Encyclopedia of African Religion

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Shango 613

A shrine of Shango, the Yoruba god of thunder, furnished with figures of women devotees.These figures at the court of the Temi of
Ede are displayed before the shrine during the annual Shango festival. Shango was the dominant religious deity of the Oyo
empire. Ede, Southwest Nigeria,Yoruba people.


Source:Werner Forman/Art Resource, New York.

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