Ọ̀fọ̀: The Word That Does What It Says

Incantation and the Yoruba Art of Speaking Reality into Being Opening Ọ̀rọ̀ tí a bá sọ, a kì í fà á padà (the word once spoken cannot be pulled back). A Yoruba elder does not say this the way an English speaker says “you can’t unring a bell.” The English version is a warning about consequence: be careful, your words […]