THE UNTOLD UNIQUENESS OF YORÙBÁ’S INDIGENOUS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (OTÍ) WRITTEN BY JOHNSON ADE OKUNADE As a developing country, Nigeria is at the crossroads of indigenous and foreign cultures. A culture that has been in existence for centuries is being replaced with a...
THE ORIGIN OF YORÙBÁ’S “GUDU GUDU MEJE AT YA YA MEFA” Some Ibadan Chiefs went to a meeting with an Oyinbo District Officer. In the course of the meeting, the Oyinbo man was so happy with what the Ibadan Chiefs had to report via an interpreter and he kept saying...
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 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...
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...