Logic and Love

Yorùbá ronú! Logic and Love explores how Yoruba ways of thinking - especially the logical structure of Ifá and the use of songs, stories, and proverbs - can help explain Christian ideas in a culturally grounded and non-syncretic way. Instead of blending religions, this work shows how Yoruba reasoning, moral philosophy, and archetypes can illuminate Christian teachings about choice, consequence, love, and spiritual growth. The paper also argues that Yoruba logic can serve as an inclusive psychological framework, one that may be useful in decolonial approaches to mental health. Because Yoruba culture is traditionally oral, the project includes an accompanying music album that reinterprets folk songs, translates their meanings, and demonstrates how art functions as a tool for civic education, critical thinking, and joy. Taken together, Logic and Love shows how Indigenous Yoruba thought can stand in direct conversation with Christianity - not as a fusion of religions, but as a translation across worldviews that highlights a shared commitment to truth, wisdom, and love. This paper is accompanied by a music album available on YouTube, and will be on other streaming platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, etc.) at: linktr.ee