Where we live on.
One app for our people and our stories. Share your moments, message your people, gather at events, play, and hear our languages spoken. Made for us. Everyone is welcome.
ORIIA
We build homes for our cultures.
ORIIA is a company that makes apps, games and places where our languages, our stories and our people live on. Made for us. Open to everyone. Built to last.
What we build
ÀjọÈdè
The living dictionary of our languages.
Words, tones, proverbs and the voices that say them, added and checked by the people who speak them. Read it free at ajoede.app, or add your own in Kowrey.
Also from ORIIA
- ṢoGbédè A game show where culture meets laughter, language and connection. Based in Dallas, Texas. sogbede.com →
- KÍLOWÍ A fast word game built on the sound and tone of Yorùbá.
- ORIIA Studios A creative space for events, production and experiences, in Forney and Dallas, Texas. oriiastudios.com →
The Ajo Foundation
The Ajo Foundation grows out of ÀjọÈdè and Kowrey.
Why we exist
One home. Many roads.
Our roads have been different, and the place we come from is the same. Our languages, our stories and our ways of gathering deserve a home that is as good as anything else on your phone, and that belongs to us.
We are building for the long run. The words a grandmother says today should still be heard, and still be ours, a hundred years from now.
Who is behind it
ORIIA was founded by Isola SoGbede, who tells our stories and makes games from our languages.
His page →Contact
- For help with Kowrey or ÀjọÈdè
- awa@ajoede.app
- To be on ṢoGbédè
- iwadi@sogbede.com
- To book ORIIA Studios
- the booking page at oriiastudios.com