Stories
the narratives it tells itself
Obatala shapes the heads.
Obatala, given the task of molding human bodies, drank palm wine at his work, and some came out marked. When he sobered he swore off wine forever and took every marked person under his special protection. The maker owes his creations; disability is sacred to him.
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The Scriptures
the texts that carry the stories — and everything elseThe Lucumí inheritance of Ifá