A dance of the forests
"Leave the dead some room to dance," sings the Dirge-Man in Wole Soyinka's beautiful play, A Dance of...
A Dictionary of the Yoruba...
The first Dictionary of the Yoruba language was published in the year 1843, compiled by Samuel (afterwards Bishop) Crowther. This...
A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt
I know when I was born; I mean to say that there are some people who know when I was...
African States Citizenship and war:...
This article, first given as a talk to a seminar of the Uganda Parliament in 2000, is a reflection on...
Awon Asa ati Orisa Ile...
Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
Encyclopedia Of The Yoruba
This single volume of Encyclopedia of the Yorùbá is the very first to present materials on the Yorùbá in West...
Eweka Dynasty
Until quite recently, all the known historical traditions about the origin of the Eweka dynasty of Benin were unanimous in...
History of Ekiti (From the...
Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History
Ibadan Empire — Toye Ogunyemi
In the beginning, ibadàn started as a settlement of some radicals from nearby Yorúbá towns. Historians do not completely agree...
If A Forest of Mystery
Ifá is a philosophy, a theogony, theology and cosmology rooted in a particular metaphysic that concerns itself with the real...
Mother Is Gold Father Is...
During my third extended research trip in Kétu, Bénin, in the fall of 2006, when I asked people to explain...
Oruko Yoruba
The Body and Other Parties: Stories. Carmen Maria Machado. From Everand. The Constant Gardener: A Novel. John le Carré. 268286630-Oruko-Yoruba-Adeoye
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Potsherd Pavements In Yorubaland
Potsherd pavements have long been a subject of interest in the archaeology of West Africa (Nzewunwa 1989). In Yorubaland (western...
Socrates and Orunmila Two Patron...
A study in comparative philosophy is based on two basic presuppositions. The first is a definition of philosophy, at least,...
Tales of Yoruba gods and...
THE MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND TALES IN THIS BOOK WERE GATHERED over a period of several years from Yoruba storytellers and...
The Dual Mandate in British...
Lugard asserted that the direct cause of Africa’s partition was France’s search for rehabilitation in North and West Africa, following...
The Laws and Customs Of...
RELATIONSHIP
A family is termed Ebi or The word Ebi means "One born with." This includes one's nearest relatives on...
West African Kingdoms in the...
This collection of studies brings together in a single volume
some of the results of the considerable...