Therefore, these figures are symbolically washed, fed and clothed on a regular basis, according to a popular yoruba saying dead ibeji expenses are expenses for the living. A study of 2015 presidential election article pdf available october 2017 with 12,226 reads how we measure reads. Political parties in nigeria are institutions set up for healthy competition among those vying for particular government offices in the land and there is a. Yoruba homelands, roughly the size of england, straddle a diverse terrain ranging from tropical rain forest to open savanna countryside. Many years ago, before african slavery, the yoruba people inhabited an area which stretched, along the coast of west africa, all the way inward and down to angola in south west africa. Iran yoruba yoruba people or awon yoruba the yorubas on a side note, the yoruba are already a people, so i dont find it necessary adding people to the term unless it is being done in a context to differentiate it from the language. The second political party was the northern peoples congress npc and it. A common origin and language, as well as common political and religious cultures made the yorubas a nation long before any contact with europeans and the advent of colonialism. Adeoye, 1980, for instance, olomode ife ife youths were the public enforcement officers. Upon the death of oduduwa, there was the dispersal of his children from ife to found other kingdoms. During the period of african slavery, from the late 1500s to the late 1800s, millions of yoruba people were forcibly taken out of africa. The history of the yorubas 1921 edition open library. The ibejiswill have to be cared for by the parents or later on by the surviving twin. This is achieved through a content analysis of twentyfour24 randomly.
An account of the religious beliefs and practices of the yorub. The history of the yorubas from the earliest times to the beginning of the british protectorate by samuel johnson. Oduduwa between 1100 ad and 1700 ad, the yoruba kingdom of ife experienced a golden age, the oba or ruler of ife is referred to as the ooni of ife. He observed that relationship between social behavior and religion is an interrelation. Yoruba precolonial political system nigerian history. The three political parties were the national council of nigeria and the cameroons ncnc. Yoruba customs and beliefs pertaining to twins remains as powerful as the living one. Brought to cuba as slaves, the yoruba people of west africa preserved their religions heritage by disguising their gods as catholic saints and worshipping them in secret. It has influenced or given birth to a host of thriving. Its homeland is in presentday southwestern nigeria and the adjoining parts of benin and togo, commonly known as yorubaland.
Historical background oduduwa according to legend is the founding father of the yoruba race. It is located approximately 100 km north of the coast of lagos, and about 95 km west of the oyo state capital and neighboring city of ibadan. God is the source and the ultimate controller of the vital forces, but the deities are the intermediaries between man and god. Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the yoruba deities orishas. It shares some parallels with the vodun practiced by the neighboring fon and ewe peoples to the west and to the religion of the edo. Ture this report is an analysis of the nigerian economy over the 2010 through 2015 periods with particular focus on the nations gross domestic product, inflation, and merchandise trade statistics. They occupied an area bounded by the niger river, and including what is now known as the benin republic, southwestern nigeria, and part of togo. The yoruba cultural construction of health and illness phenomenon is a carrier of the divine. Immediately download the yoruba summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching yoruba. Victor terhemba among yoruba people, one hears a lot these days about what is called the aole curse. Politics in nigeria dates back to the precolonial era, but for the sake of this post, let us only look at nigerias political history landscape just before independence in 1959. Political parties in nigeria are institutions set up for healthy competition among those vying for particular government offices in the land and there is a need to know and understand how nigerian politics and political parties have evolved by. The yoruba pantheon consists of hundreds of gods, worshipped for an immense variety of purposes, each representative of some natural element or human emotion.
Pdf political behaviour and voting pattern in nigeria. The history of the yorubas from the earliest times to. Ileife, also known as ife, ifelodun, or the kingdom of ife, is world famous for its clay ceramic, or terracotta heads, and copperalloy and bronze ornaments. Indigenous counselling techniques among the yoruba and. History of political parties in nigeria nigerian finder. Yoruba traditional adjudicatory systems 17 considered ileife the first town created by god.
Linguists believe it separated from neighboring languages 2,000 to. They had underground dungeons gbere where they kept criminals awaiting trial or execution bascom, 1965. It is very interesting that most of the ethnic groups claim association to the nile valley, somewhere in sudan, egypt etc. Fedriek tylor was one of the early scholars who cared for the idea of religion. Yoruba women are not involved in the farm work, but control instead much of the market system. The social implications of some nigerian yoruba and ibo proverbs on carefulness aderinto, s. The resulting religion is known as santeria, a blend of primitive magic and catholicism now practiced by an estimated five. Some of them later moved to oyo, which became the political headquarters. Yoruba religion and myth hal horton 93 english 32, 1989 the faiths of the yoruba peoples of western nigeria vary significantly from one part of the region to another. In eastern nigeria for example, there is a legislation creating a merger between customary law of marriage and statutory law, eastern state, 1956. Yoruba leadership and the aole curse nigerian history. The first set of political parties to be formed in nigeria was formed in 1959, shortly before nigeria gained her independence from britain.
Yoruba refers to a group of cultures linked by a common language. Mythology among the hebrews, by ignaz goldziher, a project. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Introduction quarteys all over the world are descendants of the royal family of kpakpatse we clan of the as. The purpose of this article is to show how the yoruba and the ibo people of nigeria. Nigerias vice president, professor yemi osinbajo, yesterday said government was determined to increase the level of the countrys trade in the region. Da is believed to combine in itself the male and female principlesin fact, to represent conceptually the idea of such a combination, much as the akan god odomankoma binds itself with onyame and onyankopon, into one absolute, infinite being. They border yorubas of onko extraction to the north iwajowa, kajola and iseyin lgas and yorubas of oyo extractionto the east ibadan. The court system where justice is dispensed and the advocates of equity and justice, and equality before the law have not in all cases portrayed themselves to stand by this purported declaration. Abiodun lecturer of english language and literature wolaita sodo university, ethiopia abstract. Most men will combine city and farm work, moving to the countryside for part of the year. Pdf separatist agitations and the search for political. Yoruba belongs to the kwa group of the nigercongo language family. It refers to certain traditions concerning one late 18th century alaafin of oyo the old oyoile, the center of the oyo empire and not todays oyo.
This paper examines the role of proverbs and their use in conflict management and in enhancing peaceful human coexistence. This paper attempts to trace the historical foundations of yoruba and igala counselling in africa and examines what makes for success in traditional therapythe words, phrases and aphorisms used, the climate set and the personality of the professional. The report also includes forecasts for the aforementioned variables over the 2016 2019 period. At the very foundation of the investigations to which this book is devoted, we find ourselves in opposition to a widespread assumption. Religious thinking concentrated its search on certainty in life, and on the reasons on human existence, to know mysterious secret of life. According to a yoruba creation myth, the deities gods originally lived in the sky with only water below them. Oduduwa gave birth to 7 sons, who became obas in the 7.