Not long after Beyoncé broke the internet with the release of her visual album Lemonade Saturday night, various interpretations of the meaning behind the one-hour visual album hit social media.

Osun is the goddess of love, sensuality, water, and the protective deity of the river Osun. She is also associated with fertility, lushness, greenness and life. Oshun {pinterest} Osun was one of the ...

OSOGBO, Nigeria (AP) — Yeyerisa Abimbola has dedicated most of her 58 years on Earth to the Osun, a waterway in deeply religious Nigeria named for the river goddess of fertility. As the deity’s chief ...

A cart filled with offerings to honor Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of the rivers, will be given to the Schuylkill River to begin the Philadelphia Odunde Festival. (Emily Cohen for WHYY) A woman carries ...

These goddesses are believed to answer prayers. In Nigeria, the diverse ethnicities have their traditional religions with distinct pantheons of powerful gods and goddesses. Ardent followers hold these ...

The festival of Osun-Osgobo, which takes place every year in Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrates the goddess of fertility, Osun. The festival renews the contract between humans and the divine: Osun offers ...

In a small forested grove in Southwest Nigeria runs a river, and in the river runs Osun, goddess of love and fertility. One of a pantheon of Yoruba deities, Osun goes by many names around the world: ...

Oshun is a Yoruba deity–a West African, traditional deity. She’s a goddess, and she governs over sweet waters. She’s basically the mother of love, fertility, wealth, and diplomacy. At the time that we ...

NEW ORLEANS — The 2024 Carnival season kicked off on January 6, and the Krewe of Oshun is set to roll on Feb. 2. However, the parade has moved up 30 minutes to 5:30 p.m. instead of the original start ...