In celebration of the third anniversary of the release of Itan Part One, I am pleased to offer the full comic as a free digital download. Itan: Part 1 is a graphic novel that is based on the oral literature traditions of the Yoruba people of West Africa. The comic is heavily influenced by Yoruba art and aesthetics, combining traditional West African textile and sculpture traditions with western painting and illustration. Drawing directly from Ifa, the vast corpus of divination poetry used by the followers of the Yoruba Orisa traditions worldwide, I am relaying important narratives rooted in African thought. The story retells the creation of the word as recorded in Osetura, one of the 256 odu ifa divination corpus.
Download the Comic below!