Yoruba may refer to Yoruba people , a West African ethnic group History of the Yoruba people , the history of the Yoruba kingdoms Yoruba name , name of a Yoruba person Yoruba culture , culture of the Yoruba nation Yoruba language , the language spoken by the Yoruba people Yoruba music , the music of the Yoruba people Yoruba religion , the traditional religion of the Yoruba people Disambig Category Yoruba de Yoruba fr Yoruba it Yoruba nl Yoruba no Joruba pt Iorub ru sco Yoruba fi Joruba sv Yoruba uk yo Yor b ... more details
unsourced date December 2007 The Yoruba Academy is a multi disciplinary institution that brings together scholars, politicians, businessemen and experts in Yoruba language , culture, economics, law, science and technology, and governance. It was founded in Ibadan , Oyo State , Nigeria in October 2007 following a retreat of young Yoruba people Yoruba professionals, and it is currently operated by the Afenifere Renewal Group. Its main mission is to ensure the preservation of the Yoruba language, as well as the socio cultural and economic development of the Yoruba peoples worldwide, that is both in its South West homeland in Nigeria and in the Diaspora. In its language mission, a dictionary will be maintained by the Academy to set a standard for the Yoruba language. South West Yoruba in Nigeria Ekiti State , Lagos State , Ogun State , Oyo State , Osun State , Ondo State , parts of Kwara State , Kogi State , Edo State , Delta State and Niger State Diaspora Yoruba outside Nigeria in Africa in Togo , Benin , Sierra Leone and parts of Ghana Diaspora Yoruba outside Africa in Haiti , Cuba , Puerto Rico , Brazil , United States , UK , Ireland DEFAULTSORT Yoruba Academy, The Category Education in Nigeria Category Language regulators Category Yoruba Accademy Category Yoruba language Accademy Category Yoruba culture Accademy Category Organizations established in 2007 Category 2007 establishments in Nigeria nigeria school stub ... more details
Ori is a metaphysical concept important to Yoruba people Yoruba spirituality and Yoruba religion way of life . Ori, literally meaning head, refers to one s spiritual intuition and destiny. It is the reflective spark of human consciousness embedded into the human essence, and therefore is often personified as an Orisha in its own right . In Yoruba tradition, it is believed that human beings are able to heal themselves both spiritually and physically by working with the Orishas to achieve a balanced character, or iwa pele . When one has a balanced character, one obtains an alignment with one s Ori or divine self . Alignment with one s Ori brings, to the person who obtains it, inner peace and satistaction with life. To come to know the Ori is, essentially, to come to Self knowledge psychology know oneself , a concept extremely foreign to Western philosophy . The primacy of individual identity is best captured in a Yoruba proverb Ori la ba bo, a ba f orisa sile . When translated, this becomes It is the inner self we ought to venerate, and let divinity be . Bibliography Camara, Louis, 1996. Le choix de l Ori conte. Saint Louis Xamal. Gbadegesin, Segun, 2003. n y n, The Yoruba Concept of a Person , in P.H. Coetzee and A.P.J. Roux eds The African Philosophy Reader 2nd ed. , 175 191. This study originally appeared under the same title in Gbadegesin, Segun, 1991. African philosophy Traditional Yoruba philosophy and contemporary African realities . New York Peter Lang, 27 59. Makinde, M.A. 1985. A Philosophical analysis of the Yoruba concepts of Ori and human destiny , International Studies in Philosophy , 17, 1, 54 69. Ifaloju, A. 2007. Ori The Divine Container of Destiny, Character & Potential, Seed of the Creator , Ifa Speaks, blog article, Yoruba concepts of destiny & purpose ... .html Ifa Speaks Articles . Yoruba Theogony Orisa If Category Yoruba culture Category African culture Category Yoruba words and phrases pt Ori yoruba ... more details
Infobox ethnic group group Yoruba image Image Kwarastatedrummers.jpg 250px caption Kwara State drummers ... as Nigerian , 61,430 identify as Canadians . ref langs Yoruba language Yoruba , Yoruboid languages ... ref related c Bini people Bini , Nupe , Igala , Itsekiri , Ebira The Yoruba people Yor b in Yoruba orthography are one of the largest ethnic group s in West Africa . The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language lang yo d e Yor b d . The Yoruba constitute between 30 and 50 million ... ref The Yoruba share borders with the Borgu variously called Baruba and Borgawa in the northwest ... delta, are closely related to the Yoruba but maintain a distinct cultural identity. While the majority of the Yoruba live in western Nigeria, there are also substantial indigenous Yoruba communities in the Republic of Benin and Togo , plus large groups of Yoruba migrants living in the United States and the United Kingdom . Yoruba settlements are often described as primarily one or more of the main ... capitals of founding Yoruba states kingdoms. The second generation consists of settlements created by conquest. The third generation consists of villages and municipalities that emerged following the Yoruba wars. History Yoruba people Main History of the Yoruba people General history The African ... not initially known as the Yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. Both archeology and traditional Yoruba oral historians confirm the existence of people in this region for several millennia. Between 1100 AD and 1700 AD, the Yoruba Kingdom of Ife experienced a golden age ... 781536070 Ife kingdom .html Encarta.msn.com ref It was then surpassed by the Yoruba Oyo Empire as the dominant Yoruba military and political power between 1700 AD and 1900 AD, ref http www.britannica.com ... however, it remained and continues to be viewed as the spiritual homeland of the Yoruba. The nearby ... individual titles and councils made up of Oba ruler Aristocratic titles among the Yoruba Oloye s, recognised ... more details
Yoruba literature is the spoken and written literature of the Yoruba people , the largest ethno linguistic ... , as well as in dispersed Yoruba communities throughout the world. Writing Yoruba did not have a common written form before the nineteenth century. Many of the early contributions to Yoruba writing and formal study were made by England English educated Anglican priests. The first Yoruba grammar was published in 1843 by Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther . He himself was of Yoruba origin. The written form of the Yoruba language comes from a Conference on Orthography from the Church Missionary Society in Lagos, in 1875. The first history of the Yoruba people was compiled by Reverend Samuel Johnson Nigeria Samuel Johnson in 1897 who was also of Yoruba origin. Thus, it must be noted that the formation of written Yoruba was facilitated by Yoruba people themselves despite the use of the Roman alphabet. Mythology Yoruba religion is intertwined with history, with Yoruba claiming to descend from divinities, and some kings becoming deified after their deaths. Itan is the word for the sum of Yoruba religion, poetry, song, and history. Yoruba divinities are called Orisha s, and make up one of the most complex pantheons in oral history. If , a complex system of divination, involves recital of Yoruba ... in 1938 by Chief Daniel O. Fagunwa 1903 1963 . It contains the picaresque tales of a Yoruba hunter ... gained fame for The Palm Wine Drinkard 1946, pub 1952 , and other works based on Yoruba folklore ... Yoruba language novels about modern Nigerian life and love, such as Kekere Ekun 1967 Lad Nicknamed Leopard Cub , and Ayanmo 1973 Predestination . Theatre In his pioneering study of Yoruba people Yoruba ... their descendants. ref Noret 2008, 26 . ref In addition to its origin in ritual, Yoruba theatre can be traced to the theatrogenic nature of a number of the deities in the Orisha Pantheon Yoruba pantheon ... . The Al r nj tradition influenced the Yoruba traveling theatre, which was the most prevalent and highly ... more details
Yoruba names are primarily used by the Yoruba people and Yoruba language speaking individuals in both Nigeria and the Nigerian diaspora . Naming ceremonies By custom, Yoruba children are named in a ceremony that takes place 7 days after their birth. The names of the children are traditionally taken from the father, but names can also come from those of other ranking members of the family, including the mother, grandparents or next of kin. Both the mother and father and other next of kin can give their own favorite names to the child or children. Baby names often come from the grandparents and great grandparents of the child to be named. Composition and importance of names Yoruba names are often carefully considered during the week prior to the naming ceremony, as great care is placed upon selecting a name that would not reflect any sort of negativity or disrepute in other words, selecting a name that previously belonged to a thief or criminal for a Yoruba child is not considered as a wise idea, as it according to Yoruba philosophy could result in the child growing up to become a thief or criminal. Yoruba names are traditionally classified into two categories Destiny Names Situational also known as Oruko Amutorunwa names assumed to be brought from heaven or derived from a religious background Acquired Names given on earth or granted by next of kin One of the most common destiny names among the Yoruba are Taiwo and Kehinde, which are given primarily to twin s. And it is believed that the first of twin s is Taiwo, whose intention in coming out first is to perceives the kind of new environment they are before granting his her second Kehinde to come out. Acquired name may signify ... signify the family work e. g Agbede , the blacksmith . Yoruba also have Oriki , a kind of praise recital ... the oriki of his or her ancestral line. Names in world cultures Category Yoruba culture Name Category Yoruba language Name Category Yoruba given names Category Names by culture ko yo Or k Yor b ... more details
19.4 million date 1993 ethnicity Yoruba people script Latin script Latin familycolor Niger Congo ... from 1993 ref The native tongue of the Yoruba people , is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria ... spoken in central Nigeria. History Main Yoruba history The ancestor of the Yoruba speakers is, according ... Yariba or Yoruba came into use, first confined to the y Kingdom the term was used among the Hausa ... Yoruba was extended to include all speakers of the language. Linguistic means &mdash including ... of the Yorubas and their language before this point. The North West Yoruba dialects, for example ... and Central Yoruba areas generally have older settlements, suggests a later date of immigration for Northwest Yoruba. ref Adetugb 1973 192 3. See also the section Dialects Dialects . ref Varieties The Yoruba dialect continuum itself consists of several dialects. The various Yoruba dialects in the Yorubaland ... the classification originated in his 1967 PhD thesis The Yoruba Language in Western Nigeria Its Major ... West Yoruba NWY . Abeokuta Ab okuta , Ibadan , Oyo, Nigeria y , Ogun State Ogun and Lagos Eko areas Central Yoruba CY Igbomina , Yagba West Yagba , Ilesa Il s , Ife If , Ekiti , Akure Akur , Efon f n , and Ijebu Kingdom Ij bu areas . South East Yoruba SEY Okitipupa , Ilaje , Ondo , Owo, Nigeria w , Ikare Ikar , Sagamu agamu , and parts of Ijebu Kingdom Ij bu . North West Yoruba is historically a part of the Oyo Empire y empire. In NWY dialects, Proto Yoruba gh the velar fricative ... and descent are unilineal and agnatic . South East Yoruba was probably associated with the expansion ... of a plural of respect may have prevented coalescence of the two in NWY dialects. Central Yoruba ... vowel harmony system. Literary Yoruba Literary Yoruba, also known as Standard Yoruba , Yoruba koin , and common Yoruba , is a separate member of the dialect cluster. It is the written form of the language ... Yoruba has its origin in the 1850s, when Samuel A. Crowther , the first African Bishop, published ... more details
Kokoro is a Yoruba language Yoruba word meaning worm , grub or insect . ref cite web url http www.archive.org stream vocabularyofyoru00crow vocabularyofyoru00crow djvu.txt title A vocabulary of the Yoruba language author REV. SAMUEL CROWTHER publisher SEELEYS, FLEET STREET, AND HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON. date 1852 accessdate 2009 11 09 ref Medicine The term kokoro is used in traditional Yoruba medicine to describe tiny, invisible worms or insects that are thought to live in small bags within the body, and perform useful functions such as aiding digestion and fertility. They are thought to also carry sexually transmitted diseases and other diseases. If they become too powerful, they must be controlled, killed or driven out by bitter tasting medicines. If kokoro are identified with bacteria and viruses, and the small bags are identified with cells, this is consistent with modern medical views. ref cite book title Rethinking AIDS prevention learning from successes in developing countries author Edward Crocker Green publisher Greenwood Publishing Group year 2003 ISBN 0865693161 page 305 ref ref cite book title Medicine across cultures history and practice of medicine in non Western cultures author Helaine Selin, Hugh Shapiro publisher Springer year 2003 ISBN 1402011660 page 15 ref ref cite web url http www.shamanportal.org shamanism african.php title AFRICAN SHAMANISM publisher Shaman Portal accessdate 2009 11 09 ref Wisdom The Yoruba of Nigeria have a saying regarding the right to life of insects Yi ese re si apakan, br ma se te kokoro ni br kokoro ti iwo ko naani ni br Olorun lo le da a Side step your feet do not kill that insect That insect you do not regard God ... 20ISSUES 20IN 20YORUBA 20RELIGION.htm title ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN YORUBA RELIGION IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP ... and Human Flourishing Among the Yoruba author Raymond Ogunade publisher University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria accessdate 2009 11 09 ref See also Yoruba medicine References reflist Category Yoruba ... more details
refimprove date February 2011 Yoruba culture refers to the idiosyncratic cultural norms of Yorubaland and the Yoruba people . Art Sculpture Image Yoruba bronze head.jpg thumb Yoruba bronze head sculpture from the city of Ife , Nigeria c. 12th century A.D The Yoruba are said to be prolific sculptors, famous ... their capacity in making artwork out of bronze. ref Henry John Drewal et al., Yoruba Nine Centuries ... of different patterns. Cuisine Yams are said to be one of the important food for the Yoruba plantain ... yoruba.html Yoruba Art & Culture Food... , Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Regents ... out the meanings of their names. As such, Yoruba people put considerable effort into naming a baby ... view of the Yoruba. For instance, honey represents sweetness, and the prayer of the parents is that their baby ... Amutorunwa brought from heaven Oruko name Yoruba believe that a baby may come with pre destined ... God has conquered the enemy . Abiku Names Abi birthed, or Bi born Iku death, or Ku die dead The Yoruba ... Pet names The Yoruba also have pet names or oriki. These are praise names, and they are used to suggest ... , Atinuke or Abike one that is born to be pampered . Law Yoruba law is the legal system of Yorubaland .... ref William R. Bascom http isbndb.com d book the yoruba of southwestern nigeria.html page 43 ... law s of the sovereign nations that the Yoruba inhabit. Linguistics Main Yoruba language Yoruba ... 0 952 43600 0 ref Wedding The child that is named will grow to adulthood. The Yoruba culture provides ... to be only a union of the husband and wife, it is also seen among the Yoruba as the union of the families ... parents are disgraced and may be banished from the village where they live. Music Main Yoruba ..., 1997. ISBN 0 824 06035 0 ref Funeral In Yoruba thought, death is not the end of life it is rather ... I am immovable. The Yoruba also pray for many blessings, but the most important three are wealth, children ..., the Yoruba are realistic and pragmatic about their attitude to death. They know that one may ... more details
The music of the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin are perhaps best known for an extremely advanced ... . Yoruba folk music became perhaps the most prominent kind of Music of West Africa West African music ... cgi bin db archives Article17 Conunto Folkorico Nacional De Cuba M sica Yoruba ref File Kwarastatedrummers.jpg thumb right 150px Omele ako bata and two dunduns. Yoruba drummers in Kwara state. Folk music ... the drum to talk by imitating the tonality of Yoruba language Yoruba . Much of Yoruba music is spiritual ... in traditional Yoruba drumming is the seven stroke figure known in ethnomusicology as the standard ... ref King, Anthony 1960 . The Employment of the Standard Pattern in Yoruba Music American Music Society ..., CA Bembe Inc. ISBN 1 886502 80 3 ref ref Ogogo Yoruba Drums from Benin, West Africa . Smithsonain ... X . X . X . X 4 4 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a X . . X . . X X . . X . X . . X A great deal of Yoruba ... rhythm expressed as three pairs of strokes against four pairs of strokes. ref KIng Anthony 1961 . Yoruba ... Matrix p. 216. ref File King correct cross rhythm.jpg thumb center 350px Yoruba dundun ensemble. Popular ... popular music scene. Although traditional Yoruba music was not influenced by foreign music the same cannot be said of modern day Yoruba music which has evolved and adapted itself through contact with foreign instruments, talents and creativity. Interpretation involves rendering African , here Yoruba, musical expression using a mixture of instruments from different horizons. Yoruba music traditionally ... of the hands. Playing music for a living was not something the Yoruba s did and singers ... to modern Yoruba at the time. Although, it is true that music genres like the highlife ... 6 ref are all Yoruba adaptations of foreign music. These musical genres have their roots in large metropolitan ... . Apala , is another genre of Yoruba modern music which was played by spirited pacesetters ... db archives Article17 Soul Force 101 Yoruba Sacred Music, Old World and New Various Artist, http ... more details
The Yoruba calendar Kojoda year starts from 3 June to 2 June of the following year. According to this calendar, the Gregorian calendar Gregorian year 2008 A. D. is the 10050th year of Yoruba culture . The traditional Yoruba week has four days. The 4 days that are dedicated to the Orisa goes as follow ... calendar, Yoruba people also measure time in seven days a week and four weeks a month. The four ... in 1 okan odun. There are 12 mejila oshu in 1 okan odun. An example for the 2010 Yoruba Calendar is available on this website, dedicated to creating technologies to promote Yoruba culture http www.jolome.com yoruba calendar Kojoda Calendar 2010 Calendar Examples K J D Ki j d may the day be clear ... 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 j b t l 1 29 30 The traditional Yoruba calendar Kojoda has a 4 day week and 91 weeks in a year. The Yoruba year spans from 3 June of a Gregorian calendar year to 2 June of the following ... year 2011 A. D. is the 10053th year of Yoruba records of time. ref http www.ralaran.com Ralaran Ul m kiri ... with the Gregorian calendar Yoruba people also measure time in seven days a week and 52 weeks ... wikitable S in Yoruba calendar DAYS in Gregorian calendar ref http www.ralaran.com Ralaran Ul m kiri ... yoruba calendar.jsp Yourtemple.net ref class wikitable O u in Yoruba calendar Months in Gregorian ... IGBE April B B May The year in Festivals Aj dun Yoruba ref http www.ralaran.com Ralaran Ul m kiri ... and illustrious dead. b b starts last Saturday of May, for 7 days Okudu June Okudu 03 Onset of the Yoruba New Year 2008 is the 10,050th year of Yoruba culture Okudu 7 8 Shopona Or of Disease, shopona ... divination is with 16 palm nuts. Mass gathering of the yoruba Ag mo first and second weeks in July ... on Aye, and is the custodian of Yoruba culture. The aso ala white cloth worn by b t l initiates ... ala connection to b t l was is a major weapon against the Yoruba in their psychological resistance ... of the week&catid 104 notes&Itemid 594 DEFAULTSORT Yoruba Calendar Category Yoruba Calendar Category ... more details
The Yor b religion comprises the original religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people . Its ... . ref name Culture Kola Abimbola, Yoruba Culture A Philosophical Account , ed Paperback ,Iroko Academics Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1 905 38800 4 Retrieved 27 03 2011 ref Yoruba religious beliefs ... the Earth itself. ref name YRM George E. Simpson, Yoruba Religion and Medicine in Ibadan , Ibadan ... form of connection between their Ori Yoruba Ori s and the omnipotent Olu r n an ad ra petition ... is Supreme ref name God Bolaji Idowu , Ol d mar God in Yoruba Belief , ,Longman, Ikeja, Nigeria ... www.oxfordreference.com views ENTRY.html?subview Main&entry t279.e319 Yoruba Accessdate 2010 04 ... The Concept of God The People of Yoruba for the acceptability of the translation ref Orisa Orisha ... into the lives of humans. Known by a variety of names, including Elegbara. ref Tales of Yoruba gods ... force. Oshun Wife of the former Oba of Oyo Empire Oyo called Shango another Yoruba Orisha, see below is said to ve turned into a river in Osogbo. The Yoruba clerics ascribed to her Sensuality ... of female disorders. The Yoruba traditions describe her as being fond of babies and her ... The other wife of the former Oba of Oyo Empire Oyo called Shango another Yoruba Orisha, see above ... masquerade dance garment in the permanent collection of The Children s Museum of Indianapolis The Yoruba ... as a form of payment . Yoruba religion around the world Main Yoruba history According ... ref name History Prof S. A. Akintoye, http www.amazon.co.uk dp 2359260057 A history of the Yoruba people ..., 2003. ISBN 0 226 07610 5 ref ref Oditous, http anthrocivitas.net forum showthread.php?t 9088 Yoruba ..., The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts , Weiser Books, York Beach, New York, 1994. ISBN 0 ... and Islam are. See also Iya Nla Iyanla Vanzant , an African American author who is ordained as a Yoruba .... Hay House, Inc. p 283. ref Legends of Africa Category Yoruba deities Yoruba Deities Yoruba people ... more details
Yoruba kokoro and also worm s aron which inhabit small bags within the body. For the Yoruba, however ... http isbndb.com d book yoruba medicine.html Yoruba Medicine , Clarendon Press, Oxford 1985 Amaury ... Ch7 ref Some early writers believed that the Yoruba people are actually an East Africa n tribe who moved from the Nile River to the Niger area. For example, Dr. Jonathan Olumide Lucas claims that the Yoruba ... weird for their liking. But it must be recognized that to the Yoruba people Yor b s it is not merely ... yoruba traditional medicine and the challenge of integration.html Yoruba Traditional Medicine and the challenge ... 1905388004 Yoruba Culture A Philosophical Account ed Paperback , Iroko Academic Publishers, 2005 ISBN ... of the Yoruba people Yor b s nevertheless in this form of medicine. And with this Osanyin ... Hawthorn , Bloodroot , Parsley , Motherwort , Garlic Yemoja Literarily Mother Fish is held by Yoruba ... Empire Oyo called Shango another Yoruba Orisha see below is said to turn into a river in Osogbo. Yoruba ... of female disorders. The Yoruba traditions described her as fond of babies and her intervention is sought if a baby becomes ill. Oshu in Yoruba traditions is also known for her love of honey ... Wife of former Oba ruler Oba of Oyo Empire Oyo called Shango another Yoruba Orisha see above said ..., Progression, she is usually in the company of her husband Shango. In Yoruba beliefs she is the Orisha ... http www.drgrotte.com AfricanMedicine.shtml African Medicine Orisa If Yoruba Theogony DEFAULTSORT Yoruba Medicine Category Yoruba Medicine Category Yoruba culture Medicine Category Medicine ... more details
Refimprove date December 2011 According to Lounge, ref Lounge, 2009. ref the Yoruba language has a rather elaborate vigesimal base 20 numeral linguistics numeral system that involves both addition and subtraction and multiplication. The base of the counting system is Unicode og n twenty or score . There are words for each of the decades units in 1 4 are created by adding to these, while units in 5 9 are created by subtracting from the next decade. The odd decades are created by subtracting ten from the next even decade, as in Danish language Numerals Danish . Up to 30, Yoruba has distinct forms of the numerals for counting objects, which derive from counting cowries. class wikitable IPA Numeral Objects colspan 3 Teens colspan 3 Fives and tens colspan 3 Hundred colspan 3 Hundreds colspan 3 Thousands colspan 3 Myriads 1 en , kan o k n 11 kanl , o k nl 10 1 25 d gb n 30&minus 5 110 d f 20 6 10 210 wal l ba 200 10 1400 egb je 200 7 8,000 gb rin 2000 4 2 j e j 12 j l , e j l 10 2 30 gb n, b n 120 g f 20 6 300 d r n 400? 100 1600 gb j 200 8 9,000 d b r n 2000 5 1000 3 ta ta 13 tal , tal 10 3 35 a r nd log j 20 2&minus 5 130 d je 20 7 10 400 irinw 4 ? 1800 gb s n 200 9 10,000 gb r n 2000 5 4 rin rin 14 rinl , r nl 10 4 40 og j oj 20 2 140 o g je 20 7 500 d gb ta d gb ta 200 3 100 2,000 gb w gb 200 10 16,000 gb j 2000 8 5 r n a r n 15 d g n 20&minus 5 50 d ta 20 3&minus 10 150 d j 20 8 10 600 gb ta 200 3 2,200 gbo k nl 200 11 20,000 gb aw k k n 2,000 10 1 bag 6 f f 16 r nd l g n 20&minus 4 60 g ta ta 20 3 160 g j 20 8 700 d gb rin d ... is Unicode gbaawa lonan meji 20,000 two times . Data drawn observed from the Yoruba Numeral system ... . Numeral System of Yoruba Focus on the Dialect of Oyo B.A Dissertation. Lounge, Olu. 2009 . A Vigesimal ... box Benin Nigeria Togo Languages Category Yoruba language Category Numerals ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Yoruba mythology , Aja is an Orisha , patron of the forest , the animal s within it and herb al healers, whom she taught their art. Among the Yoruba, aja also refer to a wild wind . It s believed that if someone is carried away by aja, and then returns, he becomes a powerful jujuman or babalawo . The journey supposedly will have a duration of between 7 days to 3 months, and the person so carried is thought to have gone to the land of the dead or heaven Orun . DEFAULTSORT Aja Yoruba Mythology Category Yoruba deities Category Nature goddesses Category Health goddesses Africa myth stub ... more details
Image Yoruba bronze head.jpg thumb Yoruba bronze head sculpture, Ife, Nigeria c. 12th century A.D. Image Ife Kings Head.jpg thumb right 200px Ife bronze casting of a Kings head currently in the British Museum The Yoruba people Yoruba of South Western Africa Benin Republic, Nigeria and Togo , also including parts of Ghana , Cameroon and Sierra Leone , have a very rich and vibrant artisan community, creating traditional and contemporary art. ref Cite web url http www.africaresource.com ijele issue5 olajubu.html title The Place of Susanne Wenger s Art in Yoruba Religion accessdate 2008 02 25 ref The custom of art and artisans among the Yoruba is deeply rooted in the If literary corpus, indicating the orisha s Ogun, Obatala, Oshun and Obalufon as central to creation mythology including artistry i.e. the art of humanity . Over the years, many have come to merge foreign ideas of artistry and contemporary art with the traditional art forms found in West Africa. The traditional art forms among the Yoruba include but are not limited to beading, braiding, tattooing, clay moulding and ceramic work, bronze casting, weaving and dyeing, sculpting, etc. There is also a vibrant form of customary theatre known as Alarinjo that has its roots in the medieval period and that has given much to the contemporary Cinema of Nigeria Nigerian film industry . Metal arts Yoruban blacksmiths create sculpture from iron, through hand beating, welding, and casting. Ogoun Ogun is honored as the god of iron. ref name smith http www.fa.indiana.edu conner yoruba blacksmith.html Shaping The Blacksmith. Cutting to the Essence Shaping for the Fire. 29 March 1995 retrieved 15 Nov 2011 ref Metalworkers also create ...?id 5080 Emodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art , Newark Museum http www.onlinenigeria.com artsandCrafts Nigerian Traditional Arts, Crafts and Architecture http www.fa.indiana.edu conner yoruba cut.html Yoruban ... art Category Yoruba culture Art Category Indigenous art pt Arte tradicional yoruba ... more details
The following is a list of Yoruba people Yoruba Orisha deities Supreme being Olorun Ol r n the supreme creator deity Orishas Aganju Orisha of volcanoes, the wilderness and rivers Aja Yoruba mythology Aja Orisha of the forest, the animals within it, and herbal healing Ayao Orisha of air Babalu Aye Orisha of the Earth and strongly associated with infectious disease particularly smallpox, leprosy and AIDS and healing Egungun oya Orisha of divination Erinle Orisha of medicine, healing, and comfort, physician to the gods in Santer a he is also regarded as a patron of gay people Eshu trickster, psychopomp and Orisha of crossroads, duality, beginnings, travelers, fertility and death Kokou god Kokou a violent warrior Orisha Oba goddess Oba first wife of Shango and Orisha of domesticity and marriage Obatala creator of human bodies Orisha of light, spiritual purity, and moral uprightness Ogoun Orisha who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics and war Olokun patron Orisha of the descendants of African s who were carried away during the Atlantic Slave Trade or Middle Passage Oshun Orisha who presides over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy Oshunmare divine rainbow serpent associated with creation and procreation Oxossi Orisha of the forest Oya Orisha of the Niger River associated with wind, lightning, fertility, fire, and magic Sopona Orisha of smallpox Shango Orisha of thunder and lightning Yemaja a mother goddess patron deity of women, especially pregnant women, and the Ogun river Irunmole Orunmila spirit of wisdom, divination, destiny, and foresight Category Yoruba deities Category Lists of deities Yoruba Category Mythology related lists Deities, Yoruba Category Religion related lists Deities,Yoruba ... more details
century BC, were not initially known as the Yoruba people Yoruba , although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. Both archeology and traditional Yoruba oral historians confirm the existence of people in this region for several millennia. The Yoruba spiritual heritage maintains that the Yoruba ... created the world at this place by delegation from the High God, Eledumare. The name Yoruba ... Yoruba are not indigenous to Yorubaland, but are descendants of immigrants to the region from ... of Ife. ref Lange http dierklange.com pdf LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL.pdf Origin of the Yoruba , 580 4. ref .... Further expansion led to the establishment of the Yoruba in what are now Southwest Nigeria, Benin , and Togo , with Yoruba city states acknowledging the spiritual primacy of the ancient city of Ile ... sway in the election of nobles and kings in eastern Yor b land . Yoruba origin mythology The mythology of the origin of the Yoruba, who refer to themselves as Omo O odua or Children of Oduduwa , revolves ... who created the knowledge odu of character iwa . Many Yoruba believe in one God, Olodumare, but also ... myth s is a symbolic reference to the founding of the Yoruba kingdoms and that this is why he is credited with the achievement. ref Bolaji Idowu Idowu, Bolaji Olodumare God in Yoruba Belief ... Oyo . Each made a mark in the subsequent urbanization and consolidation of what became the Yoruba ... Newsletter newsletter74.htm Yoruba Alliance Who are the Yoruba ? ref Golden age Between 1100 CE and 1700 CE, the Yoruba Kingdom of Ife experienced a golden age . It was then surpassed by the Oyo Empire as the dominant Yoruba military and political power between 1600 CE and 1800 CE. The nearby ... titles of the Yoruba Oloyes , recognised leaders of royal, noble and, often, even common descent ..., however, Yoruba monarchs were subject to the continuing approval of their constituents as a matter .... Modern history The Yoruba eventually established a federation of city states under the political ... more details
Yoruba Girl Dancing is a novel written by Nigerian author , Semi Bedford. The book was first published in Great Britain in 1991 and then again in the United States in 1992. The novel focuses on Remi Foster, a young intelligent Nigerian Yoruba girl who at age 6 journeys from her home in Nigeria to gain ... school in England, Remi is the Yoruba Girl Dancing s protagonist and narrator. The novel follows ... individual among her peers. General Information Yoruba Girl Dancing is a novel written by an African .... Themes Race Race is an incredibly important theme in Yoruba Girl Dancing as it is perhaps the largest ... in many forms. References In the novel, Yoruba Girl Dancing, the story of Remi Foster s eventful journey ... to other books, singers, and aspects of culture that proved to have an influence on the writing of Yoruba ... more beautiful, the older women said, than a Yoruba girl dancing? 185 . Remi is genuinely ..., cultural dancing. History The novel, Yoruba Girl Dancing, follows the life of Remi Foster and those ... about a Yoruba girl who lives in Nigeria and then moves to Britain to attend a boarding school. As the title of the novel states, Yoruba girl , vividly describes where Remi is from and her culture. According to an article about African history,Yoruba refers to a language spoken in the western ... like Edo, Igbo, Nupe. Moreover, the Yoruba people are known to be one of the largest ethnic groups in the western ... the novel a very intriguing title, Yoruba Girl Dancing, this directly tells readers who Remi is , where she is from , and her culture or background. Remi is the Yoruba girl dancing, dancing in the midst ... we can definitely relate the novel s background, the Nigerian history, and the Yoruba culture that the readings ... www.publishersweekly.com 978 0 670 84045 8 Review has emphasis on the racial issues that Yoruba Girl ... that Yoruba Girl Dancing would not be as appealing to adults because of the immaturity within the characters ... yoruba girl dancing simi bedford 1102805750 product commentary editorial review 1 Reviewer enjoyed ... more details
Sabe is a territory located in present day Benin . In the Yoruba language , the word Oba means king or ruler . It is also common for the oba s of the various Yoruba people Yoruba domains to have their own special titles. In Sabe the Oba is referred to as the Onisabe of Sabe Records for Sabe are fragmentary and conflicting, containing a long succession of rulers styled Ola . It is suggested by one source that recent rulers alternate between descendants of either of two brothers. The list presented here represents a fragment of the record. List of Rulers of the Yoruba state of Sabe class wikitable align left width 18 Tenure width 40 Incumbent width 20 Notes valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1803 to 1818 Ola Obe Yai Ola Obe Yai, Woru , small Onisabe valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1818 to 18?? Ola Mone , small Onisabe valign top bgcolor ffffec small 18?? to ???? Ola Akikenju , small Onisabe br br Sources http www.rulers.org benitrad.html See also Benin Yoruba people Yoruba states List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Dassa List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Icha List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Ketu List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Oyo Lists of office holders Category Yoruba history Category History of Benin Category Government of Benin Category Benin related lists Category Lists of rulers Yoruba state of Sabe ... more details
Territory located in present day Benin . Oba ruler Oba Ruler . class wikitable align left width 18 Tenure width 40 Incumbent width 20 Notes valign top c. 1600 colspan 2 Foundation of Dassa kingdom valign top c. 1800 colspan 2 Conquest by Danhome valign top 1889 colspan 2 French protectorate independent of Danhome valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1889 to ???? Ajikin Zomaw , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to 1941 Abisi Oyo , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 13 June 1941 to 24 July 1942 Awo Alagi , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1942 to ???? Bernardin Zomaw , small Oba Sources http www.rulers.org benitrad.html rulers.org benitrad See also Benin Yoruba people Yoruba states Rulers of the Yoruba state of Icha Rulers of the Yoruba state of Ketu Rulers of the Yoruba state of Sabe Rulers of the Yoruba state of Oyo Lists of office holders Category Yoruba history Category Lists of rulers Yoruba state of Dassa Category History of Benin Category Government of Benin Category Benin related lists pt Anexo Lista de reis de Dassa Zoum ... more details
Territory located in present day Benin . class wikitable align left width 18 Tenure width 40 Incumbent width 20 Notes valign top c. 1800 colspan 2 Foundation of Icha state valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Baba Akete valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Lauru valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Obinti valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Akan Aku valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Kase Kpe valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Lauru Tofa valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Lauru Tonyon valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Lauro Bezon valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Lauru Asogba valign top bgcolor ffffec small ante post 1920 to ante post 1920 Lauru Sources http www.rulers.org benitrad.html See also Benin Yoruba people Yoruba states List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Dassa List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Ketu List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Oyo List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Sabe Lists of office holders dmy date December 2010 Category Yoruba history Category History of Benin Category Government of Benin Category Benin related lists Category Lists of rulers Yoruba state of Icha ... more details
The Ketu Benin state of Ketu is located in present day Republic of Benin . In the Yoruba language , the word oba means king or ruler . It is also common for the rulers of the various Yoruba people Yoruba domains to have their own special titles. In Ketu the Oba ruler Oba is referred to as the Aleketu of Ketu class wikitable align left width 18 Tenure width 40 Incumbent width 20 Notes valign top c. 1500 colspan 2 Capital moved to Ketu valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1795 to 1816 Ajibolu , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1816 to 1853 Adebiya , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1853 to December 1858 Adegbede , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small December 1858 to 1867 Adiro , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1867 to 1883 Osun Ojeku , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1883 to 1886 Agidigbo Hungbo , small regent valign top 1886 colspan 2 Conquest by Danhome valign top 1893 colspan 2 Restoration by France under protectorate valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1893 to 1894 Ida of Ketu Ida , small regent valign top bgcolor ffffec small 13 February 1894 to 1918 Oyengen , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1918 to 1936 Ademufekun Dudu , small Oba valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1937 to 1963 Alamu Adewori Adegibite , small Oba valign top small 1963 colspan 2 Abolition of Ketu state Sources http www.rulers.org benitrad.html http www.citrus moon.com See also Benin Yoruba people Yoruba states List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Dassa List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Icha List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Oyo List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Sabe Lists of office holders dmy date December 2010 Category Yoruba history Category History of Benin Category Government of Benin Category Benin related lists Category Lists of rulers Yoruba state of Ketu ... more details
The Yoruba people contributed a major cultural and economic influence upon the victims of the Atlantic slave trade during its run from approximately 1400 until 1900. Oyo Empire From 1400 onward, the Oyo Empire s imperial success made the Yoruba language a lingua franca almost to the shores of the Volta. ref name Stride302 Stride & Ifeka 1971, p. 302. ref Toward the end of the 18th century, the Oyo army was neglected as there was less need to conquer. ref name Oliver95 Oliver & Atmore 2001, p. 95. ref Instead, Oyo directed more effort towards trading and acted as middlemen for both the Trans Saharan and Trans Atlantic slave trade. ref name Oliver95 Europeans bringing salt arrived in Oyo during the reign of King Obalokun. ref name Stride292 Stride & Ifeka p. 292 ref Thanks to its domination of the coast, Oyo merchants were able to trade with Europeans at Porto Novo and Ouidah Whydah . ref name Stride293 Stride & Ifeka 1971, p. 293. ref Here the Oyo Empire s captives and criminals were sold to Dutch and Portuguese buyers. ref name Smith31 Smith 1989, p. 31. ref Cultural influence In addition to the influence upon slave, and later free Afro American cuisine and language, the importation of Yoruba culture was most heavily evidenced in such manifestations of Yoruba religion as Santer a , Candombl Ketu and other indigenous spiritualities. References reflist Yoruba topics Category Yoruba people Category African slave trade Category African diaspora ... more details
Use dmy dates date October 2010 Territory located in present day Nigeria . In the Yoruba language , the word oba ruler oba means king or ruler . It is also common for the rulers of the various Yoruba people Yoruba domains to have their own special titles. In Oyo Empire Oyo , the Oba is referred to as the Alaafin . class wikitable align left width 18 Tenure width 40 Incumbent width 20 Notes valign top c. 1400 colspan 2 Foundation of Oyo Empire valign top c. 1835 colspan 2 Invasion by Fulani Empire valign top 1888 colspan 2 British protectorate valign top bgcolor ffffec small 1400 to ???? Oranyan , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Ajaka , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Shango , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Ajaka restored , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Aganju of Oyo Aganju , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Kori , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Oluaso , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small c. 1500 to ???? Onigbogi , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Ofirin , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Eguguojo , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Orompoto , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small c. 1600 to ???? Abipa , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Obalokun , small Alaafin valign top bgcolor ffffec small ???? to ???? Oluodo ... ffffec See also Oyo Empire Yoruba people Yoruba states List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Dassa List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Icha List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Ketu List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Sabe Lists of office holders DEFAULTSORT List Of Rulers Of The Yoruba State Of Oyo Category Lists of rulers Yoruba state of Oyo Category Alaafins of Oyo Category Nigeria related lists Yoruba state of Oyo pt Anexo Lista de governantes do estado Yoruba de Oyo ... more details
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