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“Iya Oyo!” I hailed. “Baba Oyo told me this story about Orí, and it doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever.” “What story?” she asked. “Is it from his Bible? There are lots of incredulous stories in that book of ...

The Chinese bride, just like the Yoruba bride, must prove on the night of the wedding that she has not dishonored the family. What happens between the Yoruba and the Chinese on the night of the wedding? Let’s call the ...

Ajé is the Yoruba divinity of abundance. It is the divinity of money. I flunked my first Ajé test. I passed subsequent ones, but I flunked the first at age 5. My mother said, “Moyo, go into my handbag. You’ll ...

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This “news” was weeks in the making, but this time it is official: the city of Soledar has been liberated by the Wagner PMC (with Russian Airborne Forces blocking the city from the North and South). Why did it take ...

Seun Kuti posted the picture on his instragram profile and it was captioned:Happy birthday to meeeeeeeeee!!!! The goal is to become an African Elder ie one that has aged with grace and dignity that the young ones can emulate. I ...

Machine translation of this article: https://m.vz.ru/society/2023/1/9/1194217.html Having abandoned the Christmas truce, Kiev received painful breakthroughs in the defense line in the Donbass. The Russian Armed Forces have achieved decisive success in Soledar and Artemovsk-important strategic points that the Ukrainian command is ...

by Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted 2023 starts with collective NATO in Absolutely Freak Out Mode as Russian Defense Minister Shoigu announces that Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov is now on tour – complete with a set ...

Washington is concerned by a Russian cargo ship’s visit to a naval base in South Africa, an American official has told the WSJ. Relations between Washington and Pretoria have become strained after a Russian cargo ship visited South Africa’s largest ...

Did you know that the original word for wife in the Oodua (Yoruba) language is AYA and not IYAWO? The latter is quite commonly used nowadays than the former. I would take you through how Iyawo came about; Wura who ...