Shango’s most popular symbol, the double ax staff signifies the diety’s ability to reward the good and punish the bad. Photo courtesy of African Art; gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of the ...

The consolidation of power by the Alaafin of Oyo in the late seventeenth century and the rise of the Oyo Empire prefigured the spread of Oyo's influence and its dominance of Yoruba history for the ...

In the precolonial and colonial periods, Shango priesthood with its possession cult symbolized by mounting -- husbands mounting wives, gods mounting possession priests, riders mounting horses -- was ...

'Giants die in our midst unnoticed. A grand monumental tree falls in the garden and its like nobody even knew there was a tree.' So begins a recent obituary to a man who is at the heart of our program ...

The Onikan neighborhood is the cultural core of Lagos Island, the central district of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. Bisecting the area like a vein is J.K. Randle Road. To one side of its pavement, ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium said it has named its three newest African lion cubs.The two males are Kayode and Shango, and the female cub is Kimani.Kayode, meaning "he brought joy," was ...