The Yoruba religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), West African Orisa (Òrìṣà), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice...

The Yoruba people (/ˈjɒrʊbə/ YORR-uub-ə; Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts...

Volta–Niger language family Yoruba alphabet, a Latin alphabet used to write in the Yoruba language Yoruba religion, West African religion Yorubaland, the region...

Distinctive cultural norms prevail in Yorubaland and among the Yoruba people. The Yoruba are said to be religious people, but they are also pragmatic and...

religions of North America. Most modern practitioners of these religions in the Americas do not speak or understand Yoruba; instead, they use Yoruba words...

often personified as an Orisha in its own right. It is believed by the Yoruba religion that human beings are able to heal themselves both spiritually and...

in Yoruba religion in one way or another.) The most prevalent West African religions, both in Africa and the Americas, are likely those of the Yoruba people...

is present in Yoruba religion, Santería, Haitian Vodou, West African Vodun, and the folk religion of the Gbe people. In Yoruba religion, Ogun is a primordial...

orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such...

Èṣù is a pivotal Òrìṣà/Irúnmọlẹ̀ in the Yoruba spirituality or Yoruba religion known as ìṣẹ̀ṣe. Èṣù is a prominent primordial Divinity (a delegated Irúnmọlẹ̀...