In the precolonial and colonial periods, Shango priesthood with its possession cult symbolized by mounting -- husbands mounting wives, gods mounting possession priests, riders mounting horses -- was ...

The consolidation of power by the Alaafin of Oyo in the late seventeenth century and the rise of the Oyo Empire prefigured the spread of Oyo's influence and its dominance of Yoruba history for the ...

The coming of the rainy season normally marks the advent of Shango Festival in the Orisha cosmology. Egbe Onisin Eledumare, in association with the worldwide Isese Agabye, presentsits annual Shango ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium said it has named its three newest African lion cubs.The two males are Kayode and Shango, and the female cub is Kimani.Kayode, meaning "he brought joy," was ...

'Giants die in our midst unnoticed. A grand monumental tree falls in the garden and its like nobody even knew there was a tree.' So begins a recent obituary to a man who is at the heart of our program ...