She Called Me Today & Lit Up My Whole Entire World... I LOOOOOVE This Iya, This Woman: TRUE PRIEST, TRUE HEART, TRUE SPIRIT!!!! Eeeeeeeeepa Orisa, IyanIfa ati IyalOoosa!! This is My Beautiful and Skilled IyanIfa and IyalOrisa: Iya Lola Iya Oyelola Ajibola Elebuibons Bio is Written By: Ifayemisi Elebuibon Minor Edits By: IfaSeyi Bamigbala Iyalorisa Oyelola Ajibola Elebuibon was born in Ede town near Osogbo in Osun State Nigeria, to late Mr and Mrs Ajibola. She got her primary school education in Togo but came back to Nigeria to complete it and later proceed to Ede muslim grammar School for her high school education. Oyelola is a musician, an actress and a priestess of Ifa and several Orisas. She is the current Head Priestess of Obatala or Iya Oosa for the City of Osogbo in Osun State, Nigeria. Iya Oyelola fluently speaks Yoruba and English. Singing and acting has been part of her life as she started acting and singing on stage since in her high school days with the group she founded with few of her colleagues. She later joined Olokun Asorodayo, a group lead by Chief Yemi Elebuibon. She has featured in several Nigerian Yoruba movies. As an Officiant of a multitude of Traditional Yoruba Ceremonies, Iya Lola has amazing depth of knowledge of Ifa Chants, Verses and Healing Rituals. She is also the co-owner and curator of Onibuaje Art Gallery where she maintains a fine and expansive collection of antique and contemporary Traditional Yoruba Spiritual artifacts (for practitioners and collectors). Her Family Orisa is Osun in which her paternal grandmother was the priestess. She is initiated into Obatala and Olokun. In 2009 she released her first two musical albums entitled Oba Omi (King of River ), Olokun and Osun and Esin O Fa Ja ( Religion Does Not Cause Crisis) for Ifa. She released the third album entitled Tribute to Obatala in 2011. She is married to Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon the present Araba of Osogbo and blessed with beautiful children. **If you are interested in acquiring any Ifa educational media (CDs, DVDs etc.), spiritual artifacts or tools from Iya Lolas Onibuaje Art Gallery please inbox me or Ifayemisi Elebuibon (both on facebook). In the Photo: Iya Lola is paying homage to various Orisas or Spirits as she regularly devotes herself to several days of each week.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:41:47 +0000
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