Before the emergence of western civilization, each tribe worshipped their own traditional god and had deities associated with various things. The Yorubas, for one, do not always assign gender to some ...

Appreciating cultural heritage and using it to imagine a better future: that’s one of the goals of self-taught photographer and visual artist Ade Okelarin. Professionally, he goes by the name of ...

Four years after the launch of his unique historical novel, Gods and Heroes: Itan legends of the golden age at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos, Dr. Oladele ...

“The Half-God of Rainfall” is populated by gods: the rulers of Mount Olympus from Greek mythology, Yoruba deities from West Africa, the basketball gods of the NBA. But actor Jason Bowen explains that ...

This PhD dissertation by Ayodele Ogundipe was written in 1978 for the Department of Folklore, Indiana University. AFA copy 39088019915701 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This ...

According to Yoruba mythology, several gods descended from heaven to help create the earth during its creation. Yoruba mythologists have analyzed the relationships between these deities to better ...

In Blood Scion, Deborah Falaye has written the kind of unputdownable YA novel that is destined to become a classic. Sloane is a young Black woman descended from the Orisha gods. Hiding her powers and ...