Abiku is a Yoruba word that can be translated as "predestined to death". It is from (abi) "that which was born" and (iku) "death". A biku refers to the...

culture, parents with an abiku child will always attempt to help the abiku child by preventing their death. However, abiku are believed to possess a...

in London in 1991 by Jonathan Cape, The Famished Road follows Azaro, an abiku, or spirit child, living in an unnamed African (most likely Nigerian) city...

that of the Abiku, a malevolent spirit that is said to be responsible for the repeated deaths of a family's newborn children. The Abiku is believed to...

Distinctive cultural norms prevail in Yorubaland and among the Yoruba people. The Yoruba are said to be religious people, but they are also pragmatic and...

one place to another. Baccoo might be related to Abiku, an entity in the Yoruba culture. The Abiku is a spirit of a baby that dies before being named...

supernatural entity in Yoruban mythology is the Abiku, children from the spirit world who die before reaching puberty. Abiku also refers to the spirits which historically...

Healing of Abiku Children is a piece created by the Nigerian artist Twins Seven-Seven in 1973, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in...

parents' children died before the age of one, Ladipo was believed to be an abiku. Abiku, meaning born to die, is a Yoruba concept in which there are spirits...

of beauty, Yoruba creativity and keeping mischievous children alive (ila Abiku). This practice was popular among Yoruba people of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo...