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ÈṢÙ, often mistakenly equated with Satan, is a complex Orisa in the Yoruba tradition, not inherently evil. He serves as a mediator between humans and the divine, carrying messages and sacrifices. World Esu isn’t Satan 2025 Aseyisamodun to all Onisese. ...

Meet your host for the ESU IS NOT SATAN FESTIVAL, Ibikunle Samuel aka ArugboBoisi. This award winning OAP, historian and media personality is well-versed in everything that has to do with Yoruba history and culture. ArugboBoisi will be lending his ...

I honor Aganjú, Orisha of Volcanoes, Mountains, and the Raw Force of Creation. He is the fire beneath the Earth, the strength that moves continents, the power that transforms pressure into purpose. Aganjú reminds me that not all growth is ...

One of the most irritating “compliments” Yoruba people hear is “You don’t look Yoruba.”“You’re too fine to be Yoruba.”“Wow, you speak well… for a Yoruba person.” These are NOT compliments.These are backhanded insults. It is an attempt to downgrade Yoruba ...

Saying our roofs are brown isn’t an insult; it is a fact, but what you fail to understand is that those brown roofs are proof of early civilization, they are history, they are heritage, they are memory. From Ibadan to ...

“This partnership with Russia paves the way to increase energy production by hundreds of megawatts by 2030, which will allow doubling national electric capacity,” Burkina Faso’s foreign minister, Karamoko Jean Marie Traore, noted. Russia and Burkina Faso signed an agreement ...