My name is Ifákóredé, known popularly as Oríire on social media. I am a long time Ifá devotee who has been initiated for more than 12 years, first to Ọbàtálá and then later to Ifá. I was initiated in Abẹ́òkúta (Nigeria) by Àràbà Akínwándé Ifátọ́pẹ́. I'm also a Yorùbá language enthusiast on a journey to become fully fluent as

I continue to travel back and forth to Nigeria yearly. Check out some of my papers written in Yorùbá  below.

I'm an author who published his first book two years ago titled:

The African American Griot Proverbs in Hip Hop and R&B