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“We are educated for whatever sake. For Nigeria to move forward, we must stop comparison and ignore religious views in dealing with sensitive issues that can make or mar our Country's existence. Evil, evil is evil, coming from either of the geopolitical regions. We were humans before we choose our religion.”

Evil Religious Comparison Olawale Daniel Sensitive People Geopolitical Tension Yoruba Hausa Igbo Nigeria Religion

Author:Olawale Daniel

“A religious person without a job is dead. (Ìgbàgbọ́ ti ko níí ìṣe, òkú ní. - Yorùbá proverb)”

Religion Evil Religious Job Laziness Joblessness Proverbs Lazy People Olawale Daniel Yoruba

Author:Olawale Daniel

“In West African traditions, land belongs to the person who works it. Produce belongs to the person who grows it. Whatever is created belongs to the creators—not to the God that created them, and certainly not to the colonist or slavemaster.”

Culture Empowerment Slavery Ownership Africa Black History Voodoo West Africa Yoruba

Book:Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion

Source: Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion

“We cannot see The still great womb of the world - No man beholds is mother's womb - Yet who denies it's there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great origin. If I lose my way The trailing cord will bring me to the roots.”

Spirituality Motherhood Colonialism Interconnectedness Nigerian Authors Post Colonialism Yoruba

Book:Death and the King's Horseman

Source: Death and the King's Horseman

“Olofi made Oya . . . and then he realized he'd done and quickly made Oshun.”

Religion Yoruba Orisha Orisa

Author:Karen E. Quinones Miller