By Adediran E. AderantiObatala is one of the most revered and prominent African deities, particularly within the Yoruba religion. (which originated in Nigeria). As an Orisha, Obatala is considered ...

Ayao 5) Erinle Erinle is the orisha of medicine, healing, and comfort, a physician to the gods. Erinle became an orisha as a result of the many good deeds he did for the people of his land.

In this captivating novella, “The Trials of the Orisha”, contemporary African writer, Oluwadamilola Christiana Adeoye, reconstructs a Yoruba mythology about the indispensability of ancestral ...