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Orisha
Orishas are Yoruba spirits central to African traditions; detailed profiles, origins, and meanings of Santería, Candomblé, and diaspora religious practices.
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…
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.