Ọ̀ṣẹ́ Òtúrá

Ekò is the youngest of five sons. He has been away across the water, and when he comes home his father has died. He makes his ẹbọ and sets out along the road to find him. Three men on the way press money into his hands, more each time. Then the road simply ends, and in three steps Ekò is standing in the spirit world.

His father is waiting there, glowing, in white. He opens Ekò's mouth and places in it the last àṣẹ he has. Back on the road, Ekò tries it on the three who helped him: each of them is missing one thing. He says it, and it is so.

An old Odù Ifá, handed down by teachers and told here with its Yorùbá ẹsẹ: Ọ̀ṣẹ́ Òtúrá, the Odù of àṣẹ, and the chant that closes a prayer. A painted graphic novel for grown readers. By Babalawo Ifadahunsi Obafemi.