On Yoruba Art as Historic Storytelling

Jul 24, 2025

Carved planks and beams from Yoruba temples - a narrative and symbolic analysis

2 Comments

Tyler: writing book, DMs slow

Yoruba religion has recently crossed my radar. Do you anything about elegun, or where I can read more about this idea?

Wish I had a good source, but my general understanding is around ancestral veneration, and “possession” in festival and divination contexts

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