Shango

gain power within America so that there can be constructive change. According to Pinn, civil rights and citizenship are not the ultimate goals for the Nation of Islam, complete independence is. The Gods in Jam Session portrays the African beliefs of Shango, Ogun, which is the third king of the Oyo empire and the center of culture and politics for the Yoruba people. He is associated with thunder, rainstorms, and lighting and is the first divinity. This spiritual practice mirrors the quest for…

In the Ghanaian language, Akan, the term Sankofa means to return to your past and reclaim it. In Haile Gerima’s film, Sankofa, he portrays a story of identity and rediscovery of the past and ancestry through time-travel in which Mona, an African-American model, possesses the body of a house-slave named Shola. Shola’s journey from a compliant house slave to a rebellious enslaved woman permits Mona to relearn her African culture and history and in the end, she emerges with a newfound consciousness…

Chinese men in terrible health conditions. It has done so much damage them that they don’t even notice it. They are so naïve into thinking that just because it's legal that it's safe to use, but that’s not the case . Opium has destroyed our beloved Shango like many other providence. China is infested with opium addicts and you know better than I do because you are surrounded by them. 1 Why does Great Britain keep selling this to our country if they know what it has done to our country. It…

sweetness, kindness, generosity, and bountiful love. The MTV article written by Liz Raiss asked art historians, what they taught about Beyoncé’s usage of the reference to art history. The art historian named Cheryl Finley stated that “Oshun bore twins to Shango, the thunder god, with whom she ruled from his expansive brass palace. Hence, the brassy/gold hue of Beyoncé’s elaborate crown and regal robe reference the wealth of brass objects — bracelets, fans, earrings, staffs, and swords —…

He played along, as she knew he would, and it prompted an even wider smile mixed with smirk from her. She'd come a long way since her childhood and Nebraska, sometimes she wondered what her grandpa would think of the Isabella Viore she grew into. Part of her thought he'd be in disbelief that people follow her with cameras and her face was so well-known, but a better part of her knew he always expected her to do great things. Getting the back of her hand kissed as fans looked on just felt…

The slaves are able to laugh and have fun during the night (often through storytelling and music), in spite of the sadistic treatment that they face on a day-to-day basis. The film’s subplot of the characters of Shola and Shango demonstrate how a strong emotional bond between human beings can help an individual survive what otherwise would be a miserable existence. In fact, the harsher and crueler the slaves are treated, the more unified many of them become throughout the…

wrap matched her outfit as Lady in Yellow, and coincidentally matched the Orisha Oshun, who was the Yoruba (West African) deity of romantic love, creativity and beauty. The deep red of Trezana’s costume would represent the combination of Oya and Shango and the blood of pathos and tragedy. Laurie Carlos’ costume was a cerulean blue, which when she swept it with her arms it looked like the ocean waves of Yemaya. As Ifa commented, by some kind of divine workings of spirit, the colors of the…

blacks feel the neighborhood is being poached from them. One longtime residents boldly and honestly states, “I don’t want to wake up in my black community and see white people. While another of Olde Towne’s longtime residents, Chief Baba Olugbula Shango Obadeua, equates the gentrification of Olde Towne…

respected the earth. To say nature is full of spirit can be a way of affirming the presences both universal and essential. Particular objects can have great spirits like a rock, tree, or river. Yoruba of Africa believe that great storms are controlled by Shango, a king with great heavenly powers. This reminds me of Greek’s and their religion and how the worship gods with powers of controlling lightning (Zeus). Where the Lgbo have an earth moving deity. They would pray to her. Men would pray for…

The chapter focuses on the importance of conviction integrity units (CIU), which were designed and produced by attorneys who started taking up the issue of wrongful convictions. The formation is relevant because CIUs seem to result from the innocence movement, which helps to bring the issue of wrongful convictions to the public’s attention (as cited in Zalman & Carranno, 2013). The chapter states two arguments: on the one hand, CIUs should be celebrated, and on the other hand, and the rise in…