and islands through the transatlantic slave trade. Yoruba became a popular religion soon after in many countries and became known by different names, such as Santeria (Brazil), or Lukumia and Regla de Ocho (Cuba), Candomble (Brazil) also known as Shango in Trinidad etc. Not these countries Which leads humans to a new birth, but with birth comes forgetting your old self. A main belief in yoruba is that when one is reborn that are given a new destiny and as one grows up they have to attempt to discover
In my religion we do not have faith because for us seeing is believing. If you think that by practicing spiritism you will become Marlin the Great Magician, or Harry Potter riding a broomstick, you better go to a psychologist; these practices are clearly not for you. The Orishas or spirits are not geniuses in a lamp either, you can 't rub a lamp and become a millionaire. Shamanism is for those who want to experience the spirit world and communicate with intelligent entities that are clearly not
Santería The Yoruba people, who were brought over from Nigeria as slaves, came to the Caribbean in the 1500’s with their own religion, which was seen as unfit by the white slave owners. Most plantation owners in the Caribbean were members of the Roman Catholic Church, so they forced their slaves to disregard their native religions and become Catholic. Soon, the slaves realized that they could still practice their West African religion as long as it was disguised as Catholicism, and Santería was
Chapter Thirteen: Spells, Ebbos and Adimus Rituals and Sacrifice (Ebó) Ebó is a ritual offering or sacrifice as dictated by divination. Ebó is one of the cornerstones of the Santeria religion, and it is the tool that we have been given by the Orishas to change our fate and return our lives to a balanced and healthy state. Ebo takes many forms. It can be an offering of fresh fruits, ritual baths, offerings of cooked foods, undergoing initiation, receiving an orisha, or animal sacrifice to name a few
As previously stated, Shola did not exactly want Shango to put his life at risk for freedom. Shango, on the other hand, would kill for freedom. He would go to a large extent to stand up for his people’s rights. The main goal for him was to get as many people to the hills. The hills were an area of resistance where people could practice their own religion and be free. Shola experiences a large transformation with the help of Shango. As she starts to get involved with the rebellious acts, she
greatest among the Orishas to do the job. This caused many complications before life as we know it was completed. Olorun's fame reached the Caribbean. It was thought he led a double life as Yansan. The fourth king of the ancient Oyo Empire was Shango. The ancient Oyo Empire was the West African culture and political center for the Yoruba people. From the fifteenth century until 1835 the Oyo Empire
The art work by the Cuban painter Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) titled Un coq pour Chango ( A Rooster for Shango) or The Oracle and the Green Bird was created in 1947. This piece represents freedom of art and human beings’ relation, connection to the nature, in particularly animals. I think the art work depicts 2 hybrid figures; audience can grasp from the title that one of them represents a human and another one represents a bird. Present location of the painting is The Museum of the African Diaspora
social change. Hammons, Donaldson, and Piper were unique artist who changed African American Art and captivated America through their exceptional styles of talent and artworks. While the artworks Spade (Power to the Spade) by David Hammons, Wives of Shango by Jeff Donaldson, and Adrian Piper’s advertisement in Village Voice share few commonalities such as similar subject matter, such as their strive for black power, and imagery, their differences in mediums, structural styles, and technique show differentiating
Theatre as a unique, live art form does not only consist of theatrical performances that tell stories, but are significant as to how they cover certain topics that portray issues within the world. Because of this, theatre is an art form that can be used as a platform to discuss and bring awareness to issues that affect one’s community. The play, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin Mccraney follows the upcoming of age story of Oya, a young African-American woman, that struggles to find her
In Southwestern Nigeria there is an ethnic group of people known as the Yoruba. This culture is found in other areas of Africa such as Togo, Sierra Leone and Liberia. In these countries their group is known by different names such as Anago, Tsha, Ife and Aku (Yoruba Online). Through archaeological excavation in Oyo and Ife, it is thought that the Yoruba people originated between the years of 800 and 1000 AD from the Middle East (p. 13 Drewal, Henry John, John Pemberton, Rowland Abiodun, and Allen
onomatopoeia. These can appeal to the reader’s five senses and add impact to keep the reader interested in the piece. There are lots of rhetorical questions in Hurricane Hits England, as if the narrator is asking or pleading to Huracan, Oya, Hattie and Shango (Gods of wind, thunder. Hattie: A famous Caribbean hurricane. The language in both poems is very different; Blessing uses lots of devices and techniques to add imagery to the poem. Such as onomatopoeia: “The small splash” “Imagine the drip of it”
In the “Repeating Island” Benitez Rojo’s describes the Caribbean as a machine, “the machine of the machine” an image of a violent rape and birth tells its origin story. The image of power and destruction is vivid, but what about the power of creation? Black, woman, indigenous, gender fluid, and non-Christian bodies continued to exist, survive, and thrive inexorably challenging the status quo. In “No Telephone to Heaven” the image of the magnanimous warrior roots the novel into a new imagination.
The tradition of ‘Evala’ is a West African Wrestling art that comes from the Togo ceremony of the Kabye people, which young men trained for and is possibly thousands of years old; originating from the Bantu migration period. Their training resembles the initiation of “Shaolin disciples” (they go through a rigorous training and are then tested). Yoruba: The Yoruba style of wrestling (Gidigbo/Oyo) founded in western Nigeria is a part of their initiation rite into manhood and is originally based
Comparing Hurrican Hits England and Not my Business The two poems I am to compare are Grace Nichols “Hurricane Hits England” a poem that shows that the whole world is one world and how a storm reminds a Caribbean woman of home. The author obviously misses her home country and feels it in the storm which she wrote about, the violence of the storm is harsh and causes some damage. The second poem, with which I will be comparing “Hurricane...” is Niyi Osundare’s “Not my Business”. This poem
relationship with that culture.? Michael W. Conner, PhD# Staffs are carried and danced with by priestesses and priest in the Sango cult, dedicated to Sango, the Yoruba deity of thunder and lighting. The female figure represents a worshiper of Shango. The majority of the Yoruba people live on the west coast of Africa in Nigeria, but can also be found in many other places, as they are one of the largest cultural classifications in Africa. There are approximately 40 million Yoruba world-wide
is about to take a child” (Haile Gerima, Sankofa). Then shouting, “Cobra! We are not afraid of the devil. Cobra! We are not afraid of the devil” (Haile Gerima, Sankofa). A Cobra is a Portuguese word for snake, this relates to the popular metaphor Shango uses, “The snake gon eat whatever in the frog’s belly” (Haile Gerima, Sankofa). During the chant the camera cuts to each of the faces of the women in the film. Nunu then states, “A day will come when men will be made women. Generous mother hold on
This interview was conducted by Professor Zalman and Ron Keine and is about Ron’s exoneration. Ron Keine was wrongfully convicted of the murder of a college student in Oklahoma. The duration of this case was full of corruption and ended in Ron being convicted and sentenced to death row. While being on death row, Ron thought he was going to die for a crime that he did not commit. There are so many aspects in this case, but to start the Detroit News conducted an investigation and what was uncovered
She uses this as a contrast between the two cultures to make them apart. Throughout the poem Alvi explores the different cultures and there meanings. Nichols refers to the cultures in different ways. When she writes, ”Talk to me Huracon…Oya…Shango,” she is directly addressing them and talks to them as if they were her family. I personally think that each of these poems has its own unique qualities, however my personal favourite is Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan. I like this poem because
Africa’s Pride Basil Davidson, a great journalist who accompanied Africa in gaining recognition through his writings, teachings, and other articles. A great activist he was, he traveled to many places and other countries. During that period, he encountered many people facing racism and fascism issues. With those experiences he discovered, he began using them to write books and documentations of history. He acknowledged the fight African American had faced to get the freedom of today. Davidson documentary
Search For My Tongue by Sujata Bhatt, Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols and Presents from Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alzi 'Search For My Tongue', by Sujata Bhatt is a forceful poem describing her experience of being caught between two cultures. This poem expresses how she feels that she has lost her mother tongue while speaking the foreign language within which she now lives, but in her dreams it grows back. Similarly, 'Hurricane Hits England', by Grace Nichols describes how she felt