Category Archives: African gods

Anansi, the spider, is one of the most popular animal tricksters from West African mythology. But he’s not greater than our wise African tortoise. Tricksters are mischievous figures who often oppose the will of the gods, resulting in some kind of badluck for humans. Like many trickster figures, the wily Anansi can change his appearanceContinueContinue reading “Anansi”

We’ve heard about Thor odinson the Norse God of thunder. And we’ve seen movie adaptation of Thor. We also have an African God of thunder and lighting and he has numerous names but he’s formally addressed as Sango Statue of Sango in Lagos Nigeria Sango was a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he wasContinueContinue reading “Afro God of thunder”