nigeria next month. I appreciate young people with great interest in culture.

[Kaydante]

@PermanentWater Can you write in yoruba

[PermanentWater]

Ogbe yeku baba amulu

ori o gbo

ori ato

oko omidan

a difa fun oyinbo

The white man will be Great, Ifa has spoken.

[Spongyb]

Yoruba baby adorned in gold jewelleries and precious real coral beads as his forefathers.