Oya’s Symbols

The Afrikan is blessed by the Creator Supreme with incomparable genius-filled substance of being.  Symbology is a firm part of the language expressed from Afrikan genius flow as a powerful dynamic of communication and ways of relating. Phenomena within the sacred universe can be identified, described or otherwise represented with the powerful tool of Afrikan symbology. Deities of the Afrikan world are of great significance in the spirit life continuum and each have their own special symbols. The mighty deity Oya has a number of important symbols that represent different aspects of her being. Throughout the wonderful observance of Malkia wa Uhuru Oya represents the powerful energy that flows in the spirit of the great and magnificent Afrikan warrior queens of the ancestral realm. It is with that same energy flow that Oya empowers Afrikan souls in the now and so on into eternity. Reflecting her continually empowering energy flow: then, now and tomorrow, her symbols are given prominence during Malkia wa Uhuru and can be found on shrines, garments, accessories, décor and otherwise. Oya’s symbols (as with the plethora of other wonderful Afrikan symbols) go well beyond the beautiful aesthetic they display as deeply enriched phenomena of a people’s mighty deity and the magnificent legion of great Afrikan queens that she so powerfully represents.  

 Throughout the genocidal Maafa of recent centuries foreign enemy forces have sought to destroy, co-opt, mis-use and abuse Afrikan people and symbols. Any vehicle of Afrikan empowerment became contraband in the hell of horrors far too politely referred to as enslavement, colonisation (or whatever else is popularly projected). Symbols standing as reminders and punctuators of Afrikan greatness haunted the mind of the evil criminal alien pirate because they represented Afrikan liberty, Afrikan glory, Afrikan ascendancy. The deep and meaningful symbols of the spirit people of creation represented the obliteration of savage tyranny. Therefore, the foreign forces of anti-Afrikan agency set in motion stratagem to bogusly demonise, derail or totally remove these important facets of the Afrikan way. Grotesquely, in the same process the enemy fiend misappropriated Afrikan symbology, severely mutilated its meaning and attempted to deploy it service of his crooked ills whilst bogusly claiming origination. The foul alien practices persist.

Fortunately, Afrikan souls of the world courageously retained knowingness of themselves and their empowering symbols. In this, Afrikans remembered and continue to restore their magnificent Oya and her emblems to invigorate the spirit for liberty and nationhood. In ever-increasing numbers of Afrikan souls continue their rise into victorious magnificence.  

Oya’s symbols include following (identified in the language of Kiswahili):

Tisa (Nine) – the number nine is a powerful number of ascendancy in the Afrikan worldview. This number has a profound meaning in relation to the sacred womb. It is the number of months in divine preparation for new Afrikan life to come forth. It is also the  number of month in which the Malkia wa Uhuru observance takes place. In each annual cycle the re-birth and re-energising of the spirit for liberty and nationhood from glorious realms of Oya’s might is manifest.

Zambarau (Purple) – purple is a powerful colour of divinity and royalty in Afrikan life. The grand monarchs of humanity assert this through this powerful colouration. Just as Oya’s realm holds a vast array of natural elements she also can project a variety colours though never without royal divine essence. Hence, purple is of great significance in her beingness and is prominent throughout the Malkia wa Uhuru observance.  

Upanga (Swords) – the sword is a powerful symbol of Oya’s ferocity as a superlative warrior of righteous victory.    Images and carefully placed representations of these implements are reflective her strength and power in the mission for global Afrikan ascendancy and ultimate victory for the Afrikan world. The sword also represents the natural advanced technological acumen of the Afrikan soul since the most ancient of times. Two crossed swords warn any would-be alien enemy against futile attack whilst the inherent V shaping signals ever-victorious beingness. In the Adinkra symbol set these crossed swords of supreme courage and valour are known as Akofena.   

Pembe (Horn) – the likeness of buffalo horns is a symbol of integrity, strength, fortitude, self-determination and self-defence. These are powerful qualities of Oya who enlivens the same throughout Afrikan life in the forthright and imperative mission for attainment and maintenance of liberty and nationhood. It is also a powerful symbol representing the crucial guard against Afrikan souls being set upon by outside forces to turn against themselves.

Pichay ya Oya (Image of Oya) – Natural depictions of Oya in her wonderful regal Afrikan divine essence are wonderful assertions of inspiration, elevation and superlative beautifulness throughout the Afrikan world. Pictorially and otherwise Oya represents Afrikan queens of liberty in grand majestic splendour and victorious warriorhood.

There are other wonderfully empowering symbols for Oya that can be seen in celebration of her and during the marvellous observance of Malkia wa Uhuru.  As Afrikans become more and more deeply in tune with their true and natural selves and their mighty warrior deity the realisation of inevitable Afrikan victory is manifest.  

Malkia Wa Uhuru is an observance period lasting seven days immediately following the celebration of Yemanja SIku. This is a special time for the spiritual and cultural elevation of great warrior queens that have committed their lives to the ascendancy of Afrikan people. It is a period in which the victorious spirit of Afrikan people is enlivened and energised with the grand inheritance of Afrikan warrior queendom as global Afrikan ascendancy marches on into eternity. This wonderful observance is a part of the cultural calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN).

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