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Luisah Teish was born on 19 April, 0048 in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an American spiritual writer. Discover Luisah Teish's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Occupation Teacher · author · Yoruba priestess
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 19 April, 1948
Birthday 19 April
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality Oman

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Luisah Teish (also known as Iyanifa Fajembola Fatunmise) is a teacher and an author, most notably of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. She is an Iyanifa and Oshun chief in the Yoruba Lucumi tradition.

Luisah Teish is an African-American, born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Her father, Wilson Allen, Sr. was an African Methodist Episcopal whose parents had been two-generation servants and only one generation away from slavery.

Her mother, Serena "Rene" Allen, was a Catholic, of Haitian, French, and Choctaw heritage.

Her original ancestry also includes Yoruba West African.

1960

In the late 1960s, Teish was a dancer in Katherine Dunham's group, where she learned and performed traditional African and Caribbean dances.

After leaving the dance company, she became a choreographer in St. Louis.

1969

In 1969 she joined the Fahami Temple of Amun-Ra, and it was here that she took the name "Luisah Teish", which means "adventuresome spirit".

She led the dance troupe of the Black Artists Group (BAG) in St. Louis after the departure of BAG's first dance leader, Georgia Collins.

1970

In the late 1970s she became an initiate and priestess of the Lucumi religion, and began teaching students in 1977.

She currently resides in Oakland, California.

Teish has said, "My tradition is very celebratory - there's always music, dance, song, and food in our services - as well as a sense of reverence for the children. It's joyful as well as meditative."

2010

One author said she was the "perhaps the most well known.. Yoruba priestess.. of the [San Francisco] Bay Area" (2010).

Another author characterized her as "..well known internationally in Goddess circles as a writer and ritual-maker."