Path to Ifetherapy and Its Healing Poems

By Yemi D. Ogunyemi

Path to Ifetherapy is the first book on Massage to Ifetherapy to emerge from the Atlantic Yoruba, Nigeria, Africa. Based on the traditional method used by the keepers of traditions, Ifetherapy still has its curative power today--in the name of Creator-Philosopher God/Olodumare, to conjure up the spirit of wellness and heal the body from head to toe, as it used to do during the ancient times.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diaspora Press of America
• Release date: Feb 8, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386589945

Yemi D. Ogunyemi

Yemi D. Ogunyemi (also known as Yemi D. Prince), former research fellow, Harvard University, former Director, Institute of Creative Writing, Author of Yoruba Idealism, recipient of the 1990 Poetry Golden Trophy, recipient of the 2021 Nonfiction Fellowship Award from the Writers' Room of Boston, recipient of the 2023 Humanities Grant from the Mass Cultural Council, is a luminous literary philosopher, whose work reflects the savvies and radiance of his spirit, and always fascinated by letters, books and the powers of words. Specializing on Yoruba folklore and folk philosophy, Yemi has authored more than 50 titles of literary works--fiction, nonfiction, plays, poetry and children's literature.

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Path to Ife-Therapy and Its Healing Poems

Massage Therapy in Atlantic Yoruba

Yemi D. Prince

Yemi D. Ogunyemi

Acknowledgement

This book could not have been completed without the know-how of Wanda Kemi.

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Boston/Cambridge

October 16, 2001

Yemi D. Prince

Yemi D. Ogunyemi

To my Beloved Images

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Prince Godwin Akintunde, Prince Daniel Adebowale, Princess Julia Bosede, Prince Michael Olukayode, Princess Omoyemi Katharina

Ife-Therapy and Its Healing Poems

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