When I was 12 I received an honor from the local branch of the Optimist Club and was named “Boy of the Year.” This included a plaque and a dinner in my honor in L.A.’s Chinatown. As is typical of many kids, I had a very limited food tastes, and I couldn’t stand the seaweed [...]
Santeria is a Caribbean tradition that originated with certain African slaves revering their deities in the Christian framework that was imposed on them once they were forced from their homelands. Thus the deities of the Western African Yoruba pantheon, or orishas, became “saints” by association and Santeria is the worship of those saints. It is [...]
