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 […]
