Ile-ife is the home of Yoruba race.

The progenitor  of the Yoruba race, Oduduwa is viewed in
Many lights that puts great importance to the  beginning of the Earth.

Oonirisa‘s Award

This will be the grand finale of the long festival. The Oonirisa will select key Yoruba persons or friends of the Yoruba race who have excelled in the world for a special award…

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Ale (night of) Ewi, Owe, Asun Rara

Today, this rich culture has been fused and in some climes known as RAP MUSIC, while Erika Badu has pioneered on an international scale the ASUN RARA kind of songs…

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Beauty Of Gangan & Omele

The Gangan (the talking drum) is the only one of its kind capable of mimicking the voice of a human. It is a very rare masterpiece and remains a valuable import that can generate income for Yorubas who make drums….

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The Rebirth Project

The culture of slavery or enslavement was never an African thing until the advent of the white man in Africa. In those days, commercial activities amongst citizens sometimes involved people borrowing money from each other to trade or buying on credit with a hope to pay and once the borrower could not pay, he/she will be required to work to pay back the debt. Sometimes, parents give their children out to work on farms or even marry them out to pay up debts.

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While stories abound that Oduduwa was sent down by Olodumare  to establish mother earth and populate another rich history talks of Oduduwa  leaving Mecca and going east to settle in present day Ile-Ife. From  a son and seven grand children, Oduduwa has become the father of the yoruba race with more than 50 million in Nigeria and another 20 million in the diaspora.

Ile-Ife’s rich history should be at par with other renowned histories that are today well celebrated.  It has become the most diversified and most expansive monarchy  in the world with brothers from the same descendancy living in harmony and sharing the same rich history without  bloody fight for
supremacy.
Ile-Ife has more than 200 deities. Of  all the deities, only the Ooni is in human form. There are celebrations in Ile-Ife for 364 days in a year.

The need to have a platform for all children of Oduduwa to celebrate a growing race becomes very paramount. The need to grow the language, culture  and hold its place in the large comity of leading cultures of the world is important.

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Ooni’s coronation speech

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About the Ooni

Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife (born October 17, 1974) is... Read More

Ife Rulers

ODUDUWA Oduduwa, Olofin Adimula, Emperor and First Suzerain of the Yoruba, was the Oba of Ile-Ife. His name,... Read More

About Ileya Oodua

Ile’Ya Oodua  is a festival determined to bring back home all descendants of the Yoruba race home  to celebrate and pray for all Yoruba descendants and well wishers. It will be a collection of fun packed events and carnivals determined to serve as a platform to bring all Yoruba descendants and guests back to their roots as an home coming event that will culminate in enticing cultural displays.

The festival will be a one-week non stop event laced with cultural exposures, competitions, youth initiatives and trade opportunities. Ile’ Ya Oodua will be an annual event which will develop the tourist potentials of the ancient city and draw light on the various heritages across the region, and generate revenue for businesses in the state through the exposures of its many cultures in every region of the state.

It will:
Awaken all Yoruba descendants home and in diaspora  to be one Bring all descendants of Oodua together to celebrate our progenitor Become the focal point of yoruba culture, people and race