Author: Canizares, Raul J.

The Afro-Cuban mystery religion Santer?a has always been attuned to the female aspects of the Deity. This unique offering of Santer?a contains praise songs to the different aspects of the Goddess in the form of Oy?, Yemay?, Osh?n, Yewa, and Obba. Collected and presented by Raul Canizares (1955-2002), who was head of the Santer?a Temple Orisha Consciousness Movement in Manhattan and the author of Santer?a Cubana and Shango: An African-American Titan, the CD presents songs, chants, and drumming that evoke the powers of these female orishas.