AJ
Storyteller · 11 pieces
Amina Juma
One of the storytelling voices behind African Belief — every piece below carries their name because it was researched, framed, and checked in their voice.
On the shelf
Pieces by Amina
Yoruba
Who Is Oshun? The Yoruba Orisha of Rivers and Sweetness
The most famous thing about Oshun is the least useful thing about her. Say the name in a room and someone will hand you the short version: goddess of love, goddess of beauty, the one with the mirror…
Folklore
Magical Realism, Abiku, and Ogbanje: African Folklore in Contemporary Storytelling
In most bookshops, Ben Okri's The Famished Road sits a shelf or two from One Hundred Years of Solitude, filed under the same two words: magical realism.