Cultural Expressions Guestbook 2001

Could I have further information about Ifà centers in Nigeria or other countries in Afrika. Your sincerely Jesus Cisneros

Thanks for site..... precisamos muito deste tipo de informações, sou um estudioso da cultura Africana e principalmente no Brasil. Agradeceria se me enviassem atualizações.

I have only read the Ifa site so far and like it very much. I will be back to read more. Could you post author's name on the pages so if I quote I can credit? I very much liked the description of sacrifice related to time and change, for example. Mode pue Ire

Very refreshing and easy to navigate. I really like your site and will visit again.I am a Caucasian Babalawo practicing in Chicago. Best Wishes

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Great web pag. It helped me a lot in the paper I had to write.

Travelers please vist your sisters page . I have a list server that you can announce all your upcoming masonic events. Keep looking to the east , and God Bless

Today I was feeling particularly lost so I wore my traditional attire. For some reason it always helps me overcome some of my home-sickness.Am from Kenya. I happened to land on your website and suddenly I felt much better. Although I didn't find what I was looking for, am confident you've done a good job. I just wish next time I will be able to get some information if I need it. It would be a good idea for you to put information on other African communities apart from the West Africans. Am sure there is alot for the world to learn from this website.

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I am a publicist/writer who recently was initiated as a Yoruba priest. I was looking for more information on the religion and came across your site. It is awesome -- well-constructed and informative. It gave me ideas for my clients. I especially liked the effects used for Sango, Baba Mi!

As an elected African American member of a school board this site is so very helpful when doing research that leads to education of others serving with me who are not African American and thus need to be educated on the realities and complexities of African American life in the USA.

I found this page while I was looking for information of Bembe and Regla de Ocha religion for my homework for school and I was tremendly surprised when I found this fantastic page full of interesting and very specific information about this. I recommend everyboy to listen whatever of the song that are available into it, they will bring you to another place.

This site is full of information...It was recommended to me by a friend..and I will be sure to pass it along. Keep up the good work.

This website is awesome--with excellent information!

HOLLA

holla yo this site was hot

If anyone can help, I'm looking to see a babalawo for myself. If you can read my problems, I'd like if you can help me resolve them. Email me please.

SE ALAFIA NI O ?.KEEP UP WITH THE GOOD WORK .IFA A GBE WA O. YOURS ENIKODUNMO

Greetings and Blessings. My name is Baba Ifabgamila. I am trying to locate my Godfather Chief Awopeju Bogunmbe. He is living in Oyo State in Nigeria. I am afraid that I lost contact with him, a number of years ago. If anyone happens to have his address and/or telephone number, I would be very grateful. Thanking you my brothers and sisters in Ifa.

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Really awesome site you've got here. Very well done. I've sent the link to some friends to check out! Regards, Harold

Ache y Alafia.. Beautiful page, well written and very informative. Modopue y Odabo. Oshuniyi

I would like to thank everyone involved in this site. It makes me proud to see sites like this one. My religion Santeria, needs to become more united. I know that we are all over the world. Please place me in your guestbook. Ache to all those beautiful babalochas out there, I hope my message reaches each one of you. Just one simple advise "lets not give the world the pleasure to keep endangering us, if you practice the religion do it with love in your heart".

I am looking for a more precise translation of a dance/drum-song popularized by Pearl Primus. The title is - Fanga Alafia and I have three verses that go like this: 1. ) Fanga A Lafiya - Ashe- Ashe (x4) Ashe-Ashe-Ashe-Ashe Fanga A Lafiya- Ashe-Ashe 2.) Ikabo A Lafiya - Ashe - Ashe (x4) Ashe-Ashe-Ashe-Ashe Ikabo A Lafiya - Ashe-Ashe 3.) Ellugua A Lafiya- Ashe-Ashe (x4) Ashe-Ashe-Ashe-Ashe Ellegua A Lafiya- Ashe- Ashe Note: The spellings are irregular, "Ashe"/"Ase", "Alafia"/"A Lafiya" are two variants. I've been told that this is merely a dance of welcome/blessing; but it looks like more than that to me. What is the mention of "Elegua" in the third verse? I've also run into suggestions that there is a connection with Shango... I would deeply appreciate any help in understanding this song/hymn/dance. Thank you, Emyth@mindspring.com

modupe modupe modupe this is a very beautiful site and very informative please add me on to your guestbook. odobo

i am really impressed by this act of self discovery for an almost lost race. please, can you send me info. on how to get more materials on ifa and links in the u.k

It is good to see these sites up and online, however I don't understand the slam against the Ifa Foundation, which has some very good points, like it or not. As an interracial, I've been told that I am not "pure enough" to be involved with Santeria; I can't speak the language, and I don't know the rhythms, therefore I am not "true" or what have you. I find this cruel and elitist, which is what makes any belief abominable. Please don't fall into that trap. Having the "right" color skin and knowing the language back and front doesn't make anymore more pure than anyone else.

Aboru Aboya to all involved with this guestbook; good to see your guests seem to be unaffected by The Ifa Foundation madness which has infected the masses. Ashe elese Agboniregun to all those who know the true path of Odu. From Oluo Ifalasa Omolodu living and laboring in Orunmila's name in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Maferefun Orunmila Eleri Ipin Ibikeji Olodumare To Iban Eshu she ni mowgba di oluku dara. (212) 979- 1770. Adabo Abure!!!

Greetings from TheBlackList Information List. Keep on Keeping On! Thanks for doing your part to satisfy our need to KNOW. Kwasi Akyeampong moderator

Thank you for this selfless service towards the emancipation of the black race and more importantly, healing the world.

I REALLY ENJOY DIVERSITY AND APPRECIATE OTHER CULTURES I REALLY DID ENJOY THE WEBSITE. PLEASE SEND ME MORE INFO.

Wonderful site!

This is a truly wonderful and informative site. One of the only ones that distinguish between the Christian ethos and Nigerian deities and ethics. Others I have seen have failed to realize that Nigerians already had an excellent moral code and guide into spirituality. They did not require the Europeans to teach them how to live and worship. As fewer and fewer Nigerians choose to continue the old religion in favour of the false mysticism of the bible. Your website is gives me some assurance that there are still some Nigerians out there who have not been taken in. Nigerian culture consisting of its ancestral spirits and clans is very old thousands of years predating that of their colonial European overlords. We should never forget the role that we have played in the creation of the civilization and socialization humanity. We were there at the begining along with the ancient Egyptians cfeating art, literature, architecture, cosomology and textiles and this is our greatest legacy to humankind.

African American Author Seeking Bookstores & Presentation.. I am the author of two nonfiction books you and your readers will find very interesting. You can obtain detail information from my publishers concerning distribution and etc. (Or just e-mail me) 1st. book: RETURN OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ( The true experiences of an American born Black man who traveled to and lived in Ghana, West Africa, for eleven years, 1965/76..) Please direct inquires to Ms. Cathy DeGregory of Marketing/Sales at; novascil@aol.com of Nova Science Publishers Inc. Second book: WHAT'S A COMMIE EVER DONE TO BLACK PEOPLE? (Author's Korean war memoir) Contact: Ms. Virginia Tomlinson Marketing Assistant McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson North Carolina 28640 E-mail: mcfarland@SkyBest.Com PS: my personal website>> http://home.talkcity.com/BookmarkBlvd/kojoman/MySankofa.html Sincerely. Curtis James "Kojo" Morrow the Author.

Se Alfia Ni Baba Falofin Adupe much for your inclusion of my site (African Spiritual Dimensions) in your related sites list. We will definitely be talking more soon. I also would like for you to give me some feedback on the site. Aboru, Aboye, Abosise Awotunde

Aláfia-Fun Baba Falofin, Baba Ifa Alafia Sango, Baba Ifa Tosin Billy Bongo, Iyalorisa Amma Oloriwaa Aboru, Aboye, Congratulations, for the WEB and for offering the humanity with such important knowledge. Are impassioned by the music (orín) of Orìràs, we would like to open our site with its music, for that we want its permission, as well as, to acquire CD's. Modupe! Aboru, Aboye, Abosise Bruno T'Odé

Alafia! Thank you so very much for offering this site! I absolutely love it. Peace and many blessings. Ase, Odabo

Neat page thanks 4 sharing!

I HAVE ENJOY YOUR WEB PAGE

Alaafia gbogbo Iworo, I have love the work that this good ifa priest has done from the very beginning and it is my hope that we will continue to show our support with giving him articles and thing to post in this site. Continued success ASE PUPO. Idigba O Iwori wofun

Alaafia-Abure, We are grateful for your contribution in forging the way for Orisa during these revolutionary times, wherever it takes us. We share the charge to acknowledge the Ase in whatever manner Orisa manifests in each of us. Aboru-Aboye, Dr.D'Haifa Odufora Ifatogun, (Chief Iya Araba-Agbaye)

I stumbled on this web site (although not all that accidental) and I am very very happy about it that we now have a site where we can learn more, and promote our cultural heritage. I would like Opon Ayo to be added to this site so that we can entertain and relax with the game(s) we can truly call our own. E jowo ki e bawa fi opon ayo si ori i internet, Oduduwa a tiyin leyin, Eledua a fun-un yin se. Ase! E mi ni tiyin Bolaji.

Please keep this beautiful civilisation up, that dated back to the time of the Yorubas of the atlantis and ancient egyptians up till now. Long live forever and forever!!!!

hotep

The site is cool and resourceful. Keep it up, cause I'll be back!!

YOUR WEBSITE WAS VERY SOURCEFUL for my education! Thanks

Thank you for the music and knowledge

Se Alafia Ni Baba Falofin Just stopping by, and as usual, the site is the bomb! I would also like to ask those posting to visit my site (above) dedicated to African spirituality, and Ifa in particular. Ase, Ase, Ase O!

Please, if you hava any information on my sign please e-mail me or post on site. my sign is Ika Bara

I like to thank you for this web site on ifa. I've resently just got into ifa and appreciate your info and it helps me to connet to ansetors, and understand what I lost and so dearly need to make a whole spirit in the I eye of Oludumare. Peace and 1 love

I feel fortunate to have your, and other websites, inform- ing me of the Truth. Thank You very much!

Thank You.

Thank you for this great site. I have been looking for a site in English to introduce my students to West African religios beliefs. Most sites are in Portuguese. Great creation story. Alafia

Hello Baba Alafia!!! : ) Do you know this site has been on my bookmark list, and my start up page for the longest time, and duhh I never knew this was you site!!! : ) Not until I heard the mojuba in the song gallery did I pick it up. Well can't help it if I'm a little slow!!! : ) Ohkay well just wanted to drop a line, and let you know I frequently visit. Love Ya, Aina : )

Your Website is awesome, by far the one that I have enjoy visting the most.

Fa'lofin, I'm very impressed with your website. I truly enjoyed my journey through your pages. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to know of your existence.

I really love your site. It's flavor-filled creation, mission and presence was a great and enlightning journey for me. Thanks for the trip!

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, and again, wonderful. I have been uplifted. Thank you

It is a great site! I found it very interesting and diverse - I'll keep check back for new listings and refer it to my friends! Thanks for the experience...
Other guests please feel free to e-mail me or visit my website www.theblackside.com - I love to hear what people think... Thanks...

Aboru, Aboye, Abosise baba Falofin I noticed some new things graphics wise on the site. You are doing quite and exccellent. Know for a surety that your site has caused many omo Oduduwa to return to tradtion. You have my 1000% support on all that you do. Hope to talk to you soon. E ku se Odabo Awotunde

Alafia! What a completely beautiful site....I got lost in the beauty of it all. Congratulations on gathering and presentin the knowledge in such a beautiful way. I came here to find a way to link up with you, to talk about my trips to Cuba to study AfroCuban Folkloric dancing, drumming, and singing. I have an article up on AfroCuba Web, if anyone is interested. Meanwhile, I'm going to go and loose myself again in your beautiful site.....I'm a fresh iyawo right now, and I'm loving how new information just seems to find it's way to me. Modupue-o! Keep up the good work.

I have a copy of some pages from a book. The pages are 270-282 and it deals with man creation and the Orisha. On page 270 Afa Ojo(She who commands Rain) is in big print. I an looking for the book this came from. If you have any information please email me. willie_cambell@hotmail.com THanks

Hello, I really Enjoyed this site. It made me more aware of African History. If anyone has more information about Willie Lynch, Please email it to me. thanks!!!

I love this site. Yemoja and Olokun and Ogun were especially nice. 

"Touch ground Kiss Hand" Alaafia Oyotunji, Alaafia Kabiyesi.I was just wondering who was it that made such a nice site for Oyotunji.

Hello! My name is Zura, I am 29 year old man. I work at the University as a pro-rector, also at one of the foreign organizations. This is a great site! I WISH TO MAKE NEW GOOD FRIENDS! If anybody wnats to know me, please e-mail me and visit my web site. Sincerely, Zura.

Alafia-This is a message from Ifa Tosin aka Billy Bungo: OKANRAN WORI: Ela tu u, Ela di i; A difa fun Orunmila. Won ni awon enti o ba wo, Gbogbo won ni yo sin. Meaning: Ela looses it; Ela binds it. Declared oracle for Orunmila, saying that the patients he treats will receive complete cure. PRAYERS FOR ORI: Ela ro (3x's)-Ela please descend...Ori mo pe o (3x's)-Ori I call on you... Ori me gbe mi. Ori mi la mi. Gbemi atete niran. Gbemi atete gbeni ku foosa. Ori nii gbe ni. Alawo, kii se oosa. Meaning: Support me my Ori. Make me prosperous, my Ori. Ori is man's supporter before deities.

Hetepu, Thank you so much for your informative site. Hetepu (Peace and Blessings)

Se Alafia ani Owa. An excellent web site and valuable accomplishment! I am proud to see my friend and brother, Baba Ifa Tosin Billy Bongo, significantly involved, for he was ALWAYS destined to be apart of great works. May the Almighty Divine Spiritual Forces continue to fortify you all and maintain your good works. Ase. Odabo.

Se Alafia Ni? I really enjoyed this site. The music was an extra bonus. Modupe-O!!!

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I really enjoyed the various orisha sites!! Osun's site made me laugh with delight as she slipped mysteriously away and then back again! Osun is my Mother and Obatala my Father...Bravo!! a wonderful site! Aurora

Great Site!!

for the person looking for more ifa material check out the the book[ La geomancie L'ancienne cote des esclaves] the author 's name is Bernard Maupoil. an excellent book but is written in French

I love you writings. I have just nearly completed the small red Cuban IFA book into English. I has taken awhile because each page have to be past by Orumula. The Cuban cross with Yoruba is not quick os you woud think. I am not copywriting it because it is God's and Orula's works. I has some stories , sulutions, and works so that an English Olwo can undersand. I was hoping that if it was good. that some who would buy it to send the money to th poor hungry priest whom help to make it, I willl help them get good food and help you weak Goddaugther. This the shout red bood book, only 256+ pagers I don't want others to learn the way I have to, Please give me you thoughts. The book is for Olwo's and Preist and Preistist love to all. Emi OmoKan "Koosha Leri" Omo Obatala "Ewin Leti" Awo de Orumila "Ogbe Sa" IFA "Aladora" Kuanaldo "Osa Wori"

Alafia, Your website is a work of art and a wealth of information for those of us who are neophytes in the religon. I pray that Olodumare will continue to bless you through Ifa and that this very valuable work will continue. Ase.

Name: iyalosasongonjoko
Email:www.iyalosasongonjoko@hotmail.com
Location: dallas, tx usa
Date: Saturday, January 13, 19101 at 06:05:36
Comments:

KAWO KABIYESI.EKU'SE.MODUPE FOR YOUR WEBSITE.I AM INTERESTED IN RECEIVING EMAIL FROM ALL ABORISA-TRADITIONAL AND DIASPORIC.I AM BLESSED TO HAVE FOUND THIS SITE THIS MORNING.BLESSINGS TO YOUR ANCESTORS.SUCCESS TO YOUR LINEAGE.ABORU,ABOYE,ABOISSE.IRE-O.

Name: Willie J Spencer Jr.
Email:sirwilli@bellsouth.net
Location: Valdosta, Ga U.S.A
Date: Thursday, January 11, 19101 at 23:37:18
Comments:

Thanks so much for the informative site. May God bless all of you.

Name: RASHEEDAH
Email:aupton@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us
Date: Thursday, January 11, 19101 at 10:30:47
Comments:

I'm looking for a "Yourba Community" in my area, to further my "Lifepath". Northern Calif. Thank You Ashey Rasheedah

Name: Joel DeBoer
Email:joeldeboer@hotmail.com
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Date: Monday, January 8, 19101 at 13:56:39
Comments:

Thanks so much for the informative site. How about a list of recommended reading on Ifa? (Such as Bascomb and Neimark, et cetera.) Beautiful work. Thank you. Aboru aboya abosise!

Name: ROW
Email:ROWW1919@HOTMAIL.COM
Location: ASHBURN, VA U.S.A
Date: Saturday, January 6, 19101 at 16:20:49
Comments:

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY INFORMATIVE SITE. I, BORN IN N.Y TO CUBAN PARENTS, WAS JUST STUMBLING THORUGH THE SUBJECT ON THE INTERNET TO SEE WHAT COULD POSSIBLE BE OUT THERE ON THE SUBJECT OF YORUBA RELIGION (YOU KNOW THAT WE CALL IT SANTERIA). I KNOW THAT OVER THE CENTURIES CUBANS HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THIS ORIGINAL AFRICAN RELIGION. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THIS SITE HAD THAT MUCH INFO TO SHARE. ESPECIALLY, THAT YOU EVEN INCLUDED THE SONGS AND LYRICS, TO WHICH I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE LYRICS. I DONT KNOW WHO ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE INFO PROVIDED. MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND PLEASE CARRY ON WITH INFORMING THE PUBLIC TO THIS OLD ANCIENT WAY OF LIFE THAT WE STILL SHARE TO THIS DAY.

Name: The Drum Doctor
Email:Emccants3@aol.com
Location: Flint, MiDate: Friday, January 5, 19101 at 10:19:22
Comments:

Alafia BaBa Of course we are visiting the link again. In case you don't remember, we met at the reading of the Year in Cleveland. I build and repair the drums. Send me an email when you put the djembe in the mail. I'll hook it up for you so that it'll be rollin'!! Thanks for the information that you put out for aleroes. I was also very pleased about the articles that upput on the thesis link; they are pretty informative. If I put enough of my journal articles together to make a paper, I'll send it to you to be published. Adabo, Elliott

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