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Let’s get something straight: Olódùmarè is not “God” — and trying to make that equation is not only inaccurate, it’s lazy. The attempt to force Yoruba cosmology into the mold of Western or Abrahamic religious concepts is exactly how culture gets erased. Let’s start with the word “God.” It’s not some ancient, divine label handed down by the heavens. The English word God is a derivative term, believed to come from the Proto-Germanic gudan, itself related to the Proto-Indo-European root ...