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The concept that runs from "so be it" at the end of a prayer to the force by which anything happens at all, why both "power" and "life force" are inadequate translations, and how ase works in speech, ritual and art.
What Esu is in the Yoruba sources, why the divination system cannot function without him, and the documented history of the missionary translation that turned him into Satan.
Esu as orisa in his own right: the messenger who carries sacrifice, the keeper of the crossroads, the activator of ase, the one who tests. The Satan conflation is handled in 04-cosmology; this page is about what Esu actually is.
What incantation is as a genre, the theory of language it assumes, why naming and etymology carry force in it, and the tonal and word-play devices it depends on. A description and analysis, not a manual.
An analysis of Rowland Abíọ́dún's scholarship, his indigenous linguistic paradigm for Yorùbá art history, and the debates surrounding his methodology.
Àṣẹ is not power, life force, or the word for "amen." It is what makes an utterance take effect, and holding that single fact explains why Yoruba tradition invested so heavily in oral art instead of writing.
A clarification of the distinct constituents of personhood, destiny, and moral agency in Yoruba thought that are routinely conflated in English translations.