Topic
Media
Media representation of African beliefs shows film and television depictions of African spirituality and mythology with critical analysis of portrayals.
Yoruba
Children of Blood and Bone: What the Film Trailer Owes the Òrìṣà
The fight over the Children of Blood and Bone film trailer is not a fight about whether Hollywood got the òrìṣà right. It cannot be.
Yoruba
Children of Blood and Bone: What a Film Adaptation Announcement Can and Can't Do for Orïsha
The advice comes around with every trailer, and it came around again with this one: a big enough movie will finally teach the world about African religion.
Yoruba
Children of Blood and Bone: The Film Trailer and the Real Orïsha
The word lands early, cut over drums and a horizon of red dust: Orïsha. Three syllables, one diaeresis, the name of a kingdom that has never existed anywhere but on a page.