Review: NSU’s ‘In the Red and Brown Water’ shows competing priorities of coming of age
In the Red and Brown Water,” by playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney (best known for “Moonlight”), incorporates Yoruba mythology ...
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Is Santeria Considered Witchcraft? A Deep Dive into the Tradition
Each orisha is associated with specific natural elements, human attributes, and spheres of influence, from Yemaya, the mother goddess of the sea, to Chango, the powerful orisha of thunder and ...
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Review: NSU’s ‘In the Red and Brown Water’ shows competing priorities of coming of age
Shango is a Zeus-like Orisha god of thunder, lightning, fire and virility. (His human counterpart is especially keen on the last one.) Human Shango joins the Army, coming and going unexpectedly ...