Month: September 2025
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Comment on Ogun, God of War by En África cuando un anciano muere, una biblioteca arde: entre literatura oral y griots
[…] [6] Traducción propia. Para leer el poema completo en inglés: https://africanpoems.net/gods-ancestors/ogun-god-of-war/ […] Source link
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Introduction to Praise-Poetry
Carefully weave the acts of kingship runs the first line of the first poem in this selection of Praise-Poems (The…
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Salute to Aje, Goddess of Wealth
The goddess Aje appears within Yorùbá mythology as a patroness of trade and economic prosperity. The following Oríkì (praise poem)…
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Famine
A Yorùbá poem from Nigeria. Although the subject matter is serious the tone is light-hearted as the poet uses humour…
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Comment on Ilu le! by World In Dangerous Times
[…] transcription and translation into English of a poem from Chief Adepọju’s collection (see also Ìlú le! and I Dreamt…
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