Oshun The River Goddess
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Osun In Colours
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Author : Kayode Afolabi
language : en
Publisher: Booksurge Llc
Release Date : 2006
Osun In Colours written by Kayode Afolabi and has been published by Booksurge Llc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Fiction categories.
Osun in colours is a compendium on one of the most significant traditional deity in Africa, the Caribbean Islands and the Americas. It is a searchlight to the diversified stories of the river goddess through its more than three hundred pictorial analysis and illustrations from Igede to Osogbo where the goddess groves. The book traces the biographical origin of the goddess from her humble beginning at Igede Ekiti and goes further to exhibit the exact source of her waters - the popular river Osun in Yorubaland till the point she crossed the Atlantic. Among other things, the book highlights Osun grove and its festival celebrations in selected Yoruba towns, discusses her relationship with other Yoruba pantheons and shows its readers the location where the two great rivers in Yorubaland, namely, river Oba and river Osun met. It goes further again, to discuss some ingredients peculiar to her worship, sacrifice and initiation. Two chapters are on her sojourn overseas and her beautiful songs across the waters. Osun in colours is extremely useful for Orisa worshippers in diaspora, valuable for tourists' and a reference point for researchers' and students' of religion worldwide. Intending readers and buyers should note that the book has scored so many 'FIRSTS'.The book is the first powerful book to trace the SOURCE of Osun waters.The first to highlight in pictorial form how it meanders through thick forests from Ekiti land through Ijesaland, Osogbo, Ibadan, Abeokuta and many other Yoruba communities until the point she crossed the Atlantic! The first to research into Osun's votary maids in Yoruba communities.The first to make a distinction between the Osun the divinity and the Osun the deity.....and lots more! Finally, the book is full of information and insight and it is a good source for continuous research, debate, seminars and discussion for any doubtful issue or issues that may be considered otherwise by any individual or group of person
Oshun The River Goddess
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Author : Nefer Nika Miller-Herew
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-12-03
Oshun The River Goddess written by Nefer Nika Miller-Herew and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-03 with categories.
A baby girl who tragically loses her mother at birth. Oshun is the sweet and gentle River Goddess, loved by Orisha & Human alike. A colourful and magical story created from the vivid imagination of a twelve year old mind. This is a mythological recreation of original African Orisha Stories.
The Oshun Diaries
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Author : Diane Esguerra
language : en
Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books
Release Date : 2019-08-15
The Oshun Diaries written by Diane Esguerra and has been published by Eye & Lightning Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-15 with Travel categories.
High priestesses are few and far between, white ones in Africa even more so. When Diane Esguerra hears of a mysterious Austrian woman worshipping the Ifa river goddess Oshun in Nigeria, her curiosity is aroused. It is the start of an extraordinary friendship that sustains Diane through the death of her son and leads to a quest to take part in Oshun rituals. Prevented by Boko Haram from returning to Nigeria, she finds herself at Ifa shrines in Florida amid vultures, snakes, goats' heads, machetes, a hurricane and a cigar-smoking god. Her quest steps up a gear when Beyoncé channels Oshun at the Grammys and the goddess goes global. Mystifying, harrowing and funny, The Oshun Diaries explores the lure of Africa, the life of a remarkable woman and the appeal of the goddess as a symbol of female empowerment.
Osun Across The Waters
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Author : Joseph M. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2001-10-09
Osun Across The Waters written by Joseph M. Murphy and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-09 with Religion categories.
Ã’sun is a brilliant deity whose imagery and worldwide devotion demand broad and deep scholarly reflection. Contributors to the ground-breaking Africa's Ogun, edited by Sandra Barnes (Indiana University Press, 1997), explored the complex nature of Ogun, the orisa who transforms life through iron and technology. Ã’sun across the Waters continues this exploration of Yoruba religion by documenting Ã’sun religion. Ã’sun presents a dynamic example of the resilience and renewed importance of traditional Yoruba images in negotiating spiritual experience, social identity, and political power in contemporary Africa and the African diaspora. The 17 contributors to Ã’sun across the Waters delineate the special dimensions of Ã’sun religion as it appears through multiple disciplines in multiple cultural contexts. Tracing the extent of Ã’sun traditions takes us across the waters and back again. Ã’sun traditions continue to grow and change as they flow and return from their sources in Africa and the Americas.
Oshun S Gold
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Author : Simone Brightstein
language : en
Publisher: Stamford House Publishing
Release Date : 2008-02
Oshun S Gold written by Simone Brightstein and has been published by Stamford House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02 with categories.
A Fairytale for grownups, here, Oshun, the Yoruba Goddess of Love, gives cosmetics queen Alix Morton a gift that can rock the industry. Here, mere mortals meet up with Oshun and her fellow deities - Eleggua, Chango and Oya - and, African magic mixes with the fast-paced world of fashion, glamour and image making.
Oshun
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Author : Fa'lokum Fatunmbi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-08-01
Oshun written by Fa'lokum Fatunmbi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-01 with Gods, Yoruba categories.
Osun Seegesi
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Author : Diedre Badejo
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 1996
Osun Seegesi written by Diedre Badejo and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Osun (Yoruba deity). categories.
What does our sophisticated, technically advanced society have to learn from a venerable African goddess? That is the question Dr. Diedre Badejo set out to answer a decade ago, armed only with a tape recorder, a working knowledge of Yoruba language, literature, and culture, and a mental "image" of the African Motherland molded as much by her great grandmother's character as by her own experience of the Black Power and Black Studies movements of the '60s and '70s. The answers Dr. Badejo found as she immersed herself in the ritual orature, sacred songs, and festival drama of the Yoruba goddess Osun Seegesi at the deity's principal shrine in the city of Osogbo, Nigeria, are shared with the world in this detailed documentary/analysis that presents a startling view of human relations and relationships that is powerful in its practicality and revolutionary in its civility. What Osun (pronounced "Oh-Shoon") offers to a civilization standing "at the crossroads" and poised on the "abyss of transition", says the author, is nothing less than "an African feminist theory that challenges the hegemony of the Western social order" with a holistic sociocultural vision that recognizes and affirms the reciprocal role of women and men in building and sustaining a truly civil society.
Osun Osogbo
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Author : Kayode Afolabi
language : en
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Osun Osogbo written by Kayode Afolabi and has been published by Booksurge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Osun (Yoruba deity) categories.
"With about three hundred powerful pictures, this book identifies and highlights all the Sacred Places and Sacred People attached to the benevolent living river goddess. It is a scholarly treatise on one of the most significant traditional deity in South-Western Nigeria, namely; Osun Osogbo, who has won for herself the appellation 'A Lady of 10,000 names' - across the waters!"--Back cover
Afro Caribbean Religions
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Author : Nathaniel Samuel Murrell
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-25
Afro Caribbean Religions written by Nathaniel Samuel Murrell and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-25 with History categories.
Religion is one of the most important elements of Afro-Caribbean culture linking its people to their African past, from Haitian Vodou and Cuban Santeria—popular religions that have often been demonized in popular culture—to Rastafari in Jamaica and Orisha-Shango of Trinidad and Tobago. In Afro-Caribbean Religions, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell provides a comprehensive study that respectfully traces the social, historical, and political contexts of these religions. And, because Brazil has the largest African population in the world outside of Africa, and has historic ties to the Caribbean, Murrell includes a section on Candomble, Umbanda, Xango, and Batique. This accessibly written introduction to Afro-Caribbean religions examines the cultural traditions and transformations of all of the African-derived religions of the Caribbean along with their cosmology, beliefs, cultic structures, and ritual practices. Ideal for classroom use, Afro-Caribbean Religions also includes a glossary defining unfamiliar terms and identifying key figures.
Osh N
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Author : Baba Raul Canizares
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Osh N written by Baba Raul Canizares and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Oshun is the deity of river waters and is also seen as the embodiment of love and sexuality. She represents the joy of life and is, in many ways, what makes life worth living. Oshun is the patron of gold and all wealth is hers to give. She also rules marriage and is the giver of fertility. Her influence is gentle and loving and she teaches humanity that the secret of life is love.