Yoruba High Priestess and Artist, Susanne Wenger (July 4, 1915 – January 12, 2009), also known as Adunni Oloriṣa, in a studio with her adopted children, Oṣogbo, 1964. 
When Wenger emigrated to Ibadan, Nigeria in 1949, she became sick with tuberculosis and was subsequently taken to a Yoruba herbalist in Ẹdẹ, present-day Osun State, who cured her of the disease.
Wenger was then attracted to the Yoruba language and religion, and became a High Priestess of the Òrìṣà, where she established herself in the revival of the religion.
She also became the guardian of the Sacred Grove of the Osun goddess on the banks of the Osun River in Oṣogbo.
She also became the guardian of the Sacred Grove of the Osun goddess on the banks of the Osun River in Oṣogbo.
In 2005, President Olusegun Obasanjo honoured her with the national award of the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR).
Wenger died in Oṣogbo on January 12, 2009. She was 93. #HistoryVille
Wenger died in Oṣogbo on January 12, 2009. She was 93. #HistoryVille
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