Obatala is one of the most revered and prominent African deities, particularly within the Yoruba religion. (which originated in Nigeria). As an Orisha, Obatala is considered to be one of the oldest ...

From Spain to Britain, Trinidad and Tobago, like much of the Caribbean, has a history of colonisation. That shared experience of occupation and near erasure was so brutal that its ripple effects are ...

I gave a public lecture at the Schomburg Centre, Harlem, New York in the late 90s and the subject of homosexuality was addressed by me, and one theatre director accused me of intolerance. The sum of ...

We learn about about the deities and spirits of Yoruba lore. In recent years we have seen a very welcome uptick in the number of fantasy books inspired by West African folklore. The Afrofuturism and ...

Bent double by age, the high-priestess of Nigeria's Yoruba spirit-world shuffles forward, reaching out a white, blotchy hand in welcome. Mrs Wenger resurrected the traditions of the river-god Osun ...

Nylah Iqbal Muhammad is an award-winning travel, entertainment, and lifestyle writer with bylines in New York Magazine, Travel + Leisure, and Vogue. Porsche Little, a Brooklyn-based artist, diviner, ...

Santeria is essentially an African way of worship drawn into a symbiotic relationship with Catholicism. The Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. Marcea Eliade Santería is an amorphous, practical, and oral ...

The Obalesu Obatala Agbaye, Olaolu Dada, has announced the readiness of traditionalists to use their powers to fight insecurity. Dada declared that the pan-Yoruba group Irorun Ile Kaaro-oo-jiire will ...

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi recently opened a longstanding debate about the relationship between the Igbo and the Yoruba, and did affirm that the Igbo were ancient inhabitants of Ife. The ...

These are simple conversational notes with which one can engage in a soul-searching meaning of “intolerance as the burden of our moral and National Conscience’. We are all shocked, and may be some are ...