Olokun’s Underwater Realm

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Heroes

Olokun is the powerful Yoruba ocean deity who reigns over the expansive aquatic realm along the coasts of West Africa. Usually depicted as a mermaid, Olokun personifies the sea’s terrifying force and unpredictable nature. She is venerated by coastal communities as the source of the ocean’s bounty yet also its potential wrath. According to Yoruba […]

Are NFTs a New Way of Appropriating Indigenous Cultures?

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Art, Culture

Brass Olokun and digital Olokun. The Yoruba sea-god enters the metaverse. Are NFTs a new way of appropriating indigenous cultures or a bridge between traditional and digital art? Appropriation is not appreciation! Homo sum et humani nihil alienum a  me puto (I am a human being and therefore nothing human is strange to me) The […]