Ala is a West African earth deity.
- Ala is a Nigerian deity of the Ibo tribe.
- She is the goddess of death as well as the Mother of All Things.
- As queen of the underworld, she invites the souls of the deceased back into her womb, giving birth to the beginning of all life.
- Ala despises any deadly act, which she sees as a disturbance of life and death's natural cycle.
- Her emblem is the crescent moon, and her temples, depicting her as a sitting lady cradling a tiny infant, are typically built in the heart of communities.