SHANGO IS THE DIETY OF THUNDER,
LIGHTNING, AND FIRE.
SHANGO WAS ALSO A KING (ALAFIN)
OF THE OYO REGION OF NIGERIA.
HE WAS VERY POPULAR AND VIOLENT AS KING.
HE WAS ALSO A POWERFUL WITCH,
ACCUSED OF DESTROYING HIS PALACE USING
WITCHCRAFT,
HE WAS ASKED TO ABDICATE HIS THRONE
IN THE POPULAR FASHION OF THE TIME-HANGING.
HE THEN BECAME WORSHIPPED AS A DIETY.
HE IS FOND OF MUSIC AND DANCE.
HE RULES THE DRUM!
HE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ORISHA.
HIS FOLLOWERS OFTEN CALL HIM
"OBA KO SO"-
THE KING THAT DID NOT DIE!
HIS COLORS ARE RED AND WHITE.
ON THIS PAGE YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO SITES
THAT CONTAIN MUSIC, DANCE, PASSION, AND POWER.
Moonshine Music
Hyperreal
The sound of Future Funk
amp!