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Harmonia Rosales is an American artist/author from Chicago whose work depicts and
honors African myths and the diaspora. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.
In CHRONICLES OF ORI, Rosales retells the African myths she grew up with, crafting
an epic that extends from the birth of the universe to the modern world of colonialism and
resistance. She writes about the powerful, temperamental deities called the Orishas; the founding
of Yorubaland by the shrewd leader Oduduwa; the young heroine Eve, born in a time of violence
and despair, who would help her people regain their past splendor; and shimmering serpents and
monstrous shadows who stalk the lands of mortals. At the center of these linked tales and images
is the bond, sometimes fraying, between the Orishas and the humans who worship them.
With thirty full-color, full-page illustrations, the book comprises a stunning body of work
that will be collected, treasured, and passed down through generations.
TITLE: CHRONICLES OF ORI
SUBTITLE: An African Epic
AUTHOR: Harmonia Rosales
PUBLICATION DATE: October 14, 2025
ISBN: 978-1-324-11111-5
PUBLISHER: W.W.Norton&Company
In collaboration with Cuba Studies Program, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
