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| Name | Country | ATR/Lineage
| Divinity | Additional Info |
- Nina Perez [USA] Lucumí,
Orisa-? Regarded to be oldest living Iyalocha in United
States. Helped train several important Oriates and opening
Los Angeles' first bontanica, which is still open today.
- Baba Obalorun [New
York, USA] Lucumí
Orisa - Aganju
- Mãe Maria d'Oxala [Brasil]
Candomblé, Orisa - Obatala,
- Mãe Stella [Brasil]
Candomblé, Orisa - Oxossi
- Babalawo Wande Abimbola
[Nigeria] Yoruba,
Ifa, Ogun family - Chosen in 1987 by Nigerian elders to be Awise Awo Ni Agbaye, "spokesperson and
ambassador for the Yorùbá religion and culture in the world." He has served as president of the
University of Ifè and served in the Nigerian Senate. He has taught at Harvard and Colgate, but
currently teaches at Boston University.
- Lloyd Weaver [USA/Nigeria] Lucumí,
Orisa-Yemoja)
- Stephanie Weaver [USA]
Lucumí, Orisa-?
- Barbara Kenyatta Bey [USA],
Lineage-?, Orisa-?
- Chief Hawthorne Bey [USA], Lineage-?,
Orisa-?
- Ernesto Prichardo, [USA]
Lucumí Orisa-Sango - Founder of The Church of Babalu-Aiye,
Hialeah, Fla
- Mãe Nitinha [Rio De Janiero, Brasil] Candomblé-Ochun,
For her lifelong work of 64 years as a Priestess of Ochun.
She is the 2nd Elder in the Terriero of 'Casabranca' in
Salvador, Bahia--as well as the head of her own terriero
in the Rio area.
- Jose Manuel/Oyadina [?] Lineage-?,
Orisa-Oya?
- Lazaro Ros: [Cuba] Lucumí,
Orisa-Ogun, Great Oriate, Akpwon, and preserver of the
Lucumí Oral tradition.
- Oscar Martinez [USA] Lucumí,
Orisa-Ochosi First priest initiated to Ochosi in United
States. Son of Nina Perez.
- Nana Adzua Opare [USA] Akan,
Abosum-Ga Sempe Stool. Okomfohene
of the Onipa Abusia Temple which she shares heading along
with Nana Esi Dinizulu. She was the first Wontse (priest)initiated
by the late Omanhene Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu, the father
of the Akans in the Americas. He himself described Nana
Adzua has his "left hand".
- Juana Manrique [?], Lineage-?,
Orisa-?
- Armando Garcia/Sango Dina [USA] Lucumí,
Orisa-Sango
- Oscar Francisco Morejon [?], Lineage-?,
Orisa-?
- Eduardo Pastoriza [?], Lineage-?,
Orisa-?
- Juvenal Ortega [?], Lineage-?,
Orisa-?
- Baba Anthony Cabrera Mondesire [?], Lineage-?,
Orisa-?
- Oba Adefunmi Ofuntola Oseijiman [USA] Founder
of Oyotunji Village/Lineage, First initiated African-American
to Orisa - Obatala/Ifa
- Babalosa Adeyemi Oyeilumi [USA], Oyotunji,
Orisa-Obatala - An original resident/priest at Oyotunji
Village, one of first African-Americans to receive shrines
of Obatala and Oya.
- Chief Ajamu, [USA] Oyotunji
Village/Lineage, Orisa-Ifa/Sango?
- Babalawo Fasina Falade,[USA]
Yoruba, Orisa-Ifa/?
Chief Olubikin of Ile-Ife, Asst. Secry Gen Elect of Orunmila
Younster International.
- Chief Baba Obalume Ogunseye [USA] Lineage?,
Orisa-? of McAlpine Florida
- Liberato Valdez [Cuba] Lucumí,
Orisa-? Another great Oriate of Habana, and another ahijado
of the prolific Oba Di Melli.
- Oba, Oscar Martinez, [?] Lucumí,
Orisa-Oshosi.
- Oloye (Chief) Baba Ifa Karade [USA] Lineage-?
Orisa-Obatala/Ifa.
- OsunRete Adesanya,[USA] Yoruba??,
Orisa-Osun/Ifa, Iya Agon Chicago area, Priest of Ile Ilodo,
Ile Jalumi in Chicago, Ill Maywood,Ill. Ajaiye Loja Orun
Nile and selflessness is the motto of this woman. This
is one of the hardest working priest that I know. Her
interest is in Assistance through spiritual work and charitable
functions.
- Felipe Garcia Villamil/Ogun Dei [Cuba] Lukumi,
Matanzas, Orisa-Ogun. He is a senior Olu Aña in
this country, a master builder of drums, master drummer,
Italero, master beader included in Smithsonian and international
exhibits, elder priest of Ogun, babalocha, Tata Nkisi,
and Abakua. His accomplishments are noted in the biography
of his life, Drumming for the Gods.
- Nana Esi Dinizulu [USA]
Akan, Akonnedi
Shrine,Larteh
Ghana. Nana Esi shares
the title of "Okomfohene" with Nana Adzua Opare at the
Onipa Abusia Temple. She was trained under the late Nana
Yao Opare Dinizulu, the Omanhene of the Akans in the Americas.
Described by him as being his "right hand" while he was
living. Works as a head priestess, training priests, continuing
the weekly "Akom" ceremonies, maintaining ties with other
Akan houses, being a repository of the history of the
African American Akans in the Americas and being a person
of impeccable character.
- Baba Medahochi Kofi Omowale Zannu [USA] Lineage-?
Orisa-? Baba Medahochi is among the most studious devotees
of Fa Ayidogu. Baba's vision is of IFA Worldwide. He consistenly
stresses the fact that Ifa is not limited to the Yoruba
ethnicity alone. He encourages others to investigate the
presence of Fa in Iko Awusi, Idoromu Awuse, Meereteelu,
Iwonron, and Mesin Akaruba.
- Iyalosa Shango Oba Bi [Trinidad/Tobago] Lineage-?
Orisa-Sango She was the spiritual head of Aafin Orisa,
an Orisa oganisation based at Bhagwansingh Trace, Gasparillo.As
a result, the Egungun festival has taken root and continues
to grow, thereby enhancing the lives of Africans in Trinidad
and in the Caribbean. We never got the chance to say thanks
to her and we do it personally now. Adupe.
- Iyalorisha Melvina Rodney [Trinidad and Tobago]
Lineage-? Orisa-? Head of
the Orisha fraternity in Trinidad and Tobago by the Ooni
of Ife when he visited this country several years ago.
Well into her eighties, she has pioneered the work of
Orisha in this land. She is the spiritual head of the
Orisha Council of Elders in Trinidad and the spiritual
God-daughter of the world renowned 'Papa Neezer' of South
Trinidad.
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