Àdùnní Olórìsà: Priestess and Art Champion
There are several interesting things about Àdùnní Olórìsà, Priestess of the goddess Òsun and guardian of the Sacred Groves on the banks of the Òsun River in Òsogbo, but perhaps the most intriguing is the fact that she was a
Death and the King’s Horse
I wrote this piece after reading Wolé Sóyinká's Death and the King’s Horseman. The play made quite an impression on me (I was in high school when I first read it) and I wanted to put to words some of
Ashes for Beauty: The Journey of a Hundred and Twenty-Three Years
Nkem Okoro’s “Elders” depicts five Benin bronze heads from the ancient Benin Empire (also known as the Benin Kingdom or the Edo Kingdom) which occupied present-day Edo State in southern Nigeria from around the twelfth century until the nineteenth century.