AWO F?L?KUN FATUNMBI BIOGRAPHY In 1984 I received omolawo from Awo F?gb?m? F?s?n? and started the process of studying If?. Five years later, in 1989 I made my first trip to Ode Remo in the Ijebu region of Ogun State Nigeria. During that trip I was fully initiated into If? by Araba Ad?s?ny?, Aw?yad?, and the members of Egbe If? Ogunti Ode Remo. At that time my training started under the guidance of Awo Wasu and T?t?lay? Ad?s?ny?. I returned to Ode Remo in 1991 to finish the Tef? (If? initiation) process by completing the three month ebo that seals If? initiation. At that time I was also initiated as a member of ?gb?ni which is a traditional judicial council in Ode Remo. One year later in 1992 I was initiated into the mysteries of ?g?n by the elders of Ile Ife and was given permission by my elders to perform ?r?s? initiations. I have subsequently made a total of six trips to Nigeria as part of the training process and in the year 2000 I was given permission by my elders to perform If? initiations. While pursuing my studies I have founded If? communities in California, New York, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Oregon, Indiana, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mexico, Columbia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Holland, and Italy. In 2000 I founded the Awo Study Center for the purpose of providing training in the sacred technology of If?/?r?s? as it has been preserved by the elders of Ode Remo and Il? If?. Awo Study Center provides study material, classes, workshops and a website for learning the fundamental prinicipals of If?/?r?s? theology and ritual practice. In 2004 I co founded Il? Osomi'na with Oloriya Fasegun Fatunmbi. Il? Osomi'na sponsors classes, provided traditional initiations, publishes If? related training material and gives personal guidance to the extended family of those who have been initiated by Il? Osomi'na. Ire Awo F?l?kun Fatunmbi Omo ?gb? If? Ogunti Ode Remo Olor? Il? Osomi'na, M?xico City, M?xico
