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Contemporary African Art House

Hell is not a place.It is a state.

Ụwa dị n'okpuru anụ ahụ.

The world beneath the flesh

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Philosophy

Hellfire is not a distant afterlife. It is the fire of the realm of the dead, already burning on earth — the flame that burns away pretense and leaves the flesh exposed.

Ọkụ
Fire
Mmụọ
The dead · the spirit realm
Ọkụmmụọ
Hellfire

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