ORIIA

We bring our people closer.

To each other, and to what is ours.

We make Kowrey, ÀjọÈdè, ṢoGbédè and KÍLOWÍ. Made for us. Open to everyone.

Kowrey's feed: a post asking what your grandmother called you
A word in Kowrey: ẹwà and ẹ̀wà, beauty and beans

Kowrey

Where we live on. Friends and families share their days, talk live in circles, read together, gather at events and keep in touch, wherever they are.

Download on theApp StoreGet it onGoogle Play

See Kowrey

ÀjọÈdè

The living dictionary of our languages. Look up a word, hear it said by the people who speak it, and add the ones you know.

Four words, the same four letters. Pick one to see its tones.

Open ÀjọÈdè

oko, farm: re, re ọkọ, husband: re, re ọkọ̀, vehicle: re, do ọkọ́, hoe: re, mi

ṢoGbédè

A game show where speakers and learners of every level laugh, compete and win prizes together.

“We’re not here as experts. We’re here as a community.”

Watch on YouTube

Three players laughing at their podiums on the ṢoGbédè stage

KÍLOWÍ

A bilingual card game that puts grandparents, parents and children at the same table, learning while they play.

Buy on Amazon

KÍLOWÍ on a table: the box, the sand timer and dealt cards

The Ajo Foundation

Giving back to our people.

Everything we make looks after what is ours. The Ajo Foundation looks after the people it belongs to. It is how ORIIA gives back, and it is a big part of what we are building. More is coming at ajofdn.org.

“To preserve the culture of a people, we must also preserve the people of that culture.”

Isola O. O. Oliyide

Also from ORIIA: ORIIA Studios, our space for events in Forney and Dallas, Texas. oriiastudios.com

Who makes it

ORIIA was started by Isola SoGbede, an engineer. He builds what solves a problem, his own or someone else’s, and these are what that has built so far.

Meet Isola

Talk to us

ORIIA is a technology company.