Spirituality or Religion: The concept of Isin/Esin
In Yoruba land and Africa in general, we have for so long allowed others to define our reality from their own sociocultural perspectives. Nowadays, our perception of reality is skewed towards the definer's worldview. Our ancestral ontological and epistemological ways of knowing and defining reality are undermined due to the systemic band of menticide we have jumped on. Our values and belief systems are gradually being relegated to the background. This has not only created a misconception and mind control by the colonialists but also eroded the African philosophical and cultural standpoints which had helped to shape the reality of our ancestors. Religion was introduced to us during the sub-Saharan/trans-Atlantic slavery and colonization. These foreign religions came with the baggage of a master-god mentality who sits high in the sky and the servant-humans who live down below and are expected to serve and obey him. This was evident in the way and manner the slave mast...