Distinctive cultural norms prevail in Yorubaland and among the Yoruba people. The Yoruba are said to be religious people, but they are also pragmatic and... 51 KB (6,614 words) - 04:23, 1 March 2024 |
Victoria Davies Randle (category Yoruba women) Coleridge-Taylor as the source of the Yoruba folk song in his collection, Oloba yale mi. Davies Randle provided Coleridge-Taylor with a Yoruba drum theme that he used... 5 KB (401 words) - 18:10, 3 August 2023 |
Ori (known as Orí in Latin America) is a Yoruba metaphysical concept. Ori, literally meaning "head," refers to one's spiritual intuition and destiny. It... 3 KB (295 words) - 23:23, 30 November 2023 |
Amos Tutuola (category Articles containing Yoruba-language text) Amos Tutuola (Yoruba: Ámósì Tutùọlá; 20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer who wrote books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales. Amos Olatubosun... 18 KB (2,046 words) - 19:44, 22 April 2024 |
Ogun (category CS1 Yoruba-language sources (yo)) and is present in Yoruba religion, Santería, Haitian Vodou, West African Vodun, and the folk religion of the Gbe people. In Yoruba religion, Ogun is a... 17 KB (1,921 words) - 21:58, 28 April 2024 |
Folklore (redirect from Folk Culture) customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas, weddings, folk dances, and initiation rites.... 81 KB (9,723 words) - 09:36, 10 April 2024 |
Hubert Ogunde (category Yoruba dramatists and playwrights) co-directed three religious-themed plays: Africa and God (1944), a folk opera infused with Yoruba cultural themes that were non-existent in The Garden of Eden... 23 KB (3,135 words) - 15:04, 4 February 2024 |