Topic

Diaspora

Diaspora religions preserved African spiritual traditions through migration and slavery. Research on syncretism, adaptation, and heritage survival.

Yoruba 7 min

Shango: The Yoruba Orisha of Thunder, Justice, and Kingship

A boy on a school register in Ibadan is called Ṣàngóbùnmi — "Ṣàngó gave me this one." A record crate somewhere holds a Santana album from 1982 with the name across the sleeve.

By Célestin