In fact Ile-Ife is fabled as the spot where God created man white and black and from whence they dispersed all over the earth .(Gbogbo eya Yoruba lo tose orirun won si Oduduwa, a tile gbo o ninu itan pe Ile-Ife ni Olorun ti seda eniyan, yala funfun tabi dudu ti won si ti ibe fon kaakiri ile aye).. 
Ó fi orísirísi àṣà Yorùbá hàn; ju gbogbo rẹ̀ lọ, ó kọ́ ènìyàn lọ́gbọ́n lóríṣiríṣi ọ̀nà. 