Yetunde may refer to A traditional name of the Yoruba tribe which factors into Yoruba mythology . Yetunde Price , the elder half sister of tennis players Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Disambig ... more details
Noref date July 2009 Itutu , which literally translates as Cool aesthetic cool from the Yoruba language , has been used by the Yoruba people Yoruba and more recently by Africanist art historians to describe the aesthetic that characterizes much Yoruba and some African American art. An Itutu aesthetic includes the appearance of a calm, collected face that is found in much Yoruba traditional art Yoruba sculpture . It has been suggested by Robert Farris Thompson of Yale University that Itutu is the origin of the American idea of the cool . His 1973 article An Aesthetic of the Cool traces the idea of Itutu from the Yoruba to several other African civilizations and finally to the Americas, where the descendents of Africans perpetuated the importance of being cool . Category Yoruba culture Category Beninese culture Category Nigerian culture Benin stub culture stub Nigeria stub ... more details
Adeyemi is a Yoruba people Yoruba surname. People with this surname include Kunl Adeyemi , Nigerian Architect and Urban designer Tom Adeyemi , English footballer Wal Adeyemi , British fashion designer Yinka Adeyemi , Nigerian artist surname Category Surnames ... more details
Layeni may refer to Triantafyllia, Florina , a village in the Florina peripheral unit, northern Greece Layoni, Indonesia , a village in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia a Yoruba people Yoruba surname from Nigeria Stefano Layeni , a football soccer player, play for Calcio Prato disambig ... more details
noref date November 2008 Obaala or in Yoruba orthography ba l is a senior title in the royal council of many kingdoms of the northeastern Yoruba people Yoruba the Igbomina , Ijesha Ij a and Ekiti sub ethnics. ba l literally means mighty king or senior king and is almost always next in rank to the high king or paramount king of the areas where the title is used. The ba l is often designated as the automatic regent on the demise of any reigning king or paramount king. The most famous ba l in recent Yoruba history is easily Ogedengbe, the Ij a war commander who co led the Ekiti Parap , a clan confederation which stood to oppose the imperialism of 19th century Ibadan . Category Yoruba culture Category Yoruba words and phrases ... more details
Infobox language family name Edekiri region Togo , Benin and south western Nigeria familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Volta Niger languages Volta Niger fam4 sm yeai fam5 Yoruboid languages Yoruboid child1 Ede languages Ede child2 Itsekiri language Itsekiri child3 Yoruba language Yoruba sil 242 16 The Edekiri languages are spoken in a band across Togo , Benin and Nigeria . The group includes the Ede languages Ede dialecte cluster , including Ife language Ife Itsekiri language Itsekiri Nigeria, 500,000 speakers and the Yoruba languages Ulukwumi language Ulukwumi , Mokole language Benin Mokole , and Yoruba language Yoruba , by far the largest of the cluster with about 20 million speakers. Category Yoruboid languages nc lang stub ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Lucumi popplace flag Cuba langs Vernacular Cuban Spanish , Liturgical language Liturgical Lucumi language Lucumi rels Santer a related c Afro Cuban , Afro Latino , Yoruba people Yoruba , Candombl Ketu The Lucumi people are an Afro Cuban ethnic group. Many Lucumi claim to be of Yoruba ancestry. ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id Tndbo3yLEdcC&dq lucumi language&source gbs navlinks s title Santeria from Africa to the New World author George Brandon page 56 publisher Indiana University Press ref References reflist Category Yoruba history Category Yoruba people ... more details
Olorun Ol d mar is the Yoruba language Yor b name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions and other belief systems who is either the sole entity in monotheism , or a single entity in polytheism . God Aditu Alakoso Orun, Alewi Lese Olumoran Okan, Atererekaye, Awamaridi, Eledaa, Eledua, Olodumare Eledumare , Eledumaye, Oba Ajiki, Oba Aiyeraye. Ogus, Olodumaye, Olofin Orun, Olorun , Olu Ajiki, Olu Eye, Olu Iyi, Olu Orun, Oluwa. See also Names of God Yoruba Theogony Yoruba topics Category Singular God Category Spirituality Category Yoruba given names Category Names of God in African traditional religions Category Yoruba religion ... more details
In the Africa n Yoruba mythology , Egbere is a malevolent spirit that inhabits woods and is seen at night. ref Cite book last Crowther first Samuel authorlink Samuel Crowther last2 Vidal first2 Owen Emeric title A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language publisher Seeleys date 1852 page 80 url http books.google.co.uk books?id oXxBAAAAYAAJ&pg PA80 isbn ref References Reflist Category Yoruba mythology Category Deities, spirits, and mythic beings Africa myth stub ... more details
In Yoruba religion , Orungan was the son of Yemaja and Aganju . He ravished his mother once, and as he tried a second time, Yemaja fell and burst open, whereupon the fifteen Orisha s came forth from her. References references Afro American Religions Category Yoruba gods Category African traditional religions Category Yoruba mythology africa myth stub pl Orungan sl Orungan ... more details
unsourced date December 2008 Aganju of Oyo lived 15th century was a Yoruba people Yoruba emperor of the Oyo Empire Oyo state , in present day Nigeria . For the Yoruba deity of the same name, see Aganju . DEFAULTSORT Aganju Of Oyo Category Alaafins of Oyo Category 15th century African people pt Aganju de Oyo Nigeria bio stub Africa royal stub ... more details
Ogboju Ode ninu Igbo Irunmale The Forest of a Thousand Demons is a 1938 novel by D.O. Fagunwa . It was the first full length novel in Yoruba language Yoruba , ref http books.google.com books?id eKNK1YwHcQ4C&pg PA401 ref and was one of the first novels to be written in any African language. It contains the picaresque tales of a Yoruba hunter encountering folklore elements, such as magic, monsters, spirits, and gods. References reflist Category 1938 books Category Nigerian novels Category Works based on folklore novel stub ... more details
Bara is a town in Oyo State of southwestern Nigeria . The majority of the people are members of the Yoruba people Yoruba ethnic group. Most of the people are employed in agriculture with locally produced Yam vegetable yams , cassava , maize , and tobacco . Coord 8 2 N 4 20 E display title Category Populated places in Oyo State OyoNG geo stub ... more details
States of Nigeria. The Other key members of the Yoruboid group are Yoruba language Yoruba 22 million and Igala 1.8million along with the various Yoruba dialects spoken in Benin and Togo . Itsekiri is most closely related to the South Eastern Yoruba dialects with which it shares close similarity in grammar, lexicon and syntax. Itsekiri represents one end of a continuum of Yoruba dialects from the Northern Yoruba lands of Oyo and Offa to the western reaches of the Niger Delta. In many ways Standard Yoruba and Itsekiri may be considered official variants of the same language. Although Itsekiri and the South Eastern Yoruba dialects are mutually intelligible to varying degrees depending on proximity to each other, however, unlike Yoruba dialect speakers, native Itsekiri speakers do not recognise or use the standard Yoruba language as their lingua franca. This may be owing to the historical isolation of the main body of Itsekiri speakers in the Niger Delta from the continuum of Yoruba ... identity. Nevertheless, from a linguistic standpoint, both Itsekiri and standard Yoruba based on the Oyo dialect may be considered the two officially recognised standard formats of the Yoruba dialectal ... related to Yoruba and Igala and incorporates elements of both languages. It has also been very ... family of Yoruba dialects Ijebu, Ilaje Ikale, Ondo, Akure and Owo. Whilst closely resembling those dialects however the Itsekiri language also features elements of Northern Yoruba notably The Ife and Oyo dialects. It was often assumed that Itsekiri may have developed from the Palace Yoruba dialect ... its roots in the Benin Kingdom and a form of Palace Yoruba may have influenced its development. It is generally ... from the main body of Yoruba dialects and from Igala Itsekiri like most languages that develop away ... of the original proto Yoruba Igala language. It is also possible that Itsekiri represents a surviving remnant of what could once have been the original Yoruba Igala language before the split into separate ... more details
Ojigi may refer to Bowing social Ojigi Oyo , a Yoruba king Ojiji , a Canadian musician disambig Excess long comment to prevent listing on Special Shortpages ............................................................ more details
Dundun may refer to The Yoruba talking drum Dunun , dundun, doundoun or djun djun, a family of West African bass drums Dunedin , the second largest city in the South Island of New Zealand disambig ... more details
Lucumi may refer to Lucumi language , a Yoruba dialect and the liturgical language of Santeria Lucumi religion , more commonly referred to as Santeria Lucumi people , a naci n of Afro Cubans disambig ... more details
Abiku is a word in Yoruba language Yoruba . The word is derived from Yoruba abiku predestined to death , which is from abi that which possesses and iku death . Abiku refers to the spirits of children who die before reaching puberty a child who dies before twelve years of age being called an Abiku, and the spirit, or spirits, who caused the death being also called Abiku. Ben Okri Ben Okri s novel The Famished Road is based upon an abiku. Debo Kotun Debo Kotun s novel Abiku novel Abiku , a political satire of the Nigerian military oligarchy, is based upon an abiku. Gerald Brom Gerald Brom s illustrated novel, The Plucker , depicts a child s toys fighting against an abiku. See also Ogbanje References cite web title abiku definition Dictionary MSN Encarta BOT GENERATED TITLE url http encarta.msn.com dictionary 561535516 abiku.html work archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5kyWTAhDR archivedate 2009 11 01 deadurl yes Jones, Gertrude. Dictionary of Mythology Folklore and Symbols . New York The Scarecrow Press, 1962. Weblinks http www.sacred texts.com afr yor yor07.htm Sacred Texts.com gives more explanations about Abikus facsimile of a chapter from Yoruba Speaking peoples of the slave coast of West Africa by A. B. ELLIS, 1894 Category Yoruba culture Category Yoruba mythology Category Yoruba words and phrases africa myth stub de Abiku fr Abiku it Abiku pl Abiku pt Abiku ... more details
Infobox Language name Lucumi nativename Lucum states CUB PUR DOM speakers Liturgical language familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Volta Niger languages Volta Niger fam4 Benue Congo fam5 Yoruboid languages Yoruboid fam6 Edekiri languages Edekiri fam7 Yoruba language Yoruba nation iso3 luq Lucumi is a Yoruba language Yoruba dialect spoken by practitioners of the Santer a religion in Cuba , Puerto Rico , and Dominican Republic . It is also known as Yoruba and Santeria . ref cite web url http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code luq title Lucumi A Language of Cuba Ethnologue accessdate 10 March 2010 ref Lucumi is a liturgical language used in Santeria s prayers, chants and songs. ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id Tndbo3yLEdcC&dq lucumi language&source gbs navlinks s title Santeria from Africa to the New World author George Brandon page 56 publisher Indiana University Press ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Lucumi Language Category Yoruba history Category Yoruba language Category Yoruboid languages Category Religious language Category Afro American religion de Lukum hr Lucumi jezik pms Lenga Lucumi pl J zyk lucumi ... more details
The Western Apoi tribe of the Ijaw people Ijaw people lives in Ondo State , Nigeria . The tribe consists of nine settlements Igbobini, Ojuala, Ikpoki, Inikorogha, Oboro, Shabomi, Igbotu, Kiribo, and Gbekebo. The Apoi inhabited higher ground than most of the other Ijaw tribe. The Apoi speak the Yoruba language Yoruba language and are bordered to the north by the Ikale Yoruba people Yoruba and to the west by the Ilaje Yoruba. The clan also shares a border with the Arogbo clan Arogbo Ijaw to the south and the Furupagha Ijaw to the east across the Siluko River. ref Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe 2005 . A History of the Niger Delta , Port Harcourt Onyoma Research Publications. ISBN 978 37314 5 9 ref br The Apoi trace their origins to a migration from the Central Niger Delta . Prior to arriving at their present location, tribal traditions recall a long period of settlement at Ukomu in what is now Furupagha tribe Furupagha territory. br The Apoi land king is known as Kalasuwea of Apoi land and the sit of the thrown is in Shabomi. References references Category Ijaw Category Ondo State Nigeria ethno group stub ... more details
Aso oke fabric , pronounced ah SHAW okay is a hand loomed cloth woven by the Yoruba people of south west Nigeria . Aso oke means top cloth in the English language . Usually woven by men, the fabric is used to make men s gowns, called Boubou clothing Agbada , women s Wrapper clothing wrappers , called iro, and men s hats, called Aso Oke hat fila . Types of aso oke There are three types of traditional aso oke worn by Yoruba people . Alaari a rich red aso oke. Sanyan a brown and usually light brown aso oke. Etu a dark blue aso oke. Aso oke fabric is often worn with aran, a brown velvet with concentric designs. Yoruba women s garment When people speak of an aso oke, they are usually referring to the traditional Yoruba women s garment. It consists of four parts Buba Yoruba blouse Iro a wrap skirt Gele head tie Iborun or Ipele shawl or shoulder sash Formal wear Nigerians around the world wear aso oke fabric for special occasions including holidays, weddings, funerals and chieftain title ceremonies. All followers of the Yoruba religion also wear aso oke fabrics and hats. See also Adire textile art Adire Yoruba tie dye African textiles Aso Oke hat Wrapper clothing Women s wrapper Boubou clothing Agbada Kente cloth Woven by The Ashanti Ashanti people Barkcloth Woven by Buganda people External links http moderntraditional.com magazine mtcglossary asooke.html Yoruba women s attire. http www.motherlandnigeria.com attire.html Yoruba clothing diagram with photos of men s and women s garments. fabric Category African clothing Category Textile arts Category Woven fabrics ... more details
Lagelu, Oro a pata maja, Oro in Yoruba language Yoruba means a sprite was the founder of Ibadan . A military legend and Yoruba people Yoruba s generalisimo from Ile Ife , he founded two Eba Odan and Eba dan of the three cities that eventually became the great and historical city of Ibadan . Eba Odan Eba dan Ibadan The first military commander of Ibadan was Lagelu, a.k.a., Oro, a pata maja. He left Ile Ife and founded Eba Odan . This city was peaceful and prosperous until it was jealously ravaged by the neighbouring towns and cities. A very old Lagelu and some of his people survived this attack he then formed another city called Eba dan on top of Ori yangi meaning rocky mountain now known as the world famous Oja ba Oba s Market in a very close proximity to the ravaged city of Eba Odan . Shortly after, Lagelu, Oro, a pata maja, its founder and defender passed on. For many years, this newly created city enjoyed peace and tranquility till another war engulfed and destroyed her. For the third time, another city was founded, which became Ibadan as we have come to know it. References Iwe Itan Ibadan A Book on the History of Ibadan by the late Olubadan Olubadan of Ibadan , Oba I.B. Akinyele Category Yoruba history Category Yoruba people Category Nigerian royalty yo Lagelu ... more details
This article is on the Yoruba king from the 1100s. If you would like to make an article on the modern singer, please create a NEW page. Oranmiyan also contracted as Oranyan , was a Yoruba people Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile Ife and one of the grandchildren of Oduduwa . ref name sacred texts cite web url http www.sacred texts.com afr yl yl27.htm title The Staff of Oranyan accessdate 2007 01 21 last Ogumefu first M. I year 1929 work Yoruba Legends publisher Internet Sacred Text Archive pages 46 ref According to Yoruba history, he founded Oyo Empire Oyo at around the year 1170 and one of his children, Eweka I, went on to become the first Oba of Benin Oba of the Benin Empire . Following the Oba ruler Oba s death, his family is fabled to have erected the miniature obelisk known as the Staff of Oranmiyan to commemorate their father s death. Radiocarbon tests however show this miniature obelisk was erected centuries before during the classical Ife period. ref name sacred texts References references Orisa If Yoruba Theogony Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Oranyan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Alaafins of Oyo Category 12th century monarchs in Africa Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown nigeria bio stub pt Oranyan sv Oranyan yo r nm y n ... more details
related to the Yoruba language Yoruba and Itsekiri language Itsekiri languages. In Igala tradition ... among these are the Igbira, the Bini, the Igbo, the Hausa, the Idoma and the Yoruba ethnic groups. However, the most significant relationship, by far, is that between the Igala and the Yoruba peoples. Igala and Yoruba have important historical and cultural relationships. The languages of the two ethnic ... 1952 regarded Igala as a dialect of Yoruba. Akinkugbe 1976,1978 is of the opinion that based on evidence, Igala is neither a dialect of Yoruba nor a language resulting from the fusion of Yoruba and Idoma as claimed by Silverstein, but rather Igala shares a common ancestor with Yoruba. In her words, ... this common ancestor was neither Yoruba nor Igala but what we have labeled here as Proto Yoruba ... before the split of Yoruba into the present day Yoruba dialects considering the extent of linguistic divergence found between Igala on one hand, and the rest of Yoruba on the other 1978 32 Akinkugbe ... of the label Yoruboid for the group of languages comprising Yoruba, Itsekiri and Igala for the purpose of distinguishing between Yoruba as a language on the one hand, and Yoruba, Itsekiri ... of the group as Proto Yoruboid in 1976 and Proto Yoruba Itsekiri Igala PYIG in 1978 Contemporary historians believe that the Igala most likely shared a proto Kwa ancestry with the modern Igbo and Yoruba ... 2, pp. 1 17 . 1978 . A Comparative Phonology of Yoruba Dialects, Isekiri and Igala. Ph.d. Thesis, University ... more details
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