Happy Yoruba New Year! Aseyi samodun o!!!
My mom transitioned today and she is now an ancestor.She drew her last human breath today, this morning.My baby sister, Banke, informed me, “Maami left at 3:53 pm.”I knew she was departing. I was ready for it. My mother is now an Ère, the perfectly beautiful being.“Ènìyàn ò sunwọ̀n láàyè. Ọjọ́ a bá kú là á dère,” as Iya Oyo said one rainy evening.It means “A human is an ugly being. The day we transition is when we become beautiful.”A ...