Category Archives: Religion
Gender Inequality
10 Extreme Examples of Gender Inequality (10) Forbidden from driving: In Saudi Arabia, women aren’t allowed to drive, or even ride bikes, and men aren’t allowed to drive women they’re not closely related to. In 2002 when a girls’ school
Cowrie Shells. The Currency of Africa.
Cowrie shells were the most popular currency within Africa. Pictures of cowrie shells adorned cave walls. The Egyptians considered them to be magical agents and also used them as currency in foreign exchange transactions. Archaeologists have excavated millions of them
A Prayer: Odinani Igbo
We honor and greet Our Chi (God within us) We honor and greet Chineke (Creative aspect of God) We honor and greet Ani (Earth Mother) We honor and greet Igwe (Sky Father) We honor all the Alusi who stand around
The Ife Bronze Sculptures
German explorer Leo Frobenius went on an expedition to West Africa 100 years ago and discovered beautiful terracotta sculptures and brass heads from Ife, he thought he had found Plato’s lost city of Atlantis. Frobenius, later described by Wole Soyinka
