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They aren’t synchronized with anyone. Sango is NOT a mute white woman, trapped inside a castle. Eshu is not a cute holy child that you give candy to. Because these saints may have displayed traits of the Orisha does NOT ...

Growing up in Ile-Ife during the late 1950s and 1960s, our taxi was a Morris Minor. The same was true in most towns and cities across Southwestern Nigeria. Motorcycles were not used as taxis.By the 1970s, Datsun, Toyota, and Peugeot ...

“He may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.” U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). This is the single unbroken rule of Western engagement with African leadership. This principle applies as much to African ...

Over the course of the night of June 9 and 10, the United States conducted massive strikes against Iran; in retaliation, the Islamic Republic attacked three American bases in the Middle East. The strikes were executed “at the Commander in ...

The Yoruba traditional calendar, called Kọ́jọ́dá, starts the new year on June 3rd and ends on June 2nd the following year. It’s a lunar calendar with a 4-day week (each day honoring different Orisa), 7 weeks in a month, and ...

Beloved Brothers and Sisters, It is with heavy hearts and deep indignation that we bring to your attention a tragic incident involving one of our own. A Congolese brother has lost his life in Dublin following an encounter with the ...

The solution is via collectivism or communism. If only the rats knew they could climb on top of each other to make a narrow escape, while the escapees return with a rope to free the rest. Rats are not as ...

Russia reports that Western weapons sent to Ukraine have been sold by Kiev and ended up with terrorist groups in Burkina Faso, Niger, Sudan, Somalia, and Syria. Dmitry Lyubinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, stated:“The extensive delivery of weapons to ...

I have looked into the historical records written by scholars about the Sokoto Caliphate. And I have discovered a great and harsh truth. The truth is that after Usman dan Fodio and his Fulani warriors seized the Hausa kingdoms, they ...