What's Inside

As an Akeko (student) of Ile Ase Ire, you participate in monthly live discussions, gain access to the archive of past discussions, get special discounts, and exclusive access to past Communiversity courses!

  • 1

    This Month in the Circle

    • Check-Ins with Iya Funlayo
  • 2

    Akeko Resources

    • Akeko Circle Reading & Presentation List

    • Akeko Discount Codes

    • Communiversity Past Course Access

  • 3

    Live Discussion Links

    • Akeko Circle - September 2024

    • Akeko Circle - October 2024

    • Akeko Circle - November 2024

    • Akeko Circle - December 2024

  • 4

    Akeko Circle Replays 2024

    • August 2024: Ask Iya Anything + Reiki Meditation

    • June 2024: All About Spiritual Baths with Iya Funlayo

    • May 2024: Ask Iya Anything + Reiki Meditation

    • April 2024: The Dead Sell Memories with Baba Dr. George Brandon

    • March 2024: God is a Black Woman by Christena Cleveland

    • February 2024: African Religions: A Very Short Introduction by Prof. Jacob Olupona

    • January 2024: Bliss with Baba Oluwole Ifakunle

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    Akeko Circle Replays 2023

    • September 2023: Human Design with Iya Funlayo

    • August 2023: Ori Chants and Songs with Iya Funlayo

    • June / July 2023: Ask Iya Anything + Reiki Meditation

    • May 2023: The Seven African Powers with Iya Funlayo

    • April 2023: Women in Yoruba Religions by Dr. Oyeronke Olademo

    • March 2023: Initiated by the Spirits with Dr. Frederique Apffel-Marglin

    • February 2023: Orisa Songs with Iya Funlayo

    • January 2023: The Gut with Iya Dr. Elizabeth Perez
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    Akeko Circle Replays 2022

    • December 2022: Black Spirit Solstice Summit Q & A

    • November 2022: Ask Iya Anything + Guided Meditation

    • October 2022: Iya's Ancestral Workbook + Songs

    • September 2022: Four Yoruba Rituals + Obi Divination

    • July 2022: Iya's Current Reads and Guided Meditation

    • August 2022: Introduction to Ifa

    • May 2022: African Traditional Religions with Baba Will Coleman

    • June 2022: The Study of Yoruba Religious Traditions in Historical Perspective by Dr. Jacob Olupona

    • April 2022: Ask Iya Anything + Guided Meditation

    • March 2022: Essays by Baba John Mason

    • February 2022: Flash of the Spirit by Robert Farris Thompson

    • January 2022: Black Women, Black Love with Dr. Dianne M. Stewart
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    Akeko Circle Replays 2021

    • December 2021: Summit Q + A and Guided Meditation

    • November 2021: Ancient Future Unity with Dr. Lindsey Cameron

    • October 2021: Ask Iya Anything + Special Guided Meditation

    • September 2021: Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism by Dr. Tracey Hucks

    • August 2021: Black Magic with Yvonne Chireau

    • July 2021: God is Not One by Stephen Prothero

    • June 2021: Iyanifa Women of Power with Iyanifa Ayele Kumari

    • May 2021: Orisa: New World Black Gods by Baba John Mason

    • April 2021: ADRSA 2021 Re-Cap

    • March 2021: Yoruba Philosophy with Dr. Ayodeji Ogunnaike

    • February 2021: Deep Knowledge: Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa with Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike

    • January 2021: African Spiritual Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison with Iya Dr. Koko Zauditu-Selassie
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    Akeko Circle Replays 2020

    • December 2020: Black Spirit Solstice Summit Recap

    • November 2020: Breathing with Orisa by Baba Oludare Bernard

    • October 2020: Sacred Healing and Material Culture with Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels

    • September 2020: The Fetish Revisited with Dr. J. Lorand Matory

    • August 2020: Objects and Immortals by Dr. Funlayo Wood-Menzies

    • July 2020: Ask Iya Anything!

    • June 2020: Working the Roots by Michele Lee

    • May 2020: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer

    • April 2020: Divining the Self by Iya Dr. Velma Love

    • February 2020: Spiritual Citizenship by Dr N. Fadeke Castor

    • Jan 2020: Mojo Workin' by Dr. Katrina Hazzard Donald
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    Akeko Circle Replays 2019

    • Dec 2019: Private Black Spirit Solstice Summit Recap

    • Nov 2019: Ori by Awo Falokun Fatumbi

    • May, June, July 2019: Women's Power

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    Akeko Circle Replays 2018

    • November 2018: Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism by Dr. Tracey Hucks

    • October 2018: Imagined Voodoo by Dr. Adam McGee

    • September 2018: Religion in the Kitchen by Dr. Elizabeth Perez

    • August 2018: The Color of God: Race, Faith, and Interfaith Dialogue

    • July 2018: Orisa: New World Black Gods by Baba John Mason