Babaaláwo or Babalawo in West Africa (Babalao in Caribbean and South American Spanish and Babalaô in Brazilian Portuguese) literally means "father of secrets"...
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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...
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Akose Babalawo prepares spiritual medicines recipes received from ancestral spirits for healing and removal of curses...
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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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oracles made up by 16 symbols with 256 = 16 x 16. An initiated priest, or Babalawo, who had memorized oracles, would request sacrifice from consulting clients...
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Pierre Verger (category Babalawos)
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...
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Opele (category Babalawos)
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...
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Wande Abimbola (category Babalawos)
Àgbàyé in 1981 by the Ooni of Ife on the recommendation of a conclave of Babalawos of Yorubaland. Abimbola received his first degree in history from University...
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the Yoruba title for Mother of mysteries & the female equivalent of a Babalawo. While Iyaláwo and Ìyánífá are often used interchangeably, the terms have...
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