Ase Ire | Akeko Circle

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The Akeko Circle is your place for consistent connection! Monthly supporters of Ase Ire are invited to join us for our reading circle! Live discussions with Iya Funlayo and guests plus special discounts on Temple activities and more!

Subscribe $30.00 / month

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. Community Conversation Hour
2. Akeko Circle Lesson List
3. Akeko Discount Codes
4. Communiversity Past Course Access
1. Akeko Circle May 2026
2. Akeko Circle Jun 2026
3. Akeko Circle Jul 2026
4. Akeko Circle Aug 2026
5. Akeko Circle Sep 2026
6. Akeko Circle Oct 2026
7. Akeko Circle Nov 2026
8. Akeko Circle Dec 2026
1. May 2026: Odu Lesson: Osa Meji, Obara Odi, Otura Ofun
2. April 2026: Odu Lesson: Owonrin Otura, Ofun Ose, Idi Irete
3. March 2026: Odu Lesson: Idi Ika, Ika Oyeku, Irete Irosun
4. February 2026: Talismans + Odu Lesson (Ika Oyeku, Osa Iwori, Idi Ogbe)
5. January 2026: Reading of the Year Osa Ogunda
1. December 2025: Odu Lesson (Ogbe Ogunda, Ofun Oyeku, Okanran Oturupon)
2. November 2025: Odu Lesson (Owonrin Ose, Osa Ose, Oturupon Ose)
3. September 2025: Odu Lesson (Owonrin Ogbe, Ofun Osa, Ose Iwori)
4. August 2025: Odu Lesson (Iwori Obara, Ose Ofun, Ogunda Otura)
5. July 2025: Odu Lesson (Ika Osa, Ofun Osa, Ogbe Obara)
6. June 2025: Odu Lesson (Irosun Osa, Oturupon Meji)
7. May 2025: Odu Lesson (Ofun Meji, Oyeku Obara, Odi Ose)
8. April 2025: Odu Lesson (Otura Obara, Owonrin Odi, Otura Osa)
9. March 2025: Odu Lessons (Irete Ika, Oturupon Ogunda)
10. Febrary 2025: Odu Lessons (Irosun Osa, Ogunda Meji, Ogbe Osa, Owonrin Ogbe)
11. January 2025: Odu Lessons (Ogunda Owonrin, Ejiogbe, Irosun Osa)
1. December 2024: Black Spirit Solstice Summit Recap
2. November 2024: Odu Lessons with Iya
3. August 2024: Ask Iya Anything + Reiki Meditation
4. June 2024: All About Spiritual Baths with Iya Funlayo
5. May 2024: Ask Iya Anything + Reiki Meditation
6. April 2024: The Dead Sell Memories with Baba Dr. George Brandon
7. March 2024: God is a Black Woman by Christena Cleveland
8. February 2024: African Religions: A Very Short Introduction by Prof. Jacob Olupona
9. January 2024: Bliss with Baba Oluwole Ifakunle
1. September 2023: Human Design with Iya Funlayo
2. August 2023: Ori Chants and Songs with Iya Funlayo
3. June / July 2023: Ask Iya Anything + Reiki Meditation
4. May 2023: The Seven African Powers with Iya Funlayo
5. April 2023: Women in Yoruba Religions by Dr. Oyeronke Olademo
6. March 2023: Initiated by the Spirits with Dr. Frederique Apffel-Marglin
7. February 2023: Orisa Songs with Iya Funlayo
8. January 2023: The Gut with Iya Dr. Elizabeth Perez
1. December 2022: Black Spirit Solstice Summit Q & A
2. November 2022: Ask Iya Anything + Guided Meditation
3. October 2022: Iya's Ancestral Workbook + Songs
4. September 2022: Four Yoruba Rituals + Obi Divination
5. August 2022: Introduction to Ifa
6. July 2022: Iya's Current Reads and Guided Meditation
7. June 2022: The Study of Yoruba Religious Traditions in Historical Perspective by Dr. Jacob Olupona
8. May 2022: African Traditional Religions with Baba Will Coleman
9. April 2022: Ask Iya Anything + Guided Meditation
10. March 2022: Essays by Baba John Mason
11. February 2022: Flash of the Spirit by Robert Farris Thompson
12. January 2022: Black Women, Black Love with Dr. Dianne M. Stewart
1. December 2021: Summit Q + A and Guided Meditation
2. November 2021: Ancient Future Unity with Dr. Lindsey Cameron
3. October 2021: Ask Iya Anything + Special Guided Meditation
4. September 2021: Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism by Dr. Tracey Hucks
5. August 2021: Black Magic with Yvonne Chireau
6. July 2021: God is Not One by Stephen Prothero
7. June 2021: Iyanifa Women of Power with Iyanifa Ayele Kumari
8. May 2021: Orisa: New World Black Gods by Baba John Mason
9. April 2021: ADRSA 2021 Re-Cap
10. March 2021: Yoruba Philosophy with Dr. Ayodeji Ogunnaike
11. February 2021: Deep Knowledge: Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa with Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike
12. January 2021: African Spiritual Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison with Iya Dr. Koko Zauditu-Selassie
1. December 2020: Black Spirit Solstice Summit Recap
2. November 2020: Breathing with Orisa by Baba Oludare Bernard
3. October 2020: Sacred Healing and Material Culture with Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels
4. September 2020: The Fetish Revisited with Dr. J. Lorand Matory
5. August 2020: Objects and Immortals by Dr. Funlayo Wood-Menzies
6. July 2020: Ask Iya Anything!
7. June 2020: Working the Roots by Michele Lee
8. May 2020: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer
9. April 2020: Divining the Self by Iya Dr. Velma Love
10. February 2020: Spiritual Citizenship by Dr N. Fadeke Castor
11. Jan 2020: Mojo Workin' by Dr. Katrina Hazzard Donald
1. Dec 2019: Private Black Spirit Solstice Summit Recap
2. Nov 2019: Ori by Awo Falokun Fatumbi
3. May, June, July 2019: Women's Power
1. November 2018: Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism by Dr. Tracey Hucks
2. October 2018: Imagined Voodoo by Dr. Adam McGee
3. September 2018: Religion in the Kitchen by Dr. Elizabeth Perez
4. August 2018: The Color of God: Race, Faith, and Interfaith Dialogue
5. July 2018: Orisa: New World Black Gods by Baba John Mason

About this course

$30.00 / month
88 lessons
74 hours of video content

You're Invited!

What's Inside

Akeko Resources

Live Discussion Links

Akeko Circle Replays 2026

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Akeko Circle Replays 2023

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Akeko Circle Replays 2021

Akeko Circle Replays 2020

Akeko Circle Replays 2019

Akeko Circle Replays 2018

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