Full Name
Trinice McNally-Hair
Job Title
Spiritual leader (Iyalode)
Company
Ijo Ifa Ogunda Masa Spiritual Temple
Speaker Bio
Trinice Ìyá Fábùnmí McNally is a descendant of chattel slavery, and an Indigenous African spiritual practitioner in the Ifá and Òrìṣà (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe) tradition. Her work is shaped by a journey of returning to ancestral spiritual practices while navigating life in the United States, where Indigenous African religions remain largely unrecognized and unprotected. As a community-engaged scholar and organizer, she examines how anti-Blackness and racialized secularism shape religious freedom, family life, and access to dignity within schools, healthcare systems, and other public institutions. Her work bridges lineage, lived experience, and the ongoing struggle for freedom of conscience.