Oshun And The Bible: A Connection Older Than History Itself
Oshun is one of the estimated more than 400 spiritual guardians and deities of what is called ifa, the yoruba religious tradition of the people of west africa. Oshun is an orisha, meaning spirit. Lemonade opens with a submerged beyonc using christian iconography (the holy bible and a cross) to seek redemption from god. We then see two versions of beyonc confronting each other. In the old testament book of proverbs chapter 3 verse 13 to 18, this beautiful praise of oshun is embedded in the bible under her holy name wisdom, or sophia (the greek goddess name.
Pdf | on , nahum welang published the death and resurrection of oshun in beyonc's lemonade: Subverting the institutionalized borders of western christian thought.
