June 7, 2001
Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
On June 7, 2001, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported on "the Ifa Festival of Ile Ife, a three-day celebration of dance, drumming, spirituality and culture" which will be held at the Ifa Orisha Cultural Center/ African Shrine in Atlanta. Nigerian Bolu Fatunmise, the leader of the center, "is bringing to [participants in the celebration] the religion and teachings of Ifa (EE-fay) -- a religion built around a reverence for ancestors and spiritual beings known as orisha. The religion originated with the Yoruba peoples of West Africa more than a millennium ago."