Category The Yorùbá’s

The History of Yoruba People

Ancient Era| The Development of Early Yoruba Community c. 500 BCE – 800 CE The Age of things we met| Pre-Oduduwa Era c. 9th– 11th century: Urbanization, Ife Primacy begins| Oduduwa Era c. 12th and 13th century: Ife empire, Civil…

Sylvanus Olympio

He was the first president of Togo after independence. He was a Yoruba man who spoke Yoruba, German, French, English& Portuguese fluently. After graduating from the London School of Economics, he worked for Unilever, eventually becoming the general manager of…

Hubert Ogunde

Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, D.Lit. (10 July 1916 – 4 April 1990) was a Yoruba actor, dramatist, theater manager, and musician who created the African Music Research Party, Nigeria’s first current professional theatrical group, in 1945. In 1947, Hubert Ogunde…