Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi (born Walter Eugene King, October 5, 1928 – February 11, 2005) was the first documented African-American initiated into the priesthood of the Yoruba religion, who would then go on to become the first African-American to be crowned Oba (King) of the Yoruba of North America in Ile Ife, Nigeria.

2023年10月27日 · Between 1956 and 1961 in New York, Adefunmi established three temples in Manhattan; a festival on the Hudson River to honor Osun, the Yoruba river goddess that Beyoncé channels in her album...

Oba Adefunmi convened the first official Ogboni Parliament of Oyotunji Chiefs and land owners in 1973, and later that year founded the Igbimolosa (Priest Council) to oversee priestly education and training, organize laws and rules to govern priestly conduct, ethics and behavior and adjudicate disputes among Orisa-Vodun priests.

2016年4月15日 · Leaving the Baptist church as an adolescent, Oba Adefunmi I (born Walter Eugene King in Detroit) embarked on a quest to recover his African spirituality. After visiting Haiti and Cuba in the 1950s, he incorporated the African Theological Archministry: the Yoruba Temple in Harlem, New York, in 1960.

HRH Oba Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I, a historic figure and the spiritual leader of western practitioners of the Yoruba faith and culture, passed away on Thursday, February 10th at Oyotunji African Village in Beaufort County, South Carolina.

2024年7月31日 · Adefunmi is recognized as the king of the Yoruba of North America. According to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, the BCSO communications center received a report of a stabbing Monday around 2:45 p.m. at the village, which is located on Bryant Lane. Adefunmi was taken to a nearby hospital where he died from his wounds.

In the summer of 1993, Oba Adefunmi supervised the establishment of Ijo Orunmila Igbo Mimo, the first African American Ifa society. During the fall of 1993, he became the only official representative of traditional religion, to address the Parliament of World Religions in the one hundred year history of that organization.

2024年7月31日 · Adefunmi, who was recognized as the ruler of the Yoruba people in North America, was stabbed to death on Monday at the Oyutunji African Village in northern Beaufort County.

2024年8月1日 · Adefunmi, who was recognized as the ruler of the Yoruba, was stabbed to death on Monday at the Oyutunji African Village in northern Beaufort County.

2024年8月1日 · Adefumni Adefunmi was recognized as an “Oba” which translates to “ruler” in the Yoruba language. He became king of Oyotunji Village in 2005 after the death of his father, …