Goddess Oracle (Solitude)
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6 years agoPre-Colonial African studies or Africology 6 years agoDefining “Orisha” simply as deities does not do justice to the concept . Viewed in symbolic terms, an Orisha may be said to arise from the convergence of a divine power to command and make things happen, with a natural force, a defied ancestor and an object that witnesses and supports that convergence and alignment. An Orisha therefore is… Read more
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This is truly informative. I have just started studying Ifa and this helps a lot. Thank you.
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very nicely put down. “anthropology” has been designed to ontologically reduce our spirituality to terms like “polytheism” and “animism”.
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Thanks for clearing up the misconceptions about orishas. Each orisha represents an energy fragment of Olodumare. They are Olodumare’s ministers.
The orishas confer their energies upon people when people set up and hold various rituals in honor of these orishas.- View 2 replies
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In August of 1831, Nathaniel Turner who was born the slave of a farmer named Benjamin Turner in Southampton County, Virginia on October 2, 1800, believing that he had been ordained by God to free Afrikan Americans from bondage, led the most bloodiest slave rebellion in U.S History before militiamen stopped him and his followers. Although… Read more
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Every year in Barbados, Emancipation Day is celebrated on the 1st of August in recognition of the official date of the abolishment of slavery on the island. The Emancipation Statue pictured below is a public sculpture of a slave rebellion leader in Barbados East of Bridgetown. This statue is located at the center of the J.T.C Ramsay… Read more
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” The FOOT is what brings the family together. If you did not decide to walk to come here, you will never meet all these people to even call them family. Its because you made the decision to walk, that’s why you are here right now to meet those people and you’re part of the family. Once someone walks to come to you, that’s already a… Read more
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Awesome info as usual!
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Karibu sana!
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The Elder Scholars were a group of academicians, writers, activists and lay historians who lived primarily on the East Coast of the United States during the 20th century. They wrote and debated the ideas of Afrikan cultures and civilisation in many forums. Some of the most prolific and best known of these scholars were Chancellor Williams,… Read more
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