Ijala Are Ode - Yoruba Traditional Hunter's Chant | Yoruba Ballad

Ìjálá Ọdẹ can simply be called Yorùbá ballad. Yorùbá literature is filled with diverse oral genres, one of which is Ìjálá. The art of Ìjálá is said to have originated from Ògún, the deity known with iron. Although Ìjálá - Hunter's Chant and other Yorùbá oral literature is dying among this contemporary Yorùbá, we found Taiwo and Kehinde Adewale, from Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ with admonitions in this very kind of poetry. #ijala #ijalaode #yorubapoetry