Chief Olúdáre Fọlá Ayọ̀délé, the Founder and President of Yoruba Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil and the Director General, Nigeria Uruguay Center, Lagos, hails the Family of High Chief Eleuju of Ise Ekiti, Ekiti State.
He attended St Paul Pry School, Ise Ekiti and Ondo Anglican Grammar School, Ondo for both his elementary and secondary school education. Ayòdélé attended the famous Obokun-GCE Ilesa, Osun State for his GCE Advanced Level Examinations. He graduated from the University of Ile Ife and University of Lagos where he read Economics and Marketing respectively.
After the mandatory NYSC Scheme in Abuja in 1984/85, he taught English language, Literature in English, Economics and Geography briefly at Isarun High School, Igbara Oke, Ondo State from 1985 to 1986. In 1987, he joined the Savannah Bank of Nigeria Plc where he worked for a period of 10 years in Management Services Department. Thereafter, he teamed up with like-minded individuals to set up an Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations outfit in Lagos as one of the Executive Directors responsible for Advertising and Marketing of Goods and Services. For the past three decades, he has been involved in Cultural Tourism activities till date, and this has made him travel to many countries of the world, connecting various people from different cultural backgrounds, languages, ethics, norms and values. He was equally privileged to learn many different languages of the world. The traditional Yoruba indigenous knowledge acquired generally through the Yoruba language and culture; learning of Ifa literary corpus and Orisa studies; traditional teachings from my ancestors, (his maternal great Grandfather and grandmother) plus all formal knowledge acquired in schools, gave him a fantastic leverage to excel in Cultural Tourism. This equally helped him to develop the Yoruba Culture in Brazil including other countries in Latin America and in the general world. He founded in year 2000 an International institution, Ijo Orunmila-Templo de Ifa, Rio de Janeiro. (Centro Cultural Yoruba), legalised throughout Brazil and some Countries in Latin America. The Centro Cultural Yoruba main objective is for the renaissance of Yoruba Cultural Heritage. The Center organises seminars, conferences, debates, exhibitions and exposition of African objects, cultures, traditions, music, folklores, religion and thus promoting African cultural heritage in Brazil and many other countries around the world. Through his experience in Cultural Tourism, he was able to write, some useful yet to be published, books and made presentations on alternative therapy to assist humanity in curing all forms of illness in our society. * Some of my literary works are: (i) The use of roots and leaves to cure various diseases in humanity. (Document presented during the International Orisa World Congress, 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). (Ii) Oriki of Orisas. (iii) Guidelines on Merindinlogun.(The 16 Cowries) (iv) Itan awon Orisa (ancient literature of the Orisas).