(By Funmi
Iyanda) - There is no deity like the mother. Orishas are not
long suffering doormats or self flattening emotional martyrs. They are deities.
Full of power, subservient to no one, knowing that only in her own fullness can
she bestow gifts of life, love, energy and power to others. Only the most
deserving man gets to be with her as long as he recognises his role is to
embellish her. In doing this he finds fuel to be a man of true strength
and beauty. She doesn't need completeness, she's whole. In ancient Yoruba land,
the woman's worth is closely tied to motherhood but this is however not some
simplistic, self congratulatory child birthing which lesser animal are capable
of without fan fare.
