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Learn Ifá from a lineage of six generations of babaláwo
Start with one Odù of Ifá for $40: 2 full lessons in the Ọlúwo’s voice.
The practice room
The Ọlúwo recites. You repeat.
And it isn’t only the old method: it is the best there is for learning Ifá. You learn it by hearing and repeating, or you don’t learn it.
Abẹ́òkúta, Nigeria
Six generations of babaláwo
What is taught here comes from one house: six generations of babaláwo in Abẹ́òkúta, father to son, unbroken.
The practice room
The Ọlúwo recites. You repeat.
And it isn’t only the old method: it is the best there is for learning Ifá. You learn it by hearing and repeating, or you don’t learn it.
We don’t know of another app that teaches Ifá this way.
That’s how every lesson sounds. Each odù has 2, with the Ọlúwo’s audio, the Yorùbá text and its translation.
See the odùThat’s how every verse reads from the inside. You choose where to start.
Choose my odùWhat is inside
Every Odù of Ifá comes with 2 full lessons, each with its audio, its text and its translation.
Verse-by-verse lessons
The Yorùbá text, its translation, and the Ọlúwo’s voice aligned line by line.
Practice room
Two modes: repeat in the pauses the Ọlúwo leaves, or record yourself and hear your voice beside the master’s.
Memorization
Pick the verses you want to retain and they come back to you spaced over time, until they stick.
Community
A place to ask questions and keep company with others studying the same thing. It comes with the subscription, and subscribers keep it for good even after they cancel.
And inside every lesson
Every lesson opens into the parts it is studied through in the tradition. Not all of them carry the six: the song and the work arrive when the verse calls for them.
ÀṢẸ IFÁ
The message of Ifá: what the verse comes to say.
ẸBỌ
Ritual.
IṢẸ́ IFÁ
The work of Ifá, when the verse carries one.
ẸSẸ IFÁ
The verse. It is what the Ọlúwo recites and what you repeat.
ORIN
The song of the verse, when it has one.
ÌTÀN
The story of the verse — where it comes from and who it happened to.
The sixteen Ojú Odù
This is what you study
Ifá is ordered into sixteen Ojú Odù. Their combinations yield 256, and each one holds its verses, the stories they come from and the message they carry. Every Odù of Ifá you study in the academy is one of them.
- Ogbè
- Ọ̀yẹ̀kú
- Ìwòrì
- Òdí
- Ìrosùn
- Ọ̀wọ́nrín
- Ọ̀bàrà
- Ọ̀kànràn
- Ogúndá
- Ọ̀sá
- Ìká
- Òtúrúpọ̀n
- Òtúrá
- Ìrẹtẹ̀
- Ọ̀ṣẹ́
- Òfún
What is taught here comes from one house: six generations of babaláwo in Abẹ́òkúta, father to son, unbroken.
How it works
From here to studying, in three steps
You pick your odù
Buy the odù you want — one by one or as a pack — or subscribe and receive them month by month.
You pay with Stripe
By card, in US dollars. If you don’t have an account yet, you create it right there — it’s the same one you’ll use in the app.
You study them in the app
Download the app for free and sign in with that same account. The lessons, the practice room and memorization all live there.
You can start with a single odù.
No commitment: buy the odù you want, and it is yours to keep.
One odù
$40
One Odù of Ifá — 2 full lessons.
Pack of 4
$120
4 odù, 8 lessons, yours to keep. That is $30 per odù — you save $40 compared with buying them one by one.
Best value
Monthly subscription
$100/month
The same 8 lessons as the pack (4 odù) every month, but at $25 per odù: the lowest price there is.
When buying, the more odù you take, the less each one costs: from $40 for the first down to $30. You choose which. The subscription goes lower still, but only while it is active.
There is also an account maintenance fee of $20 a year. You are not charged for the year you sign up: your first fee is due in January of the following year. If it goes unpaid, access is paused — nothing is deleted, and it all comes back the moment you settle up.
All sales are final, and refunds are not available. All content you purchase is yours to keep.
Get started
Payment by Stripe. Prices are in US dollars (USD).
Questions before you buy? Write to us and we will answer.
Email: adeleyetemple@gmail.comWhatsApp: +1 (786) 906-3148On video
Ifá at the academy and the temple
Moments from the academy and the temple, and Babaláwo Okanbi talking about Ifá.
Learn Ifá by Ear: The Ọlúwo Recites, You Repeat | Adeleye Ifá Academy
Practice lives in the app
The lessons, the practice room and memorization are all in the app. Download it free and sign in with the same account.
Tap your phone’s store and the download begins.
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