Omi Soji
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Omi Soji
@kouzanakata.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Yemọja Asesu, ẹ má gbàgbé mi. Ashé.
Welp Bluesky ... ✌🏿 Not deactivating just yet, but not posting on here anymore.
April 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Welp Bluesky ... ✌🏿 Not deactivating just yet, but not posting on here anymore.
People that love me recommend books for me to read: I love that for me.
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
People that love me recommend books for me to read: I love that for me.
Now reading: "The Book of Monelle."
April 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Now reading: "The Book of Monelle."
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Yemọja Asesu, ẹ má gbàgbé mi. Ashé.
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yemọja Asesu, ẹ má gbàgbé mi. Ashé.
That feels like the most real, the most material way to honor Yemoja.
I feel a sense of anticipation, a readiness to step into this new role, to let the transformations of Ocha shape not just my spirit, but my actions in the world.
I feel a sense of anticipation, a readiness to step into this new role, to let the transformations of Ocha shape not just my spirit, but my actions in the world.
April 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
That feels like the most real, the most material way to honor Yemoja.
I feel a sense of anticipation, a readiness to step into this new role, to let the transformations of Ocha shape not just my spirit, but my actions in the world.
I feel a sense of anticipation, a readiness to step into this new role, to let the transformations of Ocha shape not just my spirit, but my actions in the world.
For me, I conjecture this looks like grounding my spiritual work in practical service. My priesthood should reflect the Ashé placed on my head by my Orixa and my god-family through tangible acts of care and support for my god-family & my community at-large.
April 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
For me, I conjecture this looks like grounding my spiritual work in practical service. My priesthood should reflect the Ashé placed on my head by my Orixa and my god-family through tangible acts of care and support for my god-family & my community at-large.
Now that my iyaworaje is concluding officially on Sunday, I stand at a new juncture: the next steps, from a materialist perspective, are about integrating the transformations that I have undergone into the fabric of my daily life.
What does that look like?
What does that look like?
April 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Now that my iyaworaje is concluding officially on Sunday, I stand at a new juncture: the next steps, from a materialist perspective, are about integrating the transformations that I have undergone into the fabric of my daily life.
What does that look like?
What does that look like?
The itutu, the white clothes, the restrictions on where I could go and who I could see--they weren't just symbolic.
They were tangible acts that forced a break with old habits & severing those everyday material ties that defined my life before.
It was like being forged anew.
They were tangible acts that forced a break with old habits & severing those everyday material ties that defined my life before.
It was like being forged anew.
April 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The itutu, the white clothes, the restrictions on where I could go and who I could see--they weren't just symbolic.
They were tangible acts that forced a break with old habits & severing those everyday material ties that defined my life before.
It was like being forged anew.
They were tangible acts that forced a break with old habits & severing those everyday material ties that defined my life before.
It was like being forged anew.
This was more than spiritual transformation: it really was a process of physical and practical reshaping.
April 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This was more than spiritual transformation: it really was a process of physical and practical reshaping.
The air in my lungs feels different tonight.
Lighter, somehow, now that the iyaworaje is truly complete. It's strange to think back on how intense & difficult this year has been--the deliberate stripping away of the old me.
Lighter, somehow, now that the iyaworaje is truly complete. It's strange to think back on how intense & difficult this year has been--the deliberate stripping away of the old me.
April 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The air in my lungs feels different tonight.
Lighter, somehow, now that the iyaworaje is truly complete. It's strange to think back on how intense & difficult this year has been--the deliberate stripping away of the old me.
Lighter, somehow, now that the iyaworaje is truly complete. It's strange to think back on how intense & difficult this year has been--the deliberate stripping away of the old me.
I need a website to do long-form writing.
April 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I need a website to do long-form writing.
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Blessed are the swingers for theirs is a consensual albeit strange river of joy
Ain’t no blessed are the swingers. Js
April 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Blessed are the swingers for theirs is a consensual albeit strange river of joy
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Caribbean Matters: Yellow journalism once started a war, and it’s back #RememberTheMaine #SpanishAmericanWar
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Caribbean Matters: Yellow journalism once started a war, and it’s back
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February 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Caribbean Matters: Yellow journalism once started a war, and it’s back #RememberTheMaine #SpanishAmericanWar
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If your man can’t cook pain and mental anguish away … get you another one
Pastor!!!
February 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If your man can’t cook pain and mental anguish away … get you another one
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Another note is Louisiana Creole/Kouri-Vini Is the original liturgical language of Louisiana Voodoo. Haitian Creole & Louisiana Creole are related but 2 separate languages. Haitian Creole is NOT interchangeable with Louisiana Creole. Many old good sources of terminology are in Louisiana Creole.
February 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Another note is Louisiana Creole/Kouri-Vini Is the original liturgical language of Louisiana Voodoo. Haitian Creole & Louisiana Creole are related but 2 separate languages. Haitian Creole is NOT interchangeable with Louisiana Creole. Many old good sources of terminology are in Louisiana Creole.
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Most of the Haitian elements you see in Louisiana Voodoo come from 20th century charlatans who didn't know much about local Voodoo but read books on Haitian Vodou to make a quick buck from tourists since Louisiana Voodoo details were not as well documented. Unfortunately some locals follow it.
February 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Most of the Haitian elements you see in Louisiana Voodoo come from 20th century charlatans who didn't know much about local Voodoo but read books on Haitian Vodou to make a quick buck from tourists since Louisiana Voodoo details were not as well documented. Unfortunately some locals follow it.
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In regard to Louisiana Voodoo I'd like to remind people that it is not interchangeable with Haitian Vodou. Yes Haitians migrated there & left influences but Louisiana Voodoo was it's own thing from the very start in the early 1700s. We didn't use the word "Lwa" historically.
February 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In regard to Louisiana Voodoo I'd like to remind people that it is not interchangeable with Haitian Vodou. Yes Haitians migrated there & left influences but Louisiana Voodoo was it's own thing from the very start in the early 1700s. We didn't use the word "Lwa" historically.
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Please join me for #BlackMusicSunday: Teaching Black history with music. Be sure to check out the comments section - lots more music there.
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Black Music Sunday: Teaching Black history with music
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February 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Please join me for #BlackMusicSunday: Teaching Black history with music. Be sure to check out the comments section - lots more music there.
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Caribbean Matters: Black History Month and its Caribbean connections
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Caribbean Matters: Black History Month and its Caribbean connections
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February 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Caribbean Matters: Black History Month and its Caribbean connections
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It is "Tom & Jerry" and it is not close.
January 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It is "Tom & Jerry" and it is not close.
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Read up on the incredible life of Professor Aaron Harris from the Historic Town of Washington, Louisiana in this Kreol Magazine article. From the son of a sharecropper to law school, civil rights activism, and even working on a rocket in the military, Harris lived a storied life.
December 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Read up on the incredible life of Professor Aaron Harris from the Historic Town of Washington, Louisiana in this Kreol Magazine article. From the son of a sharecropper to law school, civil rights activism, and even working on a rocket in the military, Harris lived a storied life.