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The yoruba tongue:

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2021-07-28

Welcome the first of their kind 1212 Ogun to the team. is on 🔥🔥 Learning so much Yoruba traditions/culture every drop.
Go welcome Ogun in the gallery:
https://t.co/3AEMOvgTem

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2021-07-12

In Yoruba-derived spiritual practices Ogun is often called the God of Iron, for his work as an iron worker and one of the great warriors of the orisha. He is a primordial, the first born after Oduduwa, and has a love of rum.

🖼: I. Pickering

8 37
2021-07-06

Elegua is a Orisha (god of Santeria) originating in Yoruba culture & religion. He is a god of crossroads, as well as a trickster god and messenger. He enjoys playing tricks & jokes, and while he enjoys childish things, he is very powerful & respected. 12/

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2021-07-06

Art, Just Because It's Great
Totemic Figure, Yoruba, Nigeria 19th century, Christies Auction house

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2021-06-16

Illustrations by Orádia N.C Porciúncula showing orisha Oshun. She is a deity that reflects one of the manifestations of the Yorùbá Supreme Being in the Ifá & Yoruba traditions. She is the goddess of divinity, femininity, fertility, beauty & love.

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2021-04-03

I agree. And it is such a primordial image too. Aphrodite, as well as Yoruba goddesses of love are often portrayed looking at themselves in a mirror.

0 1
2021-04-03

It would cost you $0.00 to retweet these amazing illustrations. My customers are on your timeline.

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2021-03-19

Maman Brigitte is a loa, a white woman with fiery red hair, a taste for rum and spices, and a nasty mouth. Wife of Baron Samedi, she is none other than Brigid of Kildare, born through the marriage of Catholic sainthood and Yoruba religion.

🖼: G. Zielinska

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2021-03-17


Hi I’m Ninten/Ike! I’m Yoruba/Urohbo & I love drawing hot people 🥰
I have a WLW webcomic called Red & Teresa & I’m also working on a dating game w/ some friends!

Patreon: https://t.co/0vEfK86ilk
Webcomic: https://t.co/JhH5hpPOEp
Kofi: https://t.co/J4zi0JwdFZ

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2021-02-27

As an African, I will continue to tell our stories and explore more & more black character designs because it is of interest to me. I'll run out of pencil lead, ink, paint or stylus tablets before I stop!
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2021-02-08

I'm Nigerian (Yoruba)... I Rap, sing And make dope art works. Links to my songs below👇👇

https://t.co/ureCWf0KCx

https://t.co/fk8cLWhplA

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2021-01-24

Yoruba village girls fetching water at the river. Bose's pal - Tani is that friend we all have, who's obsessed with possessing new/trending "toys", leaving us wondering how they're able to afford it.
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2021-01-16

Other view and main reference "Gelede Mask" from Yoruba religion

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2021-01-11

Gelede Mask (in sepia colour tone) on the cover of Drums of the Yoruba of Nigeria (1956). Source: MusicofNigeria

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2021-01-07