The Yoruba people occupy the Southwestern part of Nigeria‚ they account for about 20% of the population of the country. They are believed historically to have migrated from the Middle-Eastern part of the world during the medieval period. They are a religious group of people who are mainly Christians‚ Muslims or of Traditional beliefs. The Yoruba people are mainly involved in the financial‚ press and educational sectors of the country. The Yoruba people have different stories about their origin‚
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Introduction Yoruba People Yoruba is one of the three largest African tribes located in Nigeria. Where the Yoruba are located Yoruba are also found in Benin and Togo (“Yoruba”). They are not only located in Africa‚ but they are also found in parts of the western world‚ such as Caribbean‚ North America‚ South America like Cuba and Brazil (“The Yoruba Culture”). Now the Yoruba tribe has about 40 million people around the world (Salawu 98: 2004). Personal Adornment Picture Men usually wear cloth
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Melissa Smith Yoruba 12-3-12 Narrow Path In Tunde Kelani’s The Narrow Path‚ the story follows a woman by the name of Awero. In her village she is considered very beautiful. She has come of age to be married and she begin considering her options on marriage. Awero is courted by two men. One is a hunter from the Agbade village‚ and one is a goldsmith from Aku village. Both of these men wish to have her hand in marriage and they both have their own approach to try and win over Awero. The hunter
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Yoruba is not your typical way when you think about their rulers and what they mean. Yoruba puts a lot into what they wear‚ and what they represent. Almost everything they put on has some meaning to their past rulers or something they cherish. Even where they live has some type of meaning‚ which I think bring the whole town together. The most important part of the Yoruba king’s regalia (outfit) is the crown. The symbolic power of the crown is reinforced by the figures of birds all around the
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The Yoruba People of Nigeria Among the many tribes found in Africa‚ the Yoruba People of Nigeria are among the most popular and well known. The Yoruba are the tribe that many Africans confess that their family roots started from and therefore follow the religion and culture of the Yoruba. These people are indigenous to the Southwestern parts of Nigeria and Benin. They may not be the only tribe in Africa‚ but they certainty have an interesting culture along with one of the oldest ancestry lines
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The Yoruba Culture Name: Soyan Abdul-Rahman Professor: Tsirha Adefrio Course: Anthropology 1010 The Yoruba culture There are three main tribes in Nigeria‚ which are: the Igbos‚ the Hausas and the Yorubas. Over the years‚ these three tribes broke into more than 50 little ethnic groups. Among these three‚ Yorubas has proven to be the most dominant. The Yoruba are one of the largest African ethnic groups south of the Sahara Desert. They are‚ in fact‚ not a single group‚ but rather a collection
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Yoruba and Maori Body Art For centuries body art and ornamentation has been performed in different cultures across the world to signify various meanings. Through anthropological research‚ we find that scarification‚ piercings‚ and permanent and nonpermanent tattooing are forms of body art and ornamentation that can be seen as a visual language done for many reasons. Schildkrout (2004) mentions "Skin‚ as a visible way of defining individual identity and cultural difference is not only a highly elaborated
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HOW DOES IFE AND YORUBA PRACTICE PRESERVE NIGERIAN CULTURE? HOW DOES IFE AND YORUBA PRACTICE PRESERVE NIGERIAN CULTURE? INTRODUCTION The Yoruba religion is the religious belief and practice of the Yoruba people both in Africa (chiefly in Nigeria and Benin Republic)‚ and in the Americas. It has influenced and given birth to several Afro-American religions such as Santeria in
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Ife is a subcommunity of Yoruba community that is found in Nigeria and in the Republic of Benin. They are also found in other part around the world. It is rightly regarded as the corner stone of some of the greatest achievements in art and culture of Africa‚ combining both technical and strong aesthetic appeal to their art. Ife community was powerful and a wealthy city state in the early centuries in west Africa. It was a center of trade that was influential interms of trade. It connected extensively
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COURSE GUIDE GST 201 COURSE GUIDE GST 201 NIGERIAN PEOPLES AND CULTURE Course Developer/ Writer Dr. Cyrille D. Ngamen Kouassi Department of Sociology/Anthropology Igbinedion University‚ Okada Benin-City Course Editor Prof. Bertram A. Okolo Faculty of Arts University of Benin Benin-City Programme Leader Prof. Yesufu Dean School of Arts and Social Sciences National Open University of Nigeria Victoria-Island‚ Lagos Course Co-ordinator Prof. Yesufu Dean School of Arts and Social Sciences National
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