Ifa

The oracle

Akindudu is the name we call ifa
Akatamaba is the name we call esu,
Long-pointed-stick-that-kills-a-hunter-from-the-farm
Is what we call sango
He who has sparse hair on the chest and goes around last year abandoned farm
Is what we call soponna
It is he who-rolls-them-on-the-ground that is the
Gate keeper of heaven,
He-who-rolls-them-on-the-ground, roll them on the ground
For me,
The sorcerers that wish me evil,
He-who-rolls-them-on-the-ground,
roll them on the ground for me,
The witches that wish me evil,
He-who-rolls-them-on-the-ground,
Roll them on the ground for me.

Reviews

[Master K-tops]

Wow! If you live in Kano,how do you know about any Ifa or Yoruba deity praise? Anyway, it is a good poem,my fellow Naija boy.

[ayosonolowo]

Thanks alot, ... K-top

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Excellent read and write, David

[ayosonolowo]

Thanks for dropping by to grace my poem
i really appreciat

[Sami Khalil]

What an oracle. I thought they were in Delphi of ancient Greece but obviously in Nigeria...Splendid...:)

[ayosonolowo]

Hmmm, you make me smile,
thank you.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)