CELEBRATING IFÁ WISDOM
Oduduwa Europe is an expert in authentic Yoruba culture and the European partner of the Centre of Yoruba Traditional Culture Nigeria.
Cultural Centre
The Oduduwa Europe research and educational centre operates under the auspices of the Centre of Yoruba Traditional Culture Nigeria, headed by the notable Adéṣínà Síkírù Sàlámì – Bàbá King, Ph.D., the author of several reference works on the Yorubas. The centre’s programme focuses primarily on Yoruba social and religious practices.
The Oduduwa Europe archive with its core focus on Yoruba oral literature and art is a documentation centre for primary source materials, including a prestigious collection of authentic Yoruba orality.
Publishing House
The Oduduwa Europe is an independent international publisher that promotes books with thematic emphases on Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Yorubaland and the Yorubas.
The publishing house promotes distinguished authors in the fields of the humanities, social sciences and arts.
Our publications are the result of decades’ worth of scientific collaboration between Europe and Nigeria and are intended for the scientific community as well as for readers broadly interested in the subject.
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bares in its denomination a name of the Yoruba deity Odùduwà who is considered the supreme descendant of the Supreme Being Elédùnmarè. He is regarded as the spiritual father of all òrìṣà worshippers and a spiritual protector of the òrìṣà philosophy. In the primordial times he was sent to the visible world with the aim of explaining the secrets of life to humans, thereby helping them to recognise the truth and diversity of human nature. As the deity of the Yoruba civilisation, his àṣẹ helped the Yoruba people organise their society in the sense of using the wisdom and knowledge for societal good.
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From Ifá knowledge to manifestation of the power of the òrìṣà, all our products are a legacy of an ancient Yoruba wisdom focusing on contemporary user.
Following the spiritual order of seniority, our first-ever collection honours the primeval òrìṣà Èṣù, the pillar of the Yoruba cosmological structure. Due to his spiritual authority and multiple potencies, today Èṣù is among the most controversial and the most worshiped òrìṣà in Yorubaland and beyond.
Bàbálórìṣà Bàbá King
on the “Èṣù – Always the First” collection
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Bàbálórìṣà Bàbá King on the “Èṣù – Always the First” collection
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Bàbálórìṣà Bàbá King on the “Èṣù – Always the First” collection
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Bàbálórìṣà Bàbá King on the “Èṣù – Always the First” collection
Ọba ló ni opo,
Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà ló ni ìkóríta mẹ́ta.
To king belongs the throne,
to Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà belong crossroads.
About bàbálórìṣà Bàbá King
Bàbálórìṣà Adéṣínà Síkírù Sàlámì – Bàbá King, Ph.D., is a Yorùbá and a member of a family with a rich spiritual history of priests and priestesses belonging to the royal Kenta family in Abẹ́òkúta, the capital of Ogun State in Nigeria.
He holds several pre-eminent hierarchical positions in Nigeria, including the titles of Bàbá Ẹgbẹ́ of the society of bàbáláwo in Abẹ́òkúta and Bàbá Ìṣẹ̀ṣè Ẹ̀gbà within the International Council for Ifá Religion in the Ẹ̀gbà District.
Bàbálórìṣà Bàbá King is a founder and spiritual leader of five active òrìṣà temples on three continents. The temples’ core focus is on the Yorùbá religious practices, the transmission of authentic Yorùbá knowledge, and the provision of services for the community of òrìṣà devotees. His work as an òrìṣà priest is understood as a continuous mediation between the spiritual and human worlds, reaffirming the cosmological foundations of òrìṣà worship.
For four decades, professor Sàlámì has been dedicating most of his time to scientific research, in-depth study, and teaching of the traditional Yorùbá culture and religion on an international level. As a university professor and a prominent academic, he authored several reference books on the Yorùbá, paying special attention to the translation of different genres of sacred Yorùbá orality.
In 2026, Oduduwa Europe Publishing House intends to publish Professor Bàbá King’s book, co-authored with Maja Mesesnel, “Ẹ̀RÌNDÍLÓGÚN – THE VOICES OF THE ÒRÌṢÀ: A practical manual for divination with 16 cowries including 514 versions of odù” – perhaps the most important publication on sixteen-cowry divination since William Bascom’s pioneering work in 1985.
Committed to ancestral knowledge, transcending academic and religious boundaries and restoring dignity to authentic Yorùbá traditions, Bàbá King was honoured in 2026 by the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil for his contribution to Afro-Brazilian culture, religious freedom and the preservation of Yorùbá ancestral knowledge.