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Importance of Taboos in African Culture
Èèwọ̀/Sù - Taboo According to the Afrikan Spiritual Life On a simple level, Èèwọ̀/Sù (taboo in Yọrùbá and Ajã respectively) is an implicit prohibition on something (usually against an utterance...
Importance of Taboos in African Culture
Èèwọ̀/Sù - Taboo According to the Afrikan Spiritual Life On a simple level, Èèwọ̀/Sù (taboo in Yọrùbá and Ajã respectively) is an implicit prohibition on something (usually against an utterance...
Defining the Inputs and Outputs of Success
Àṣeyọrí/Cɛ̀nu ("success" in Yọrùbá and Fɔ̀ngbè respectfully) is usually depicted as a destination—a pinnacle of achievement that we strive to reach. However, what many people overlook is that success isn't...
Defining the Inputs and Outputs of Success
Àṣeyọrí/Cɛ̀nu ("success" in Yọrùbá and Fɔ̀ngbè respectfully) is usually depicted as a destination—a pinnacle of achievement that we strive to reach. However, what many people overlook is that success isn't...
The 9 Divisions of the Soul According to Africa...
Vodún dokun gba nyinyi kpa. Kpede ete mo wime kponte. Vodún is a safely guarded secret. Even what you see in front of you is a mysterious illusion at best....
The 9 Divisions of the Soul According to Africa...
Vodún dokun gba nyinyi kpa. Kpede ete mo wime kponte. Vodún is a safely guarded secret. Even what you see in front of you is a mysterious illusion at best....
The Office of Bokɔ́nɔn in the African Vodún Tra...
Bõkɔ́nɔn (bow-ko-known) is the title of a Fá (Ifá in Yorùbá) "priest" in the West Afrikan Vodún tradition found among the Ajã people. This title is gender neutral and can...
The Office of Bokɔ́nɔn in the African Vodún Tra...
Bõkɔ́nɔn (bow-ko-known) is the title of a Fá (Ifá in Yorùbá) "priest" in the West Afrikan Vodún tradition found among the Ajã people. This title is gender neutral and can...
The Vodún Portal
The Vodún Portal The short story is that the ancient Ajã people found divinity manifested within nature itself, in all things, and called that expression Vodún. Flowering peaks, flowing rivers,...
The Vodún Portal
The Vodún Portal The short story is that the ancient Ajã people found divinity manifested within nature itself, in all things, and called that expression Vodún. Flowering peaks, flowing rivers,...
Fɔngbè Body Part, Clothing and Household Termin...
Body Parts in the Fɔ̀n Dialect aɖu - tooth ta - head ahɔnke – skull, fontanel tó - ear àwà - arm àsá - leg alin - hip alinmɛ -...
Fɔngbè Body Part, Clothing and Household Termin...
Body Parts in the Fɔ̀n Dialect aɖu - tooth ta - head ahɔnke – skull, fontanel tó - ear àwà - arm àsá - leg alin - hip alinmɛ -...