Ẹ̀bùn Edùmarè ni ọmọ
Ẹ̀rí ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ sí wa ni wọ́n
Èdùmàrè à ń bẹ̀ ọ́
Bá wa wo àwọn èwe yè
Fi wọ́n fún àwọn tí ń wojú rẹ fún ẹ̀bùn wọn
Má ṣe jẹ́ kí wọ́n kú mọ́ àwọn òbí wọn lọ́wọ́
Èyí a wí yìí, kárọ̀ rọ̀ mọ́ ọn.
@AlamojaYoruba
AFRICAN AESTHETICS Many universities in the West are developing core curriculum programs focused on “Western Civilization,” while increasingly purging African, African Diaspora, Asian, and other civilizations from their programs. The West focusing on Western Civilization is appropriate. The days of African and African Diaspora Studies seem numbered. At the same time, Africana artists are producing contemporary works like never before. What are these Africana artists going to read? Are they going to study Western Civilization only, without any understanding of ...