Though the origin of the Yorubas remain enmeshed in controversies between the myth and the realities, legends and myths of origin are not peculiar to the Yorubas. In the study of history, ...

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is a state that's still grappling with its national identity in the wake of ethnic tensions and religious conflict. Own the Mask, Own the Town: Contesting ...

Atunto, a global Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, has strongly condemned recent claims suggesting that the Igbo people once occupied Ile-Ife, the ancestral homeland of the Yoruba. In a statement ...

Appreciating cultural heritage and using it to imagine a better future: that’s one of the goals of self-taught photographer and visual artist Ade Okelarin. Professionally, he goes by the name of ...

This paper attempts to discuss the issue of the origin of the Yoruba in its many dimensions especially those discussions which scholars of history, archaeology and related disciplines rely upon in ...

Ralph Appelbaum Associates has designed the exhibition interiors of the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos, Nigeria. As an all-encompassing celebration of Yoruba art, fashion, ...

Through dazzling beadwork, a mixed-media art exhibit celebrates African Yoruba heritage and family traditions from a rising ...

Prominent Yoruba elders and leaders on Tuesday called for restraint and intervention of cultural and political figures following the reopening of hostilities between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem ...

L-R: Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi - Ojaja II and Alaafin Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade. [X, formerly Twitter/Yorùbáness] The battle between Ile-Ife and Oyo, it seems, is far from over. And once ...