On the boat, participants cast white flowers into the sea and placed a doll dressed in white, a symbol of the orisha, while chanting prayers and ceremonial rhythms. "A gift for her," noted the video ...

US-based scholar and former Vice Chancellor Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof Wande Abimbola, has said that the planned World Orisha Congress should have been held in the past 50 years ...

The Federal Government, through the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, has unveiled plans to establish the ‘World Orisha Congress’ to boost the nation’s economy through spiritual ...

” World Orisha Congress (WOOCON) is beyond just a gathering. It is a revolution of spiritual consciousness, a renaissance of cultural pride, and a movement of identity reclamation”.

She was 97, having been born on Feb. 16, 1928. Marjorie is survived by her daughter, Jincey Merten Yemaya; her son, Joel Arthur Merten; granddaughters Cameron Eva Merten and Elisa Christina Merten ...

For example, one page might talk about the Orishas, divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba faith of West Africa, while another might feature Egyptian gods. One of the first superheroes ...

For example, one page might talk about the Orishas, divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba faith of West Africa, while another might feature Egyptian gods. One of the first superheroes with ...

However, what is seen in Black Panther or other comics is a synthesis of different African religions and cultural practices, she said.For example, one page might talk about the Orishas ...