author: teresa n washington

Manifestations of Masculine Magnificence: Divinity in Africana Life, Lyrics, and Literature

... Heru is Ausar and Aset's divinely conceived son who is immortalized as the ... Horus,” and that name is the origin of the words “hour” and “horoscope.” In ... horus-scope.”17 By deciphering Heru's codes, it is possible for human beings to ...

Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Aje in Africana Literature

... Kindoki: Kindoki Kia Lunda (“protecting kindoki”) and Kindoki Kia Dia (“eating kindoki”). Similar, but not identical to Àjé, Kindoki Kia Dia are usually elders who regulate society by punishing trespassers.7 Although there are ...

The Architects of Existence: Aje in Yoruba Cosmology, Ontology, and Orature

... Sixteen Cowries, 288–293. 117“Ibadan City Profile,” The Federal Republic of Nigeria <http://ruaf.iwmi.org /Data/Sites/4/PDFs/Ibadan%20Background%20Info%201.pdf> accessed 1 April 2012. 118 Bascom, Sixteen Cowries, 401, 403. 119Falola, A ...

The African World in Dialogue: An Appeal to Action!

... [Black African] interests, then this work would have done more than I could seriously hope for. ~ Chinweizu47 Notes 1 Amos Wilson, Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children, second edition (Brooklyn: Afrikan World InfoSystems, 1992) ...

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