Candle for the New Orleans Voodoo Priestess Marie Laveau
Pendant of the Orisha/God Eleggua/Legba by Ogundipe Fayomi
Brass Pendants Representing the Orisha/God Shango by Ogundipe Fayomi
Lapel Pin of the God Chango by Ogundipe Fayomi
Pendant of the God Ogun by Ogundipe Fayomi
Candle Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Candle for the New Orleans Voodoo Priestess Marie Laveau
Sande/Bundu Secret Society-Inspired Shadow Box Art
Commemorative Portraits of the First Two Kings Oyotunji
New Orleans Bumper Sticker for Zombie’s House of Voodoo
Camur Os Pecus
Ifa Divination Tray Lapel Pin
3 Bottles of Magical “Bath and Floor Wash”
Marie Laveau Banner #2
Brooch for the Yoruba God Ọbàtálá
Candle Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Marie Laveau Banner #1
Statue of Marie Laveau
Candle for the Haitian God Papa Legba
Charleston Flyer for Dr. Harry Spectre’s Ghost & Voodoo Walk
Brooch for the Yoruba God Ẹlẹgba
African-American Orisha
The most Westernized of African-diaspora peoples, African Americans nurse an old love-hate relationship with Africa. During much of the history of the United States and of its colonial antecedents, African ancestry was equivalent to a mark of enslavement and long remained a bar to full citizenship rights. Many African Americans therefore favored and favor European […]
On Healing in the Afro-Atlantic Religions
Does religion teach us how to avoid suffering, or how to suffer and transcend? The Afro-Atlantic religions are often sought out by those who are suffering, and offer a philosophy of healing the whole person, with less regard for the Western dichotomy of physical and spiritual. This visual guided tour seeks to explore the following key questions: How are the gods and spirits called upon for healing? How do objects for ritual and healing specifically reflect their ambivalent abilities to both hurt and heal?