babalawo
Noun
Meaning
babalawo (plural babalawos)
In Yoruba culture, a priest of Ifa.
Examples
Even if you visit Babalawo or Alfa or Woli, if God doesn’t stamp it, believe me, nothing will happen.
Dafa, the act of performing the divination system of the Yoruba of Nigeria is the fundamental way in which the Babalawo or Iyanifa commune with the wisdom of the Orisa Orunmila, also sometimes called Ifa.