₦airaland Forum

I read this in a book by an anthropologist.

Ok, I heard this claim, so I was wondering, is this true: There is a rather widespread concept in Black Africa, according to which human beings, before “coming” into this world, dwell in heaven, where they are white. For, heaven itself is white and all the beings dwelling there are also white. Therefore the whiter a child is at birth, the more splendid it is. In other words, at that particular moment in a person’s life, special importance is attached to the whiteness of his colour, which is endowed with exceptional qualities (Dominique Zahan 1974)

I am not so sure how certain this is, but can anyone tell me if this true?

So I know that the yoruba divide their orishas into two categories. I was wondering, what is the meaning of orisha funfun?

I am Hausa from my fathers side while my mother comes from the fulani.

johnydon22:
I know a bit of the Igbo traditional beliefs

do you know anything about the afterlife?

I have heard about some yoruba and igbo traditional religions and they soon really fascinating, could someone with extensive knowledge explain them to me in detail?