The religious traditions of the Lucumi nation in Cuba were an amalgamation of the religious practices of Orisha worship of the Yoruba people, and other West and Central African religious traditions.

From Spain to Britain, Trinidad and Tobago, like much of the Caribbean, has a history of colonisation. That shared experience of occupation and near erasure was so brutal that its ripple effects are ...

In the Yoruba religious tradition, divine spirits known as orishas rule over various cosmic forces and elements of nature. There is Shango, the king orisha of thunder and fire; Yemaya, the orisha of ...

The Varieties of Religious Therapy (VRT) blog series features representatives from twelve belief systems discussing how they integrate faith with their approach to psychotherapy. This installment is ...

US-based scholar and former Vice Chancellor Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof Wande Abimbola, has said that the planned World Orisha Congress should have been held in the past 50 years, saying ...

Later this month, rhythm and dance from the Afro-Cuban perspective will be given a platform for celebration and meaningful academic exploration at this month’s Ife-Ile Afro-Cuban Dance Festival on ...

The burgeoning Urban Latino genre has come of age with the arrival of reggaetón-heavy Spanish-language radio stations, Urban Latino magazine, and even a Rough Guide compilation disc. The catch-all ...