Reflections Without Mirror: The parable of the squirrels. Niyi Aborisade The days when squirrels have enough to eat; the days when squirrels slept with hunger are manifestly excessive than when it has enough to eat. ( Ojo riri je Okere; Ojo ti Okere ba ebi sun lo po ju aayo lo) Whatever might have informed
Reflections Without Mirror : Emere (Ogbanje) Familiar Spirit: Part 2 To understand the piece , please continue from part one that was published on 16.09.2023 She met my father at Oremeji agugu Ibadan. My father always travelled to lagos every weekend and always returned on Sunday night. He would always stopped to buy provisions like
Reflections Without Mirror: The Power of Emere ( Ogbanje) or Familiar Spirit. Niyi Aborisade Emere, Ogbanje ( Familiar Spirit) Emere, according to Yoruba belief are special children that possesed demonic power. They are known as children who can travel between heaven and earth at will. This is because Yoruba believed that these children have spiritual
Reflections Without Mirror : The Mystery of Abiku Unravelled: Part 2. The Mystery of Abiku Unravelled Part 2 They ( the babalawos) had no knowledge of blood group or genotype. Genotype simply means genetic makeup of organisms or variant forms of a gene that are carried by an organism. The genotype in humans refers to
Reflections Without Mirror The Mystery of ‘Abiku’ unravelled. Part 1 Abiku in Yoruba language is referred to a child who dies and returns to the same parents repeatedly. The phenomenon of ‘Abiku’ was rampant until the late 70s. The Yoruba has special names coined for these unique phantom children, like ‘ ‘Malomo’ ( Dont go