Baba Medahochi Kofi Omowale Zannu Mogbarimu Ajinaku El

Memories of My Fafa

Most people know Medahochi as a priest of IFA, a Priest of Songo, a linguist a philosopher, a teacher, and a great thinker, but his life as a grandfather and great grandfather is a story that must be told by his grandchildren and great grand children...

I came by this name because Medahochi heard the word Abantwana, which means children, and thought it was one of the most beautiful words he ever heard. He asked someone who spoke the Zulu language, what is the word for just one child? The man replied, “Umtwana”, and ever since that is the only name he has ever called me...

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A Tribute to Baba Medahochi

My Re-Birth into Traditional African Culture and Priesthood, as other African-Americans, is due to These 3 People, OBA OSEIJEMAN ADEFUNMI I "Ibayi Ara T'orun", CHIEF MEDAHOCHI KOFI OMOWALE ZANNU "Ibayi Ara T'orun", and IYA OLUBUMI ADESOJI, who Formed and Began "The TRADITIONAL ADEFUNMI RITES Of INITIATION Into ORISA PRIESTHOOD" in the United States of America...

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The Life History of Baba Medahochi

"Medahochi spent his entire life on a never-ending quest for knowledge.  He is a cultural activist, but he claims no labels.  He was a priest of the African Traditional Religion, a visual artist, a writer, a lecturer, a humorist, an avid reader, a teacher, a healer, and he spoke several languages.  His extended family and friends knew him respectfully as Baba..." ~ Dee Robinson

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The Spiritual History of Baba Medahochi

"...It is impossible to measure the level of Baba Medahochi’s influence in Afrikan spirituality. The lives he touched have touched the lives of countless more. For this we are eternally grateful to him. Throughout his life’s work, his understanding has always been that religion is the deification of someone’s nationalism and religion is only relevant if it deifies your nationalism. Ajinaku Ayikungba Ahosu Lan le Bi." ~ Ason Gbehanzin Ajinaku

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