Casting the George Floyd story in a broader context by Gerson Uaripi Tjihenuna

“…The Black race has gone through many dehumanising experiences, including the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, and all manner of discrimination. …”
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The Proliferation of Yorùbá Religion in the Atlantic during the Nineteenth Century: The Portability of the Orisha by Sheneese Thompson

“…The best documented region to establish how the socio-religious structures are replicated after Yorùbá people were dispersed into the Americas during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The Yorùbá pantheon is boundless; this paper will explore the transportability of the orisha through three of the representative deities that arrived in the New World: Ogun, Shango, and Oshun.  …”
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