Aganju

Aganju (wanda aka sani da Agayú, Aggayú, Aganjú ko Aganyú a ƙasashen da ke magana da Sifaniyanci) ɗan asalin Orisha ne a addinin Yarabawa . Yana da alaƙa da Saint Christopher a addinin Cuba wanda aka sani da Santería.

Aganju yana da alaƙa sosai da Shango . A matsayinsa na sarkin Oyo, an siffanta shi a matsayin ɗan'uwan Shango, ɗan ɗan'uwansa Ajaka. Don haka, Shango da Aganju, a wani lokaci, sarakunan daular Oyo ne suka zama allahntaka.

 Addinin Yarbawa 
A yankunan Yarbawa na Najeriya da Jamhuriyar Benin, an san Aganju a matsayin sarkin mayaki daga garin Shaki a Jihar Oyo ta Najeriya ta yanzu. An ce yana tafiya da takobi kuma ana cewa yana yaƙi ta hanyar harbin bindiga, sabanin Sango wanda ke yaƙi da tsawa da walƙiya. Shaki yana cikin yankin savannah na arewacin ƙasar Yoruba wanda ke da manyan duwatsu da kuma manyan duwatsu.

 Santería ( Lucumí/Regla de Ocha) 
A Cuba, Aganju allahn aman wuta ne ga masu bin addinin Santeria/Lucomi. Amma babu aman wuta a Cuba ko kuma ƙasar Yarabawa, kuma ba a danganta Aganju da aman wuta a tsakanin mutanen Yarabawa ba. Duk da haka, aman wuta na Biu da ke yankin tsaunuka na Arewa maso Gabashin Najeriya yana ɗauke da wasu aman wuta da suka ɓace. Aman wuta na Biu yana da nisan 360 miles (580 km) daga Abuja, babban birnin Najeriya kuma yana da nisan 450 miles (720 km) daga Oyo, Najeriya. Waɗannan tsaunukan aman wuta da suka ɓace sun daɗe suna ɓacewa kuma suna da nisa da ƙasar Yorùbá a fannin yanki. Wataƙila alaƙar Aganjú da tsaunukan aman wuta a Cuba ba ta wuce ƙarni na ƙarshe ba a tsakanin tsaunukan creoles. Kuma wannan ya faru ne saboda yanayin da ake tsammani na Aganjú tare da alaƙar da ke tsakanin Oroíña na addinin Orisa na Cuba (Otànmíyàn a yaren Yaren).

 Candomblé 
A cikin al'adar Candomblé ta Afro-Brazil, ana bauta wa Aganjú a matsayin wata alama ko ingancin Orisha Shango, wacce aka fi sani da Xango Aganjú . Aganjú yana wakiltar duk abin da ke da ban tsoro da rashin iko. Ana kuma yi masa lakabi da "Xangô menino" a tsakanin masu aikin Candomblé.

 Ƙarin karatu 

 Jo Anna Hunter. Ìyánifá Ọmó̩tinúwɛ̀, “Tafiya ta zuwa Aganjú: The Orisa So Hard to Find“ BlackMadonnaEnterprises.com and Oro Pataki Aganju: A Cross Cultural Approach Towards the Understanding of the Fundamentos of the Orisa Aganju in Nigeria and Cuba, In Orisa Yoruba God and Spiritual Identity in Africa and the Diaspora by Falopiani. New Jersey: Labaran Duniya na Afirka, Inc.