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Supreme Being

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Oritse: The Itsekiri Concept of the Supreme Being Before and After Missionary Arrival

The Itsekiri people of the Niger Delta possess one of the most sophisticated religious traditions in West Africa. Central to this worldview is the concept of Oritse, the Supreme Being and ultimate source of creation. Before the arrival of European missionaries in the 16th and 19th centuries, the Itsekiri already maintained a well-structured spiritual…

Odinani in the Delta: The Traditional Kalabari Worldview and Deities

Although the Kalabari people are Ijo-speaking and culturally distinct from the Igbo, their spiritual worldview shares deep similarities with broader West African cosmologies including elements often associated with “Odinani,” the Igbo term for the traditional religious order. In the Niger Delta, the Kalabari developed their own sophisticated religious system rooted in water-based cosmology, ancestral reverence,…