nce upon a time in Yorubaland – the Yoruba peoples’ ancestral territory in south-west Nigeria, Togo and Benin – every city had a sacred grove. That is, a patch of forest in which it was forbidden to hunt, build or cut trees, and where prayers and sacrifices to the were made. The are the gods and spirits of the
Defying the odds
Jun 02, 2022
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