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 ====== The "Oriki" of Alajire ====== ====== The "Oriki" of Alajire ======
  
 +{{ :alcheringa:1-2:the_oriki_of_alajire-alcheringa_1-2_summer-1971_1_-2.pdf |}}
 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
-This piece is a Yoruba praise poem specifically addressing Alajire, the god of suffering and disease. The subject of this poem involves appreciating the might and wrath of Alajire. This praise-poem also recognizes that, through suffering, humans can gain wisdom and be strengthened through the suffering brought about by Alajire. +This piece is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_people#:~:text=The%20Yoruba%20people%20(Yoruba%3A%20%E1%BB%8Cm%E1%BB%8D,35%20million%20people%20in%20Africa.&text=To%20the%20east%20are%20the,groups%20in%20mid%2Dwestern%20Nigeria.|Yoruba]] praise poem, called an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or%C3%ADk%C3%AC|oríkì]] in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language|Yoruba language]], specifically addressing Alajire, the god of suffering and disease. The subject of this poem involves appreciating the might and wrath of Alajire. This praise-poem also recognizes that, through suffering, humans can gain wisdom and be strengthened through the suffering brought about by Alajire. 
  
-Alcheringa does not include a transcription of this praise poem in the original [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language|Yoruba]] language and I was unable to find a copy of the poem in the original language anywhere online.+Alcheringa does not include a transcription of this praise poem in the original Yoruba language and I was unable to find a copy of the poem in the original language anywhere online.
  
 ===== Commentary ===== ===== Commentary =====
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 ===== Context ===== ===== Context =====
 +The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language|Yoruba]] language is spoken mainly in West Africa by the Yoruba people. Praise poetry, called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or%C3%ADk%C3%AC|Oríkì]] in Yoruba, can be centered around a range of subjects including individual common people, Gods/deities (called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha|òrìṣà]] in Yoruba), and [[alcheringa:1-1:praises_of_the_bantu_kings_26|kings]]. The praise poems can involve strings of names inherited from ancestors, new names given to someone for a special occasion or accomplishment, or long strings of attributes and characteristics about the subject of the praise poem, as in the case of The Oriki of Alajire. 
  
 +Praise poetry is customarily spoken aloud, usually either performed by the poem's subject of praise, or in their presence. Praise poetry about òrìṣà is also performed aloud, much like an oral prayer. The praise poetry performances can be chanted or sung and have varying timbres, pitches, tempos, etc. depending on the subject of the poem.
 ===== Bibliography ===== ===== Bibliography =====
  
 +Adeniji-Neill D. (2014) I Will Chant Homage to the Orisa: Oriki (Praise Poetry) and the Yoruba Worldview. In: van Wyk B.
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 +Beier, Ulli. “Alajire, God of Suffering.” African Poems, africanpoems.net/gods-ancestors/alajire-god-of-suffering/. 
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 +“Orisha.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha. 
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 +“Oríkì.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or%C3%ADk%C3%AC. 
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 +'Tunji Vidal. “Oriki in Traditional Yoruba Music.” African Arts, vol. 3, no. 1, 1969, pp. 56–59. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3334460. Accessed 16 June 2021.
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 +“Yoruba Language.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language. 
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 +=== Metadata ===
 +{{tag>Yoruba Susan-Wenger-translator Oshogbo West Africa praise-poem oral}}
  
 +=== Topics === 
  
 +{{tag>Alajire corpse disease fire god(s) lion orisha suffering wisdom}}
  
 + --- //[[tbfx@iup.edu|Haley E. Brown]] 2021/06/29 20:50//

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