In company with pilgrims from Miami, New York and Boston, Bruce Feiler visits the last remaining Yoruba sacred grove in Nigeria, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, where the Osun Festival attracts ...

The festival renews the contract between humans and the divine: Osun offers grace to the community; in return, it vows to honor her Sacred Grove. This ceremony is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba ...

As a historian and archaeologist, I was drawn to the Ọ̀ṣun festival and the deity’s most sacred site ... is an umbrella term for creatures in Yoruba folklore, something like ogres, goblins ...

“The appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade signifies the continuation of this sacred bond and the unwavering strength of the Yoruba cultural legacy,” he said. Ogunwusi added: “We are ...