African Heritage

African Lady

"I am not an African Lady Whose skin was gold Whose beauty was obscure Whose heart was privy ravishing" This piece celebrates African ladies

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...

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...

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...

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..

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,

Yèmọja

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

Praise Poems in Africa

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

Olúrónbí

At a little distance, three women sprawl out on the brown earth with wrappers untamed: sighing, stomping and singing...

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...