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Yoruba does not do gender

Yoruba Does Not Do Gender

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Kojoda Happy New Year

Happy New Calendar Year!!! It is 10067 of the Oodua Yoruba Calendar-–-KỌ́JỌ́DÁ

How the Yoruba Calendar Works & Ifá New Year Traditions 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 13 months in a year—so their year is 364 days long. The months and weeks are deeply tied to farming cycles, moon phases, and religious rituals. For the Ifá New ...

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Olódùmarè is not “God” – Akinkanju Valor

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 ...

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shaming

Shaming Is Not Justice, We Keep Telling Ourselves Civilized Lies – Seun Kuti

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