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"Leave the dead some room to dance," sings the Dirge-Man in Wole Soyinka's beautiful play, A Dance of the Forests....
Literature
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The first Dictionary of the Yoruba language was published in the year 1843, compiled by Samuel (afterwards Bishop) Crowther. This...
Demo, History, Literature, Yoruba History
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I know when I was born; I mean to say that there are some people who know when I was...
Demo, Drama, Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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This article, first given as a talk to a seminar of the Uganda Parliament in 2000, is a reflection on...
Geo-Politics, History, Literature
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Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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This single volume of Encyclopedia of the Yorùbá is the very first to present materials on the Yorùbá in West...
Geo-Politics, History, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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Until quite recently, all the known historical traditions about the origin of the Eweka dynasty of Benin were unanimous in...
Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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The history of many places tells the story of wars waged by the countries in question ...... (more…)
Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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In the beginning, ibadàn started as a settlement of some radicals from nearby Yorúbá towns. Historians do not completely agree...
Biography, Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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Ifá is a philosophy, a theogony, theology and cosmology rooted in a particular metaphysic that concerns itself with the real...
Geo-Politics, History, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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During my third extended research trip in Kétu, Bénin, in the fall of 2006, when I asked people to explain...
Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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The Body and Other Parties: Stories. Carmen Maria Machado. From Everand. The Constant Gardener: A Novel. John le Carré. 268286630-Oruko-Yoruba-Adeoye...
Demo, Drama, Fiction, Geo-Politics, History, Kids, Literature, Nigerian History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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Potsherd pavements have long been a subject of interest in the archaeology of West Africa (Nzewunwa 1989). In Yorubaland (western...
Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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A study in comparative philosophy is based on two basic presuppositions. The first is a definition of philosophy, at least,...
Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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THE MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND TALES IN THIS BOOK WERE GATHERED over a period of several years from Yoruba storytellers and...
Demo, History, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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Lugard asserted that the direct cause of Africa’s partition was France’s search for rehabilitation in North and West Africa, following...
Autobiography, Biography, Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion
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RELATIONSHIP A family is termed Ebi or The word Ebi means "One born with." This includes one's nearest relatives on...
Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
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This collection of studies brings together in a single volume some of the results of the considerable body of recent...
Biography, History, Nonfiction