Topic

Adaptations

Adaptations of African belief systems through diaspora and colonialism. Analyses of syncretism, cultural preservation, and religious transformation in diaspora.

Orisha 6 min

Orïsha on Screen: The 401 Behind the Film Adaptation Announcement

There is a Yoruba way of counting the divinities that refuses to close. The figure most often given is ọ̀kànlénírinwọ́ irúnmọlẹ̀ — four hundred and one. Four hundred, and then one more.

By Amina