Conversations centered on the Sinners characters Smoke and Stack have centered the Yoruba concept of the Ibeji – Twins, and rightly so. However, one aspect of the discussion that is missing is the similarities between the twins and the Yoruba Orishas (deities) Ogun and Shango.
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“The concept of Vodun is thousands of years old, born from the ancient peoples of West Afrika. It is the consolidation of the dieties of various clans and villages of West Afrika that form a comprehensive theological and spiritual system. The same phenomenon also occurred in Ayiti (Haiti). New Afrikan Vodun seeks to develop a common system for New Afrikans in the united states, inclusive of the Deities and rites of our Ancestors throughout West Afrika. Rather than retribalize Afrikans who came to north america through the MAAFA, New Afrikan Vodun seeks to develop a diversified unity of New Afrikan people.”
~ Dr. Akinyele Umoja
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