BIOGRAPHY
David ha sido un ferviente defensor de la cultura y la religión Yoruba-Lukumí, estableciendo el primer Cabildo Yoruba en México en 2016 y la Asociación Cultural Yoruba Lukumí en Houston, Texas. Su trabajo ha tenido un impacto significativo en la comunidad, consagrando a más de 50 personas en Orisha y realizando miles de ceremonias espirituales.
A lo largo de su carrera, ha escrito 30 libros que han vendido más de 120,000 copias en todo el mundo, convirtiéndose en un autor reconocido y un recurso clave en el estudio de la santería y el culto a los Orishas. Su compromiso con la educación y la divulgación cultural lo ha llevado a recorrer más de 30 estados de México y Estados Unidos, así como varios países de América Latina y Europa, compartiendo su conocimiento y su amor por estas tradiciones.
Además, David es conocido como Akpón, un cantante del folclore Yoruba-Lukumí, y ha sido un defensor activo de la cultura, trabajando en pro de la salvación y educación de su comunidad. Actualmente, reside en Houston con su esposa, Reina Arencibia, quien ha sido un pilar fundamental en su trayectoria. Con más de 500,000 seguidores en redes sociales y un canal de YouTube con más de 92,000 suscriptores, Obà Oriaté David Alá Aggayú continúa siendo una fuente de inspiración y guía en el camino de la espiritualidad y la cultura afrocaribeña.
Meet David Ala Aggayu: A Doctor in Anthropology, High Priest, and a Writer on African and Cuban Religion.
David Ala Aggayu, has devoted most of his life to the study and promotion of the autochthonous, ethnological, and anthropological roots of the Lukumi-Santeria and Osha-Ifá religion, including magistrate teachings in Nkinsi Malongo (Palo Mayombe) and the History of West Africa.
David Ala Aggayu, has been a leading figure in the West African and Cuban, Yoruba-Lukumí religion, teaching Nkinsi Malongo, and training in Ifá-Orisa literature.
Born on September 2, 1986, in Havana, Cuba, he was initiated as a Priest of Aggayú by his godmother, Teresa González Omi Sainde and Alina Blanco Omi Iya. He has since initiated more than ten thousand (10,000) people in the Palo and Orisha lukumi religion, has given thousands of Orishas of Adímú, and made thousands of spiritual mass. After his initiation as a priest, Dr. David Ala Aggayu, began to study ten hours a day, between theory and practice with other Obàses, he was trained in ceremonies, prayers, oracle of dilogun and thousands of songs. At the end of his Iyaworaje, he officiated his first orisha ceremony with one year and five (5) months of being crowned, and from there, his obsession with studying has not diminished. The constant studying has become an obsession that, the more he studies, the more questions he asks himself and the thirstier he becomes to satisfy a deep and broad knowledge of this religion.
David Ala Aggayu is the Founder and President of the Asociacion Cultural Yoruba Lukumi in Houston, Texas, and, the first Cabildo Yoruba of Mexico, established in 2016, currently, the Cabildo, works with more than 400 members. In addition, David Ala Aggayu is also a Master Mason. David Ala Aggayu is also an Akpón, singer of Aña, the Yoruba folk Lúkúmí and Malongo (Palo Mayombe). Despite facing many obstacles in his early religious career, his obsessive study and commitment to the Yoruba Lúkúmí Afro-Cuban, and traditional culture and lineage has propelled him to travel the world for religious work, including Mexico, United States, all over Europe, Panama, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Colombia, and many other countries.
David Ala Aggayu, is a writer with 31 published books, which have sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide. David Ala Aggayu is a pillar, an icon, a professor, and a musician of the aboriginal and vernacular study of the Yoruba Lúkúmí roots of West Africa and present-day Cuba. David Ala Aggayu, presently lives in the state of Texas, where he resides with his beloved wife Reina Arencibia, who has being a driving force in his career. David is recognized as a Dr. Obà Oriaté, Master of Ceremonies in Santeria (Osha) and a writer worldwide. He has more than 800,000 followers on social media, and his YouTube channel; David Ala Aggayu, has more than 100,000 subscribers. To learn more about David Ala Aggayu and his life’s journey, visit www.davidalaaggayu.com
Contact Details:
Business Name: David Ala Aggayu, LLC
Contact Name: Dr. Omar David Arencibia
Contact Email: librosdavidalaaggayu@gmail.com
Contact Number: 3054394467
Address: 15948 S Post Oak Rd. Suit F Houston, Tx 77053
Country: United States
Website: www.davidalaaggayu.com