2025 Reading for Africans in the Diaspora

06 Jan 2025 Reading for Africans in the Diaspora

2025 Reading on African in the Diaspora

Obara Ofun       Two calves can’t drink from the same fountain.

Ose Odi      (ayewo)  He who pays remains free.

Obara Ose   (iku)  The bell rings loudest in your own home.

Odi Ose     (otonowa)  Free of blame clean road.

Obara Osa  (onire Orunmila) You are crazy or pretend to be crazy. If you don’t stop you will be crazy.

Osa Odi (closed) Two big noses can’t drink from the same fountain.

Rituals

• Everyone should have their Ifa fed this year.
• Make a flag of your Odu or Temple Odu to hang over your Ifa on a wall. Keep a bowl of honey and money next to Ifa, and put  honey in your mouth once a week to attract sweetness to your life. 

1. There is power and blessings continuing to come to those who are living in the  Diaspora and practice this faith. We must become more visible, welcoming and generous as we share the beauty and power of this faith. Inviting each other  to our annual festival to celebrate the elegance of Yoruba culture will bring tremendous blessings to our lives and the community.
2. In Unity there is strength, The 7 Principles of Kwanzaa  can be an ongoing way of supporting our faith. 
3. We can leave a legacy to our children as to how we were able to come together in spite of the idea of separation practiced by the dominant culture. 
4. God works through you, so by being kind to others is really you being kind to yourself. Understanding that our ancestors live inside of us and expect us to come together whenever possible to stay in community weather locally or globally
5. Each one of us has an Ori, Egbe, and Ancestors that we signed agreements with. This agreement comes to life when we meet each other on the Earth plane to work and support each other’s destiny. Remember that this year.
6.  In this Odu, there is a story of Shango when he forgot about  his mother due to being preoccupied with being a ruler, a conqueror. He was away from her and became distant from her. He thought someone had stolen his horse, and he went looking for it. He made a decree of a reward price for the person who found his horse and punishment for whomever stole it. While the horse was wandering in the location where his mother was she saw it and recognized it. The horse also recognized her and she wasn’t well.The horse returned the mother to the palace. There, Shango, who was ready to punish the horse thief, realized it was his mother on the horse. He had to humble himself and apologize to her and ask for her forgiveness, and he restored her to her position.
7.  This year let’s not forget the culture and tradition of our Mother Africa.We have a duty to ourselves and the world to find our way and do everything possible to be connected to one another. There is much we can share with Africa, and there is much Africa can share with us as we heal and recognize each other as brothers and sisters.
8. In the current climate where resources are being extracted from Mother  Africa, it is cause for concern, alarm, and an opportunity for us to ask ourselves how we can make a difference.  In the Odu Obara Se. “The bell ringing loudest in your home” can be an indicator as to the importance of supporting things that have to do with the support of African issues.  We can make a difference by coming together globally in unity through spiritual rituals, community support, staying informed, or investing, to bring a change.
9. While many people in the diaspora are relocating and travelling to Africa and even gaining citizenship. Let’s take the opportunity to know the pros and cons of the migration. Don’t forget the connection and responsibility to our ancestors who fought and died to secure land and a name for their descendants in the countries of their birth.
10. This alludes to the importance of holding onto family lands and not being distracted from the value and legacy to be inherited by your family. 
11. Ifa faith is descended from the same tree root , and we should make this be known and understood, we are all from the same tree, whether it be Isese, Lukumi, Shango Baptist, or Condomble, whatever it is that we’re practicing we would best to connect instead of compare.
12.  This spiritual forecast is  encouraging every practitioner to take stock of how we  are raising children in the faith  who at times may  feel isolated and disconnected from their friends and peers because of the difference of the dominant culture. They can grow up resenting the religion and culture because they witness the discord between the communities or even the individual houses and even lack of understanding or explanations in their own families.
13. Let this be a close of the time where we are disconnected, uncertain, doubtful and at times afraid of each other’s love, brotherhood and sisterhood 
14. Be generous in your temples, shrines, Orisa houses, priests, priestesses, elders, godparents and watch how many blessings you will receive in turn.
15. Be careful of fires and or explosions this year, do not leave candles burning without supervission.