Oriki is a form of praise poetry which is a cultural phenomenon among the Yoruba people. The Yoruba people are spread across West Africa and in countries like Cuba, Brazil, the United States, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, etc. In the traditional Yoruba…
I greet everybody, particularly my muslim brothers and sisters, on this celebration of another eid el kabir. May we be able to learn its lessons! For those who did not know, it is a celebration of self sacrifice. The prophet Ibrahim apparently saw a vision in which God told him to sacrifice his only son,…
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