There’s a religious paradox in the African Diaspora. While evangelical Catholicism and Protestantism are the fastest growing faiths on the Motherland, African indigenous faiths are growing among ...

“Excess of words in Yoruba” was the justification used by a member of a judging panel at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval to dock points from a samba school. The group Unidos de Padre Miguel had put together ...

The documentary which explores the historical influence of the Yoruba culture will premiere on the streamer on May 13. Speaking on the documentary, Adekeye reveals, "I hope it becomes a unifying ...

President John Dramani Mahama has been installed as the Aare Atayeto Oodua of the Source by Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde ...

There is a need for unity among Yoruba groups in South Africa to foster cultural preservation, economic empowerment, social cohesion and national integration, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba, Iba Gani ...

History in Africa, Vol. 44 (2017), pp. 63-100 (38 pages) This study juxtaposes the observations and interpretations of a twentyfirst- century ethnographer with those of nineteenth-century Christian ...

Last month, a fight between two men in Shasha market in Ibadan – a Yoruba cobbler and a Hausa cart pusher – triggered a wave of conflict that spilled out of the market and into the host community, ...

Critiqued by Tejumola Olaniyan, Akinwumi Ogundiran, Grey Gundaker and Adeleke Adeeko with response by Rowland Abiodun in African studies review (Piscataway, NJ) 58 (3) December 2015, pages 215-223 ...

Ilorin — A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro), has called on Yoruba elders, statesmen, and cultural custodians to rise above partisan or parochial ...