This PhD dissertation by Ayodele Ogundipe was written in 1978 for the Department of Folklore, Indiana University. AFA copy 39088019915701 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This ...

Appreciating cultural heritage and using it to imagine a better future: that’s one of the goals of self-taught photographer and visual artist Ade Okelarin. Professionally, he goes by the name of ...

Before the emergence of western civilization, each tribe worshipped their own traditional god and had deities associated with various things. The Yorubas, for one, do not always assign gender to some ...

“The Half-God of Rainfall” is populated by gods: the rulers of Mount Olympus from Greek mythology, Yoruba deities from West Africa, the basketball gods of the NBA. But actor Jason Bowen explains that ...

Four years after the launch of his unique historical novel, Gods and Heroes: Itan legends of the golden age at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos, Dr. Oladele ...

Explore the fascinating world of creation stories from mythology and folklore across different cultures. In this video, we dive into the origins of the universe as told by various mythologies—from the ...

A Yoruba folklore and cultural night, the event aims to bridge generational gap by reconnecting both young and old with their ...

In Blood Scion, Deborah Falaye has written the kind of unputdownable YA novel that is destined to become a classic. Sloane is a young Black woman descended from the Orisha gods. Hiding her powers and ...

Anamnesis by Jaqueline C.J. Barnes (JCJB) is a new manga-style YA graphic novel, pitched as Studio Ghibli meets Yoruban folklore about Isra, a narcoleptic, romance novel-obsessed witch living in a ...