Prince Bamidele Bajowa
Born into the Royal House of Rebuja Ruling Dynasty in Igbotako, Osooro, Ondo State, Nigeria, Bamidele started drumming, and dancing and participating in sacred Yoruba traditions at an early age. Bamidele’s music embraces traditional folk and contemporary music of the Yoruba people.
“My traditional rhythms are set to sacred songs and chants in praises of the Orishas (Orunmila, Ogun, Oya, Egungun, Yemoja and other Yoruba deities) Playing Bata, Sakara, Gangan (Yoruba talking drums), Kpalongo, Djembe drums. I perform with ODUA DE – Ensemble, singing melodic traditional and contemporary African Highlife, Juju and Afro Beat music set to songs about life. The group also performs contemporary gospel music in English and Yoruba.”
My Mission is to continue the preservation of Yoruba heritage both in Africa and in the New World. I have traveled extensively amongst the Yoruba people in Nigeria as a traditionalist and Awo L’orisha (Yoruba shaman). I am now sharing my experiences in Canada through music, dance and spiritualism.”
I was initiated into Awo Ifa (Orunmila) and Egungun. I divine with sixteen cowries and palm nuts. I am also the custodian of my family’s ancestral masked dancer Egungun Ayeloja from Ijiobounre Bajowa House, Odojomo, Igbotako, Osooro, Ondo State, Nigeria. I use music and storytelling to bring awareness to the spiritualism embedded in African culture and in preserving my Yoruba heritage.
Egungun Drum/Dance Circle
Egungun ancestral masker is ushered in to the circle with drums…Blessings are received from the spirit world through the Egungun. Involve incantations, prayers, songs, chants and sacred dances.
Exploring the ways of Orisha
Share in the blessings of ancient Yoruba knowledge from Africa to the new world. Learn about the natures of the Orishas and their attributes.
Prayer Circles/Drum Circles
This is a spiritually filled workshop. Patterned as a circle, drums and prayers are used to invoke individual spirit. Involve chants, prayers, incantations, sacred songs and stories of Yoruba deities and their nature.
IFA Reading and Prayer
Receive your own IFA reading directly from the oracle, learn prayers to ORI your head; the most powerful of all deities. Invoke your spirits with prays in this workshop for the soul. Participants receive individual confidential reading. Please come with a prayer or wish and be ready to receive your blessings.