As such, yoruba people put considerable effort into naming a baby. 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. Yoruba customs and beliefs pertaining to twins yoruba religious beliefs within todays yoruba religious affiliations, more than 40% of the population are allied to islam, less than 40% are christians with the remaining 20% exclusively practising the traditional animist yoruba religion. Between 1100 ce and 1700 ce, the yoruba kingdom of ife was at its peak. How to combine files into a pdf adobe acrobat xi prozelfstudies. The yoruba people have very rich cultural oral literature, oriki is on of them. 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.
Jul 26, 2017 yoruba terms that indicate people, beings, things, places, phenomena, qualities or ideas. The earliest studies of yoruba religious traditions were carried out by mlssionarles, travellers and explorers who were concerned with writng about the. What gender is motherhood changing yoruba ideals of power procreation and identity. Usually, a family derives its surname from a strong, accomplished patriarch or matriarch, and it is common to find the latters accomplishments recited in the longer version of the oriki of all progeny. Before the advent of the british in yoruba land, yoruba kingdoms maintained an orderly and unified political system which is still in effect till today. The yoruba language task force identified current teachers and programs in the field and has an advisory board.
If the child honors their parent they never suffer from neglect. A malesonly or a femalesonly society is, therefore, a misnomer in the context of yoruba life. While many yoruba people have moved into urban environments like lagos, a good portion of them still keep their old traditions. Dec 04, 2017 moremi ajasoro, princess of the yoruba, was a figure of high significance in the history of the yoruba peoples of west africa. Praise poetry for the goddess of wealth and prosperity. If a female, it is a term of endearment or of praise. Ife is about 218 kilometers northeast of lagos with a population of 509,8 according to the traditions of the yoruba religion, ife was founded by the order of the supreme god olodumare by obatala. Learn how to combine files into a single pdf file using adobe acrobat dc. Oriki yoruba praise poetry ekimogun descendant united.
I came in from ileife to this place and the way the ooni of ife. The oduduwa shrine is still worshipped today in ile ife as the cradle of yoruba. Among yoruba people, one hears a lot these days about what is called the aole curse. Africa 54 host vincent makori conducted a oneonone interview with the new king of ile ife of the yoruba people. More recent approaches combine parsers and classifiers and reconsider the use of. The yoruba are one of nigerias most important ethnic groups, and mainly occupy the southwestern region of nigeria. More precisely, oriki awon orisa reinforces four elements of oral tradition 1. English words for ile include house, home, building, shelter, hale, homes, homewards, homey, zada and hothead. The study of yoruba religious tradition in historical. Ogun fi ada ide re lana fun orunmila ati esu ogun bibo ni iie yoruba ogun bi ile lo ba wa,ko o wode, ogun beyinkule lo ba wa, ko o woode, bi yaara lo ba wa,ko o wokankan ile. The yoruba language edition of wikipedia was begun in 2002 and recently reached 500 articles, says wikizine.
Responsibility lati owo olu daramola ati adebayo jeje. Soda pdf merge tool allows you to combine two or more documents into a single pdf file for free. African history ile ife ancient african historians claim that it was in ileife that civilisation began. After the death of oduduwa, the yoruba people of ile ife founded the other yoruba kingdoms, the most significant of which were the the oyo and the benin.
She was a memberbymarriage of the royal family of emperor oduduwa. It then fell into the hands of his sibling oduduwa, which. Pdf merge combinejoin pdf files online for free soda pdf. Eko akete ile ogbon eko aromi sa legbe legbe eko aro sese maja eko akete ilu okun alagbalugbu omi, ta lo ni elomi leko. Yoruba leadership and the aole curse nigerian history.
Apart from the twins series, other children born in yoruba land in peculiar circumstances or ways are given predestined names too. Ilori this is a child born during the absence of menstruation. There are many variations and myths to how the yoruba people came to be, and here is a couple of variations. This free online tool allows to combine multiple pdf or image files into a single pdf document. The study of yoruba religious tradition in historical perspective this essay presents an overview of past and recent scholarship in yoruba religion. Ifa yoruba fundamentals of the yoruba religion orisa worship chief fama. A member of a west african people living chiefly in southwest nigeria. Awon asa ati orisa ile yoruba in searchworks catalog. Their philosophy of naming is conveyed in a common adage, ile ni a n wo, ki a to so omo loruko one pays attention to the family before naming a.
The yoruba people iv page ife and thus became the first oba meaning king or ruler in the yoruba language of who today are known as the yoruba people. May, 20 yoruba tradition holds that oduduwa fled from mecca to ile ife, bringing with him the ifa religion which was under persecution in mecca. Vladimir popescu, jean caelen, and corneliu burileanu. Imprint ibadan, onibonoje press 1969 physical description 290 p.
If the earthworm pays homage to the earth, the earth shares her abundance. Oriki is the combination of the heroic act or the ancestors of an individual and it is also a means to remind an individual of the clan and lineage that the person came from and its pedigree. Their traditions have developed and matured for thousands of years, leaving a rich cultural history in its path. The high perinatal death rate associated with such pregnancies has led to the integration.
Ojo and aina this is a child born with the umbilical cord twisted round hisher neck. The ugbos in ileife till date perform vital roles and rites in the administration of ileife, their functions include among others. King of ile ife of the yoruba people on leadership in nigeria. After the personal details of the africans liberated from the ship had been. Plan and cookbook how to prepare and combine whole foods to prevent and. Oriki awon orisa by obafemi origunwa paperback lulu. The yoruba have one of the worlds highest twinning rates, and they attach. The slave ship in 1833, a cuban slave ship, the scielo. Valuation of yoruba sacred shrines, monuments and groves for compensation. Oduduwa and his people conquered the ugbo and established the flourishing ile ife civilization. The slave ship manuelita and the story of a yoruba community, 18331834 olatunji ojo 1 abstract. The viewscontents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not neccessarily reflect those of modern ghana. Noriko aikawa is director of the intangible cultural heritage unit in the division. Again, royal rumbles on yoruba history the guardian.
Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the. 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. A free and open source software to merge, split, rotate and extract pages from pdf files. Reproduction is authorised provided the authors permission is granted. Form and function of reduplicated nouns in japanese. Dec 11, 2016 again, royal rumbles on yoruba history. It has been designed to acquaint the western student with the pedagogical format of indigenous yoruba teaching and learning. Loadewole is a leading contributor to yoruba wikipedia. Precolonial political administration in yoruba land oldnaija.
Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the yoruba deities orishas. Oriki is an important and cultural, but unwritten oral genre of yoruba literature that is usually used in praise singing. Ooni enitan ogunwusi meet with queen moremi ajasoro. Pdf from the first linguistic descriptions mentioning nasal sounds as old as paninis. Yorubas believe that people live out the meanings of their names. Teeny tiny menagerie 380 whimsical wonderful animal embroidery motifs by noriko murata. It is very neatly placed between the niger river and the atlantic ocean. The yorubas believe he is the father of the yorubas and progenitor of all yoruba obas and the oba of benin. Oriki is used during individual or communal ceremonies, for individuals or the community. Moremi ajasoro, princess of the yoruba, was a figure of high significance in the history of the yoruba peoples of west africa.
This book provides detailed instruction of practical usage of ifa by practitioners and nonpractitioners and answers many questions with respect to how to pray the ifa way. Again, royal rumbles on yoruba history the guardian nigeria. Precolonial political administration in yoruba land. According to the traditions of the yoruba religion, ife was founded by the order of the supreme god olodumare by obatala. The omnipotence of the king is implemented by the depiction of faces on the coronation crown. The yoruba are ancestors of the black cushite migrants and settlers that did not go to africa in his 2000 page book titled ileifethe source of yoruba civilisation, prince adelegan. Before i share the oriki aje, heres a little about aje.
The earliest studies of yoruba religious traditions were carried out by mlssionarles, travellers and. Victor terhemba among yoruba people, one hears a lot these days about what is called the aole curse. Oduduwa was the first divine king of the yoruba people, and obatala fashioned the first human beings out of clay. Different kind of symbolical figures can adorn a yoruba coronation crown such as the okin, the royal bird which by many is regarded as an important messenger between the divine world and earth. The precolonial political administration in yoruba land is one of the most popular among the precolonial systems administrations in nigeria.
Oriki varies and it is based on each family lineage and ancestral clan,which talks about the bravery act and the pedigree of their ancestors. The yoruba pantheon consists of hundreds of gods, worshipped for an immense variety of purposes, each representative of some natural element or human emotion. Below we show how to combine multiple pdf files into a single document. An excerpt from praise poetry for the name ojo would be. Ifa divination trays from isaleoyo openedition journals. The history of the yoruba people begins in ile ife. Modern ghana will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article. That is why male and female toddlers play together in separate yoruba compounds agboole. Yoruba history olusanya the origin of the yoruba in nigeria can not be clearly deciphered. Jun 08, 2015 ogun fi ada ide re lana fun orunmila ati esu ogun bibo ni iie yoruba ogun bi ile lo ba wa,ko o wode, ogun beyinkule lo ba wa, ko o woode, bi yaara lo ba wa,ko o wokankan ile.
The majority of this population is from nigeria and benin, where the yoruba make up 16% of the countrys population, making them. The history of ileife, the ancient yoruba kingdom with. Ooni enitan ogunwusi meet with queen moremi ajasoro, princess. It is believed that their primary ancestor, oduduwa, came from egypt. But the fact of history of allegiance of oba of benin to ile ife the cradle of yoruba race before being crowned and after death is an indication that ife is the source of both the yorubas and edo but the yorubas and historians must come up with a very scientific and foolproof history to support this argument. A contextual study of the subject and home economics teacher.
If a male, it is always expressive of something heroic, brave or strong. Yoruba terms that indicate people, beings, things, places, phenomena, qualities or ideas. Ifayoruba fundamentals of the yoruba religion orisa worship chief fama. Yoruban definition of yoruban by the free dictionary. The book, the bible of the traditional yoruba religion, is 6 x 9, has 271 pp with photographs. Our pdf merger allows you to quickly combine multiple pdf files into one single pdf document, in just a few clicks. Several legends concerning the origin and ancestry of oduduwa abound in yoruba and benin mythology. Ile ife, 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. Oriki awon orisa is a timeless offering that will continue to add value to your learning library.
In 1911 an englishyoruba dictionary was published under the general. Dec 03, 2015 their traditions have developed and matured for thousands of years, leaving a rich cultural history in its path. One of the beauties of the yoruba language is that several words would have the same exact spelling but would be pronounced differently and have different meanings. Pdf valuation of yoruba sacred shrines, monuments and. Due to genetic reasons, this very large tribe happens to record the highest dizygotic twinning rate in the world 4. But the fact of history of allegiance of oba of benin to ile ife the cradle of yoruba race before being crowned and after death is an indication that ife is the source of both the yorubas and edo but the yorubas and historians must come up with a very scientific and foolproof history to.
This kingdom was founded by the deities oduduwa and obatala, who are believed to have created the world. Here are 10 things that might surprise you about yoruba culture. This was a proverbial trait of the egba, according to the eminent yoruba historian reverend samuel johnson, but such gerontocratic leadership councils were shared by other groups like the northern okun yoruba groups and some of the eastern ekiti groups. If this kind of child is male, he is named ojo, and if female, aina. The yoruba constitute about 44 million people in total. Ile ife is to the yoruba gods what mecca is to the muslims and what jerusalem is to the jews and the christians. The yoruba people are an african ethnic group that inhabits western africa especially nigeria and benin. Ogun onire oko mi, edun atoluweri, eegun esusu ti n kora re lebe. Split pdf files into individual pages, delete or rotate pages, easily merge pdf files together or edit and modify pdf files. Oriki varies in length depending on lineage and the clan of the individual and the past ancestors. A 40yearold accountant has been named the new ooni of ife. Whatever good things are eaten in the realm of the ancestors please partake. In 1833, a cuban slave ship, the manuelita, which embarked over 500 slaves in lagos was seized and condem ned by the anglospanish slave court.
He established it firmly in ile ife and founded the ogboni cult to protect the ancient customs and institutions of his people. Ife, also ileif is an ancient yoruba city in southwestern nigeria. Just as you know that the yoruba nation is a civilized nation and has varieties in every part of its culture and tradition,so is the oriki. Yoruban synonyms, yoruban pronunciation, yoruban translation, english dictionary definition of yoruban. According to the yoruba historian samuel johnson, the oriki is an attributive descriptive, one that expresses what a child is or what he or she is hoped to become. What is the role of traditional leaders in modern, democratic nigeria. Ife is about 218 kilometers northeast of lagos with a population of 509,8. Egba egbado ekiti ekun elekole father giesi governor head of yorubaland ibadan ibariba igbomina igbos ijebu ijebuode ijebuland ileife ilesha isan kabiyesi king of ileife kwara lagos lawani left ileife minister of communication minister of labour minister of rransport monarch ncnc.
Pages in category yoruba nouns the following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. The ogboni were, and continue to be, also found in polities where monarchic rule existed. Between 1100 ce and 1700 ce, the yoruba kingdom of ife was at. How to say land in yoruba whats the yoruba word for land. The yoruba tradition affirms that the emere and abiku spirit usually roam around some areas like the side of the road, corner in the cities and villages, foot path in suburban area, jungle, inside trees like iroko tree etc, and all these places are forbidden for pregnant women to go by. Image caption adeyeye enitan ogunwusi will be one of the youngest traditional rulers in nigeria. For all yoruba in home and diasporal to know and understand their family lineage. And the establishment of ile ife as the centre and source of all that is yoruba was confirmed by oduduwa himself when he sent his sons out from ile ife to other parts of yorubaland to establish their own independent kingdoms. Follow these steps to quickly combine and arrange documents. Jun 20, 2016 what is the role of traditional leaders in modern, democratic nigeria. The yoruba concept of abiku and emere in yorubaland.
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