Voodoo Comforts Grieving Haitians
Voodoo is playing a central role in helping Haitians cope with their unthinkable tragedy.
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13. January 2010
Haiti Relief Effort
As many of you know, Haiti was hit by a magnitude-7 Earthquake on Jan. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, are dead.
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5. June 2008
Healer wants recognition for Haiti’s Vodou
Max Beauvoir, 68, of the Temple of Yehwe in Mariani, Haiti, said politicians, humanitarian organisations, and Christian leaders from abroad have refused to acknowledge the role of the religion in the country's culture for 200 years. As a result, Haiti is on the brink of total collapse, and he believes Vodou gods are upset.
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8. May 2008
Eepa Oya O!: Ol’Oya Speaks Out
Oya, is a beautiful and powerful Orisa and her ruling odu is Osa Meji. Oya was the Queen of Ira and she was not from Nupe. Before she became Sango’s wife she had a kingdom of her own. Nevertheless, one cannot mention Oya (Ayaba Sango) without mentioning her husband Sango, for it was Sango who [...]
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8. May 2008
Heaven for a Thug?: Why Libation and Young Warriors Don’t Mix
The impact of pouring out liquor on the street corner for young men that have died from gang violence, disease, police violence and drug wars
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Ita Ifa’Orisa ‘Anago’
Anago is the path of Ifa'Orisha that seeks the original and most sacred truth verified by the sacred Odu.
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Fort Coenraadsburg (Elmina)
Situated at the end of a steep and narrow road , at the top of S‹o Jago Hill overlooking the historic Sao Jorge Castle, lies the smaller, but equally significant Fort Coenraadsburg. The original structure that lay atop the hill was a chapel built by the Portuguese in honor of St. James. In 1637, however, [...]
Continue reading...26. December 2009
Cape Coast Castle
In 1655 the Swedes began construction on a fort situated on one of the better landing places in West Africa, land which the Portuguese called ‘Cabo Corso’ meaning ’short cape’. Over the next decade, Fort Carolusburg, as it was called, would change owners roughly half a dozen times, facing, among others, occupation by the Danes, [...]
Continue reading...26. December 2009
Sao Jorge da Mina (Elmina)
St. George’s Castle, also known as Mina, is the oldest major stone structure erected by the Europeans in the Tropics. Built by the Portuguese in 1482, it was to be the first of many trading forts constructed along the Gold Coast and would play a vital role in the development of a trade whose social, [...]
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- Voodoo Comforts Grieving Haitians
- Haiti Relief Effort
- Healer wants recognition for Haiti’s Vodou
- Eepa Oya O!: Ol’Oya Speaks Out
- Heaven for a Thug?: Why Libation and Young Warriors Don’t Mix
21. January 2010
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