Some stories are so strange they sound like folklore, and the tale of Araromi-Oke, a once-thriving Yoruba settlement between today’s Oyo, Osun, and Ekiti boundaries, is one such mystery. Sixty-eight ...

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A pivotal conversation led him on a quest to understand African history and create a one-of-a-kind village for practitioners of the Yoruba religion. By Dionne Ford This article is part of Overlooked, ...

We learn about about the deities and spirits of Yoruba lore. In recent years we have seen a very welcome uptick in the number of fantasy books inspired by West African folklore. The Afrofuturism and ...

This essay was also published in slightly different version in African arts (Los Angeles) 3 (3) 1970, pages 8-17, 74-80. Discussion of the symbolism and iconography of birds on Yoruba beaded crowns ...

A renowned Chief Priest and founder of the Agbotifayo Empire, Chief Ayedun Ifadare Owodunni, has advised all Yoruba sons and daughters to embrace and uphold their cultural and spiritual legacy instead ...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political and cultural organisation, Afenifere, has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, describing them as distinguished sons of the Yoruba ...

Netflix historical drama “Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman,” will become only the the second Yoruba-language film to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, after Tunde Kelani’s “Abeni” ...