Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has revealed his preference for traditional Orisa worship over Christianity and Islam, citing its deeper appeal to him.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview with CNN\u2019s Larry Madowo, Soyinka explained that, for him, the depth of faith in Orisa worship surpasses that found in Christianity and Islam. <\/span><\/p>\n He noted that Orisa worship embraces creativity and non-violence, elements that resonate with him.<\/span><\/p>\n “I was fortunate to be born into two worlds \u2013 the Christian world and the traditional Orisa worshippers. My grandfather, before his conversion to Christianity, was an Orisa devotee and a chief. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHis side of Orisa worship intrigued me much more. It felt more artistic, creative, and mysterious. I don\u2019t find much mystery in Christianity, and even less in Islam, likely because I didn\u2019t grow up in a Muslim environment,\u201d Soyinka shared. <\/span><\/p>\n Soyinka further emphasized the openness and inclusive nature of Orisa worship, which, according to him, allowed foreign religions to penetrate and even distort its truth. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOrisa worship is not violent; it is one of the African religions that reject violence. I don\u2019t believe in the Islamic or Christian God, and if that makes me an atheist in the eyes of adherents, so be it. I consider myself a spiritually sensitive person and believe that all humans have a spiritual core,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n Soyinka’s remarks highlight his personal connection to traditional African spirituality and its influence on his worldview.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has revealed his preference for traditional Orisa worship over Christianity and Islam, citing its deeper appeal to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19997,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19995\/revisions\/19997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}