Ifá Academy

Ifá Academy Foundations

Àbọrú BọyèÀbọyè Bọ Ṣíṣẹ

Enter an illustrated teaching courtyard. Meet the ideas, objects, voices, and people through which Ifá knowledge is carried.

Follow twenty lessons from the teaching circle through Yorùbá history, priestly education, Atlantic traditions, and concepts of personhood and character. Examine objects and ideas, hear guided explanations, and work through questions. The teaching awaits practitioner and language review.

Explore the course Explore 3D Courtyard Visit the illustrated Courtyard ↗

The lessons and both Courtyards work on phone or desktop. On a phone, drag the left pad to walk and drag elsewhere to look.

Illustration of an older Yorùbá teacher with a grey beard speaking with three adult learners beneath a tree.
Original teaching illustration. The depicted people are fictional; the scene is not a record of a particular practitioner or event.

EXPLORE THE 3D COURTYARD

Walk in. Look closely.

Move among seven object displays. Look at a photographed example, select it, and study what it can teach. The object guide lets you reach any exhibit directly; the lessons are always one exit away.

Enter the 3D Courtyard Study the objects on the page ↗

Touch controls on phones; keyboard and mouse on desktop. Educational exhibit; no divination is performed.

Screenshot of the 3D Courtyard showing photographed Ifá object displays along a walking path.Enter the courtyard in 3D ↗

THE SCHOOL / FOUR STUDY TRACKS

Choose a place to begin.

Take the lessons in order or enter a track that interests you. Each lesson teaches here on the platform and ends with a question you can work through.

01–06 · FoundationsEnter the teaching circleỌ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀, Odù, verse, objects, and how knowledge is carried. 07–13 · History & priesthoodLearn to read the evidenceIlé-Ifẹ̀, Ọ̀rúnmìlà, babaláwo education, and local offices. 14–17 · Atlantic pathsFollow connected historiesLucumí, Cuban Ocha and Ifá, Candomblé, and Ìṣẹ̀ṣe. 18–20 · Yorùbá conceptsAsk the larger questionsOlódùmarè, Orí, àṣẹ, ìwà, and their contexts.

How you will learn

See it. Hear it. Work through it.

Each lesson explains one part of the tradition, shows what it can, and gives you a question to work through.

  1. 01

    Enter

    Begin in a visual classroom with an elder and adult learners.

  2. 02

    Examine

    Examine a photographed Ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ and explore the structure of Odù.

  3. 03

    Listen

    Hear guided explanation and study why verse matters to interpretation.

  4. 04

    Practise thinking

    Answer questions and revisit the lesson until it makes sense.

Finding your way

The lessons need no special controls. On a phone, drag the 3D Courtyard’s left pad to walk, drag elsewhere to look, and tap an object to inspect it. On desktop, use W A S D and the mouse. Browse objects and Exit to lessons remain visible in the Courtyard.

Start lesson 01

A note on authorship

The teaching is a draft. The learning is real.

The lessons teach directly, with sources available as supporting notes. The original illustrations and teaching models are explanatory artwork. No depicted guide is presented as a real practitioner. Qualified cultural, language, and academic reviewers will be able to correct the words, depictions, narration, and learning checks through a gated editor.

Ifá Academy is educational only. It does not provide divination or spiritual guidance.