Topic
Orisha
Orishas are Yoruba spirits central to African traditions; detailed profiles, origins, and meanings of Santería, Candomblé, and diaspora religious practices.
Yoruba
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.
Yoruba
Electronic Music Production and the Orisha: Three Ways a Sacred Sound Ends Up in a Track
You have met the word already, probably without being told what it was. Orisha, or Orixá, or Òrìs̀à with the tone marks left in, sitting in an artist name, a track title, a label's catalogue.