Ep 91 - Nana Buluku - West African Mother Supreme

Willing & Fable

English - September 20, 2022 09:00 - 64.8 MB
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This week Tracey covers the mythology behind Nana Buluku, Mawu, & Lisa. She also dives into Vodun mythology and the impacts of the trans atlantic slave trade.

Sources

Wikidpedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Buluku

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade

Face 2 Face Africa

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/nana-buluku-the-revered-goddess-and-supreme-deity-of-west-africa-and-the-caribbean

Symbol Sage

https://symbolsage.com/nana-buluku-goddess/

Google Arts and Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/nana-buluku/m03fwxj?hl=en

Talk Africa

https://talkafricana.com/nana-buluku-the-west-african-goddess-who-created-the-universe/

Home Team History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83fqGWH75ww&ab_channel=HomeTeamHistory

Arts MIA

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/113598/adire-cloth-yoruba

NG Opera

https://ng.opera.news/ng/en/travel/7da305915f49438bbfe9062eafb74ee1

Candomble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnQfOXUFHws&ab_channel=FUSION

Oxford Reference

https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100222778

DBPedia

https://dbpedia.org/page/Nana_Buluku

Atlas Mythica

https://atlasmythica.com/mawu-lisa-african-creator-goddess/

IDHI Library

https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/africanpassageslowcountryadapt/introductionatlanticworld/trans_atlantic_slave_trade

https://www.un.org/en/un-chronicle/legacy-slavery-caribbean-and-journey-towards-justice#:~:text=The%20Caribbean%20was%20at%20the,principal%20market%20for%20enslaved%20labour.

British Library

https://www.bl.uk/west-india-regiment/articles/an-introduction-to-the-caribbean-empire-and-slavery

Fine Art America

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mawu-lisa-dual-deity-of-creation-synthia-saint-james.html

Encyclopedia

https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mawu-lisa#:~:text=Mawu%20also%20creates%20human%20souls,can%20see%20resemblances%20in%20people).

Slavery Rememberance

https://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0105