In celebration of the 2011 festival of Oshun, I will be posting a few of the beauty “secrets” of the African diaspora. Today’s installment is a recipe for annatto lipstick. Annatto is a mild spice native to South America that is used often as a coloring for foods and as…
We are celebrating the festival of Oshun here in Haifa, Israel from Saturday August 27 through Saturday September 3, 2011. This year’s main theme is prosperity. If you’ve been planning on having some root work done to bring you more money, this is the best time of the year to…
Oshun is the West African deity of feminine beauty, prosperity, and dance. Her children in the traditions as well as solitary practitioners with a strong affinity towards her are uniquely attractive, charismatic people. Though many of their beauty secrets are indeed secret, some are open to sharing with the public for…
Today’s reading is fairly straightforward. Oya’s mirror is up, so we’re talking about the future. Eshu’s protection face is up and he is touching the Sankofa symbol, and Death is facing both, which means that someone will be protected from death because of something they learned in their past. The sun is at the…
Some say that in Africa, before western influence, there was no such thing as romantic love. The truth is much more complicated than this. There was romantic love, and it was well recognized. It was just referred to as intense lust, so in daily life, familial love and admiration was…
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