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    Sàngó and His Wives
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Jun 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Sàngó and His Wives

    Sàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; and as Jakuta or Badé is an Orisha, a deity in Yoruba religion. He is a royal...
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    Àkàrà-Acaraje: Unravelling Nigerian-Brazilian Culinary Ties
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • May 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    Àkàrà-Acaraje: Unravelling Nigerian-Brazilian Culinary Ties

    The transatlantic slave trade created wild cultural coexistence in many places of the world and indeed in the Americas. In fact, entering...
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    The Ugandan Law Concerning Fortune-Tellers
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Ugandan Law Concerning Fortune-Tellers

    Once upon a time there was a woman who had a beautiful daughter whom she loved very much, and she was very anxious that she should find a...
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    Queen Amina
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Feb 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Queen Amina

    Amina had been training with swords and spears, sauntering the torturous journey of killing all her doubts and fears. She had trained hard..
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    Jollof Rice: A West African Treasure
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Feb 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    Jollof Rice: A West African Treasure

    Jollof Rice in West Africa is head and shoulders above other meals. Spicy, red-hot, aroma-filled, toothsome, alluring and delectable,
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    Yèmọja
    Haleemah Atobiloye
    • Feb 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    Yèmọja

    The following inscriptions are my retelling of the story of Yèmọja, from the first version I heard and the history and characteristics I...
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    Praise Poems in Africa
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 6 min

    Praise Poems in Africa

    Oral poetry, just like oral literature, is usually a rendition performed in traditional societies. Therefore, oral poetry is a poetic...
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    Olúrónbí
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Jan 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Olúrónbí

    At a little distance, three women sprawl out on the brown earth with wrappers untamed: sighing, stomping and singing...
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    Taking You through The Ere: Aesthetic Dimensions and Significance of The Ere Festival.
    Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
    • Jan 24, 2021
    • 9 min

    Taking You through The Ere: Aesthetic Dimensions and Significance of The Ere Festival.

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