Explore Traditions
Ifá travels differently through every land it touches. Browse each lineage to see how its worldview, practices, and texts compare — and where in the world it took root.
Ifá Globe
See where each lineage took root — trace the diaspora routes on the interactive globe.
Isese
Isese is the indigenous, pre-colonial religion of the Yoruba people, serving as the root of all Orisha-based traditions.
West Africa (primarily Yorubaland)
Lucumí
Lucumí is the Yoruba-derived religion of Cuba, popularly known as Santería, characterized by its resilient preservation of Orisha worship under colonial pressure.
The Americas (primarily Cuba, USA, Puerto Rico)
Candomblé
Candomblé is the major African diaspora tradition of Brazil, maintaining profound structural and musical links to West African Yoruba culture.
South America (primarily Brazil, Northeastern Bahia)
Diloggun
The primary divination system of the Lucumí tradition, utilizing sixteen sacred cowrie shells.
Diaspora
Ifá Tuntun
Ifá Tuntun is a modern reform movement seeking to standardize and 'purify' global Ifá practice by aligning it with Nigerian Isese.
Global (primarily US, UK, Latin America)
Kélé
Kélé is the indigenous Yoruba-derived spiritual tradition of St. Lucia, brought by Ekiti-Yoruba immigrants in the 19th century and preserved by the Nèg Djiné families of Babonneau.
St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean
Palo
Palo is the Kongo-derived tradition of Cuba, centering on work with the dead and the concentrated power of the Nganga.
Caribbean (primarily Cuba)
Trinidad Orisha
Trinidad Orisha is the Yoruba-derived tradition of Trinidad, blending Orisha worship with Spiritual Baptist faith.
Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago)
Umbanda and Quimbanda
Umbanda and Quimbanda are highly syncretic Brazilian traditions blending African, Spiritist, and Indigenous elements.
Brazil
Vodou
Vodou is the Fon-Ewe derived tradition of Haiti, centering on the service of the Lwa spirits.
Caribbean (primarily Haiti)