The first time I heard about Oduduwa is still vividly emblazoned in my mind. I was a little boy of 7. Yet, what unfolded right in front...

She was not the vain nor jealous type; Moremi liked to tell herself. In fact, she could be less concerned about the state of her beauty,...

Efik history traces the origin of Ndem worship to their god’s basin (usan Abasi) which tradition says was a sacred companion of the Iboku...

“A man cannot live without myths” – Paulin Houndtonji. “That night, the Mother of the Spirits walked the length and breadth of the clan,...

Pioneered by women from the Owerri and Calabar provinces of south-eastern Nigeria, the “Women’s War” in Igbo history or the “Aba Women’s...

Disturbing the Paradise The advent of the European world left Africa with little or no choice. It was indeed a brutal condition of either...

Amina had been training with swords and spears, sauntering the torturous journey of killing all her doubts and fears. She had trained hard..

The following inscriptions are my retelling of the story of Yèmọja, from the first version I heard to the history and characteristics I...

Oral poetry, just like oral literature, is usually a rendition performed in traditional societies. Therefore, oral poetry is a poetic...

It was once thought that Africans had no culture, no tradition, and no linguistic prowess. It was believed that the race only reasoned...

Africa is a continent dotted with rich and diverse indigenous and modern festivals, rituals, ancestral worships which constitute the...

By Sena Voncujovi (Reposted from medium with permission) From white colonizers to contemporary pop culture A picture of a White Jesus...