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  • Yoruba Mythology: Stories of the Orisa from West Africa and the Diaspora

    Yoruba Mythology: Stories of the Orisa from West Africa and the Diaspora - Hardcover

    Yoruba Mythology: Stories of the Orisa from West Africa and the Diaspora - Hardcover

    By Ayodeji Ogunnaike

About Ayodeji Ogunnaike Books

Ayodeji Ogunnaike, PhD is the Assistant Professor or African Religions and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in the Globalization of African Religion and Yoruba Mythology at McGill University. His research focuses on Yoruba orisa worship in Nigeria but also Islam in African, Christianity in Africa, and diaspora religions--Brazilian Candomblé in particular. He studied Ifa divination with a high priest in Nigeria and is the author of Forms of Worship: How Orisa Worship Became Religion in Nigeria and Brazil (2026). He lives in Montreal, Canada.