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Decoding the Covers of Birth of Orisha: Oghenechovwe Ekpeki on Ifá Binary, African Cosmology, and the Black Holes

Oghenechovwe Ekpeki's Birth of Orisha begins before its first page. Across its dust jacket, a foetus suspended in deep space is connected by an umbilical cord that doubles as a wormhole to a fully realised Orisha, while Ifá binary, black holes, stars, fire and digital rain turn the cover into a map of birth, destruction […]

Decoding the Covers of Birth of Orisha: Oghenechovwe Ekpeki on Ifá Binary, African Cosmology, and the Black Holes

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Oghenechovwe Ekpeki's Birth of Orisha begins before its first page.

Across its dust jacket, a foetus suspended in deep space is connected by an umbilical cord that doubles as a wormhole to a fully realised Orisha, while Ifá binary, black holes, stars, fire and digital rain...

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Oghenechovwe Ekpeki's Birth of Orisha begins before its first page. Across its dust jacket, a foetus suspended in deep space is connected by an umbilical cord that doubles as a wormhole to a fully realised Orisha, while Ifá binary, black holes, stars, fire and digital rain turn the cover into a map of birth, destruction […]

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Across its dust jacket, a foetus suspended in deep space is connected by an umbilical cord that doubles as a wormhole to a fully realised Orisha, while Ifá binary, black holes, stars, fire and digital rain turn the cover into a map of birth, destruction […]

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