I know when I was born; I mean to say that there are some people who know when I was...

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This single volume of Encyclopedia of the Yorùbá is the very first to present materials on the Yorùbá in West...

Until quite recently, all the known historical traditions about the origin of the Eweka dynasty of Benin were unanimous in...

The history of many places tells the story of wars waged by the countries in question ......

In the beginning, ibadàn started as a settlement of some radicals from nearby Yorúbá towns. Historians do not completely agree...

Ifá is a philosophy, a theogony, theology and cosmology rooted in a particular metaphysic that concerns itself with the real...

During my third extended research trip in Kétu, Bénin, in the fall of 2006, when I asked people to explain...

The Body and Other Parties: Stories. Carmen Maria Machado. From Everand. The Constant Gardener: A Novel. John le Carré. 268286630-Oruko-Yoruba-Adeoye

Potsherd pavements have long been a subject of interest in the archaeology of West Africa (Nzewunwa 1989). In Yorubaland (western...

A study in comparative philosophy is based on two basic presuppositions. The first is a definition of philosophy, at least,...

THE MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND TALES IN THIS BOOK WERE GATHERED over a period of several years from Yoruba storytellers and...

Lugard asserted that the direct cause of Africa’s partition was France’s search for rehabilitation in North and West Africa, following...

RELATIONSHIP

A family is termed Ebi or The word Ebi means "One born with." This includes one's nearest relatives on...