Yemoja News & Updates

Dance, water and prayers: Celebrating the goddess Yemoja

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria – During the annual festival to celebrate Yemoja, the goddess of the ri...

Dec 06, 2020 • Al Jazeera English

Let There Be Great Lighting: The Story of ‘Yemoja’ at the National Theatre

The production, directed by Ayodeji Omotayo Sanni, certainly provided enough material for conversati...

Sep 22, 2021 • Naija Gist - Latest

African gods: Yemoja, the caring mother

Yemoja, a water goddess is often portrayed as a benevolent mother. In Yoruba mythology, she is one o...

Jun 29, 2021 • Naija Gist - Latest

Yemoja in bathtub? Yetunde Barnabas triggers another round of reactions with movie teaser

Yetunde Barnabas recently shared a thriller and pictures from her forthcoming controversial movie, Y...

Jul 01, 2026 • MSN

Yemoja Opens Sustainable Microalgae Production Plant

Yemoja cultivates microalgae customized to fit functional food, nutraceutical or cosmetic applicatio...

Jun 02, 2020 • irblog.prnewswire.com

New Yemoja facility brings customized microalgae to cosmetics ingredient marketplace

This month, the marine ingredient startup announced the opening of a production plant that uses lead...

Jun 04, 2020 • nutraingredients

Yemoja Launches Skin-Deep Beauty with Microalgae Bioactive Ingredient

High-precision indoor cultivation of external polysaccharide sulphated brings pure algae-based topic...

Apr 12, 2021 • Business Insider

Making cultivated meat ‘bleed’ with red algae: ‘Even cell-based meat looks pale; it will need our solution’

New red microalgae discovered by Israeli start-up Yemoja adds ‘bloody’ juiciness to plant-based ...

Dec 08, 2021 • FoodNavigator

Yemoja stirs the audience

The efficacy of Yemoja as a river goddess came to the fore penultimate week in Abuja when the Nation...

Mar 05, 2016 • The Nation Newspaper

BREAKING: Alaafin Of Oyo Declares Chieftaincy Title Given To Brazilian Yemoja Worshipper Null And Void

Ferreira was on August 23, 2026, bestowed with the title “Yeye Atayese Oniyemoja of Oyo Land”, a...

Aug 25, 2026 • Sahara Reporters

Yetunde Barnabas changes movie title again after backlash

Nollywood actress Yetunde Barnabas has reverted the title of her forthcoming movie to Yemoja followi...

Jun 29, 2026 • MSN

FG reacts as actress Yetunde Barnabas' new movie faces backlash from traditionalist

Yetunde Barnabas faces backlash over movie title change from Yemoja to Olokun, prompting concerns fr...

Jun 28, 2026 • Legit.ng on MSN

Yemoja : gender, sexuality, and creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic diasporas / edited by Solimar Otero and Toyin Falola

Introduction : "Introducing Yemoja" / Solimar Otero and Toyin Falola -- Yemoja, gender, and sexualit...

Aug 24, 2025 • insider.si.edu

Traditionalist knocks actress Yetunde Barnabas for ‘misrepresenting’ Yoruba deities in new film

A traditionalist, Abiola Rosanwo, has criticised Nollywood actress and filmmaker Yetunde Barnabas ov...

Jun 28, 2026 • The Punch on MSN

Start-up Yemoja's High-precision Cultivation Delivers Customized Microalgae

TEL HAI, Israel, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Marine ingredient start-up, Yemoja, Ltd., has created...

Apr 06, 2020 • Business Insider