Published: 2022-06-01
Sacred Texts of Africa and the African Diaspora
A Selection of Haitian Creole Proverbs on Religion
1–14
AbstractProverbs play a role in many religions. The Ketuvim in Hebrew scriptures, the Book of Proverbs in the Christian Bible, and the Hindu Upanishads...
White Jesus Must Die: Decoding Black Jesus
The Iconography of Coon Christ and Jesus of the People
15–26
AbstractThe depiction of a racialized Jesus is as old as the modern concepts of race. According to art historian Anna Swartwood House, our modern...
In the Language of the Gods
An Exploration of the Ancestral Spirit Manifest (Masquerade) Chant among the Idoma in Nigeria
27–44
AbstractWorship and religious expressions are fundamental characteristics of the way of life of a traditional Idoma person. Music not only expresses but...
A Selection of Yorùbá Orò Sacred Texts from Nigeria
45–55
AbstractOrò, popularly revered as “Lásọgbà” amongst the Yorùbá cultural group in Igbó Ọrà, Ìbàràpá area of Ọ̀yọ́ State, Nigeria, is an òrìṣhà whose...
Contemporary Pedagogy of Applied Yorùbá Sacred Text
56–80
AbstractThe major religions of the world have written scriptures which serve as spiritual guides for their adherents. In these contemporary times,...