Babaaláwo or Babalawo in West Africa (Babalao in Caribbean and South American Spanish and Babalaô in Brazilian Portuguese) literally means "father of secrets"...

Ifá is organised as an initiatory tradition, with an initiate called a babaláwo or bokɔnɔ. Traditionally, these are all-male, although women have been...

Orisha of Wisdom, knowledge, and Divination, is the creator of Ifá and Babalawo concept. He is a high priest of Ifá. Following the categories developed...

the Yoruba title for Mother of mysteries & the female equivalent of a Babalawo. While Iyaláwo and Ìyánífá are often used interchangeably, the terms have...

African and Afro-American religions, notably in Ifá and Yoruba tradition. A Babalawo (diviner) uses the Opele in order to communicate with the deity of wisdom/knowledge...

Akose Babalawo prepares spiritual medicines recipes received from ancestral spirits for healing and removal of curses...

in Salvador, Brazil) was a photographer, self-taught ethnographer, and babalawo (Yoruba priest of Ifà) who devoted most of his life to the study of the...

that dates to AD 800–1000. Ifá priests and priestesses bear the titles Babalawo for men and Iyanifa for women. Priests and priestesses of the varied Orisha...

Awo may refer to: Awo, Nigeria Babalawo Iyalawo AWO (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Awo. If an internal...

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