No, No – No! No priest
They are called babalawo. Widely translated as “traditional priest”. But get your language straight! In Yorùbá this means “father of deep knowledge”.
Binary Tales is a documentary project currently in development. In search of a different perspective filmmaker Juul van der Laan teams up with professor Sophie Oluwole to look into a pre-colonial philosophy. Read more here
What would you call that in the West?
A professor. – Prof. Sophie Oluwole