... oriki to Orisa Popo , the form of Obatala , the High God , in Ogbomoso : Orisa Popo , owner of Ogbomosa , possesses the powerful word . He strikes copper and weaves cloth . The oriki goes on to identify him as the " father who knows ...
... Manzil: “Don't you remember in the 'Arabian nights,' Zobeide bets her 'garden of delights' against the Caliph's ... English botanist to instruct the king's malis, but he only lasted a few months. other Englishmen were employed in the royal ...
Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies
... white ash applied in rings or bands to furnaces in northern Ghana and the Bassari region of Togo . A band of white ash also runs down the heat shield of Dokwaza's furnace ( Mandara Mountains , Cameroon ) ( David et al . 1988 ) . This ...
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