"The Sacred Art of the Ori" | Laolu Senbanjo

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🗓️ 25 August 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Every artist has a name, and every artist has a story. Laolu Senbanjo's story started in Nigeria, where he was surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, and brought him to law school, to New York and eventually to work on Beyoncé's "Lemonade." He shares what he calls "The Sacred Art of the Ori," art that uses skin as canvas and connects artist and muse through mind, body and soul.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features artist Raulu Shimbancho, recorded live at TED 2017.
0:07.0	Olao-Lu-A-Bancho.
0:11.0	Omo I jebaud-de-a-gubu-jali.
0:16.0	Omoanin-Ton-I-Boh-N-Ele.
0:20.0	Omoan-ni-wra, or no- Nile. Omwani Wura, or no one kwekwe.
0:25.6	This chant is called the oriki.
0:27.6	My grandmother used to sing it to me when I was a child in Nigeria.
0:31.6	See, Anuriki is a song of praise of the Yoruba people,
0:36.6	and this particular orki speaks of treasures
0:39.1	that the West does not have.
0:42.6	Mama, that's what I call my grandmother, told me many stories about Yoruba mythology.
0:47.8	You see, the Yoruba is an ethnic group from the western part of Nigeria, and I was always
0:52.3	fascinated by these stories.
0:54.0	I was always intrigued. And the Yoruba culture has inspired my art And I was always fascinated by these stories. I was always intrigued.
0:55.7	And the Yoruba culture has inspired my art since I was a child.
0:59.2	You see, African art is not just what you buy at Harlem Market in New York.
1:03.3	Every artist has a name, and every artist has a story.
1:08.4	This is my story.
1:11.2	See, Mama had tattoos on her arms and her legs.
1:15.1	As a child, I thought she was born with them.
1:17.3	They were beautiful black line and detailed symbols.
1:20.0	And then she told me that they were actually symbols from the Yoruba mythology.
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