African Proverbs

  • Friends

    When you know who his friend is, you know who he is - Senegal
  • Home/House

    The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people - Ashanti
  • Listen

    Always listen.  Be careful when you speak because the bush has ears - Guyana
  • Knowledge

    Knowledge is like a garden: if its not cultivated, it cannot be harvested-Guinea
  • Random Proverbs

    • Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots.
    • By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.

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Opon Ifa

Hotep, Alaafia, Welcome to the house of Oba Femi Fayemi. Feel free to browse the contents of this site. I have labored to bring the best of our culture to the public from my experiences as a priest of Ifa. This site will be updated periodically with content and news of my whereabouts, so come visit frequently. If you would like more information on topics discussed or would like to book me for a speaking engagement, please use the form on the contact page and send me a message. All efforts will be taken to respond in a timely manner. So sit back and enjoy the site. Ashe!

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Who Is Sambo?Who Is Sambo? A Journey of Lessons reveals diversities, social stereotypes, and negative attitudes African-Americans have toward one another. The core of the story lets us revisit and understand the genesis of self-hate harbored deep within our minds. Written not just out of need to expose injustices and horrors that occurred in African-American ancestry during chattel slavery, Who Is Sambo? A Journey of Lessons offers an opportunity for blacks and non-blacks to view the conscious and unconscious self-hate African-Americans struggle and overcome in order to prosper and allow a genuine and sincere respect for self as well as others.

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What is Ifa?

Ogboni“The study of universal truth and the wisdom of nature is called Ifa.” It is a beautiful system of morality that teaches good gentle character (Iwa pele & Iwa rere) veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, articulated by science, expressed through nature and whose language is mathematics.

 

 

 

 

 

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