NOLLYWOOD’S MISREPRESENTATION OF IFA PRIESTS (BABALAWO): A DESECRATION OF YORÙBÁ NOBLE CULTURE
Did you know that the concept of Yoruba Nollywood movies showing that Babalawo foresee through walls, clothes or even pot is wrong? Read through to know the truth. It is rare to watch Yoruba movies especially village movies and not see a Babalawo. Ifa is an...
A LIST OF OBAS (KINGS) TRADITIONAL TITLES IN YORUBALAND
A LIST OF OBAS (KINGS) TRADITIONAL TITLES IN YORUBALAND In Yoruba land, the Oba is an unquestionable monarch. He is not primus inter parels (first among equals), he is revered and widely known as being second only to the gods- “Igbakeji Orisa”. Below is a list of...OGBOMOSO IS OUR OWN JERUSALEM
Even in the colonial time, Ogbomoso was fully represented in the struggle for emancipation. Only a few people know the fact that an Ogbomoso man, Nathaniel David [ND] Oyerinde was the first Nigerian professor. By 1904, he was a teacher at the Nigerian Baptist...