Playlist from Hernández-Acosta’s course An Introduction to African Diaspora Religions

1. “Eleggua” (2014) by Sexto Sentido, an a cappella jazz arrangement in the Santería ritual language of Lukumí and is a prayer to the orisha Eleggua.

2. “Exuma, the Obeah Man” (1972) by Exuma, a Junkanoo song in English by a Bahamian artist.

3. “Danmbala Elouwe” (2018) by RAM, a song in a Haitian musical style known as Mizik razin, which incorporates Haitian Vodou lyrics and instruments.

4. Babá Alapalá (1977) by Gilberto Gil, a Brazilian funk track in Portuguese that sings of different Orixas.

5. “River Ocean” by Louie Vega ft. La India (1994), a house music track with lyrics singing to the orishas Yemayá and Ochún.

April 2, 2024