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Agai, Jock Matthew. "RETHINKING YORUBA CULTURE IN THE LIGHT OF YORUBA ORIGINS." Journal for Semitics 24, no. 2 (2017): 427–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/1013-8471/3461.

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There are existing traditions which teach that the Yorubas and their culture originate independently or from Egypt or from Israel or from Mecca or even from Etruscan sources. Many scholars and contemporary Yorubas have accepted the Egyptian thesis for Yoruba origins as true because there are many aspects of the culture of the ancient Egyptians that are similar to Yoruba culture. The question arises: what are the cultural aspects that are similar or different between the Yorubas and the Egyptians, or the Israelites, or the Arabians, or the Etruscans? How can the study of these foreign cultures

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Vincent, Bello Deva, and Osarumwense V. Iguisi. "YORUBA CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP STYLE IN NIGERIAN ORGANISATION." Oradea Journal of Business and Economics 3, no. 2 (2018): 32–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.47535/1991ojbe049.

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Culture and leadership research in the last decade witnessed a general upsurge. Empirical studies that determined the scores of the subgroup cultures and examined leadership styles and preferences in Nigeria, have not been exhaustively carried out. This study therefore examined subgroup cultures and leadership styles in Nigerian organizations. Due to the structure of most Nigerian public organizations which are characterized by multi-ethnic groups with heterogeneous cultural beliefs, this study examined the differences in the Hofstede’s culture dimensions’ scores, leadership styles and prefere

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Oyebanji, Israel Temitope, David Oluwabukunmi Ogunbiyi, Adeniran Idowu Segun, and Taiwo Olayinka Oyunwola. "Name Change and Its Religio-Ethical Implications among the Yoruba." African Journal of Religious and Theological Studies 4, no. 1 (2025): 18–33. https://doi.org/10.62154/ajrts.2025.04.01012.

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This study evaluates the religio-ethical implications of name change among the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. The Yoruba culture places significant value on names, which are believed to influence an individual's destiny and character. However, the increasing trend of name change among Yorubas raises important questions about the religio-ethical dimensions of this practice. This qualitative study employed a multidisciplinary approach, combining anthropological, sociological, and theological methods. Data were collected semi-structured interview. This study is grounded in the theory of c

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Rasak, Bamidele. "NAMING CEREMONY: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IGBO AND YORUBA CULTURE IN NIGERIA." Continental J. Arts and Humanities 2 (August 18, 2010): 7–16. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.845061.

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Culture is simply everything that embraces our mode of live. An accumulated culture is an invented culture added to the already present one. It denotes a process of cultural growth whereby new cultural elements or traits are added by invention, discovery or borrowing to those already in existence with a resultant increases in the number of cultural traits. The purpose of this essay is to carry out a survey on the effect of culture on naming ceremonies in Igbo and Yoruba societies in Nigeria. In any social system, sociologists and anthropologists will admit the necessity of studying existing cu

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Abimbola, Oyedeji Victor. "Conflits and Crisis in Polygyny: An Examination of Orlando Owoh’s Song Titled “Ìtàn Orogún Méji." Zamfara International Journal Of Humanities 3, no. 01 (2025): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.36349/zamijoh.2025.v03i02.001.

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Before Islam and Christianity religions came to Yoruba land, a typical Yorùbá man always earned respect, honour, and always acclaimed to be a rich man by the number of wives he married in his home. Polygyny then, to a larger extent was popularly practiced among the Africans especially the Yorùbá people. This paper discusses the crisis that always bewilders a polygynous family especially among the Yoruba people whose culture and tradition embrace Polygyny. To shed more light on this study, the paper critically examines the music of a popular high-life artiste of late Owomoyela Orlando popul

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Balogun, Yetunde Ruth. "INCULTURATION OF CHRISTIANITY IN YORUBA LAND: A STRATEGY FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND RESISTANCE." BU Insight: Journal of Religious Studies 18, no. 1 (2025): 39–53. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15520074.

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<em> </em> <em>The Western missionaries of the nineteenth Century tried to preserve Christianity by restricting the introduction of the culture and traditions of Africans to prevent syncretism. The Europeanised Christianity presented to the Yoruba obliterated Yoruba culture and social norms. Alienation of African culture and political subjugation of Africans in the church and the larger society by the missionaries and the colonialists propelled a sense of activism and resistance by African Christians. This paper makes a historical appraisal of the raison d’être of Aladura Chur

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Adenaike, Folahan Anthony, and Akunnaya Pearl Opoko. "Thresholds of Architectural Morphology of Yoruba Buildings in Southwest Nigeria till the Millenia." European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences 2, no. 2 (2024): 180–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.59324/ejtas.2024.2(2).17.

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The literary materials on Yoruba architecture that are more common are descriptive. They dwell mostly on the massing of units, individual configurations within buildings and cultural patterns in ornamentation. The direct links between the living spaces and their socio-cultural implications are emphasized to explain the origin of the forms. The morphological chronology in the building patterns is regarded as vernacularisation processes especially from the traditional patterns to the vernacular traditions. There are hardly any publications of Yoruba architectural buildings beyond the later verna

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Folahan, Anthony Adenaike, and Pearl Opoko Akunnaya. "Thresholds of Architectural Morphology of Yoruba Buildings in Southwest Nigeria till the Millenia." European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences 2, no. 2 (2024): 180–93. https://doi.org/10.59324/ejtas.2024.2(2).17.

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The literary materials on Yoruba architecture that are more common are descriptive. They dwell mostly on the massing of units, individual configurations within buildings and cultural patterns in ornamentation. The direct links between the living spaces and their socio-cultural implications are emphasized to explain the origin of the forms. The morphological chronology in the building patterns is regarded as vernacularisation processes especially from the traditional patterns to the vernacular traditions. There are hardly any publications of Yoruba architectural buildings beyond the later verna

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Adejumo, Arinpe G. "Yoruba Culture in a Changing World." Yoruba Studies Review 8, no. 1 (2023): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/ysr.8.1.134083.

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Culture, a way of life, ideology, and philosophy of a people, has been a focal point of scholarly research in the fields of literature, language, history, and sociology, among others. The findings of existing research have established that culture is dynamic. The Yorùbá culture, like other cultures of the world is not static. Hence, in this discourse, we will examine the impact of the changes in the Yorùbá society on the culture of the people. Data for the study drawn from Yorùbá cultural heritage, literary works, home video, films and oral genres. The data were subjected to conten

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Olaleye, Samuel Kayode, Julius Sunday Adekoya, and Taiwo Fatosin Awosola. "Cultural and Symbolic Significance of Fashion Consciousness of the Yoruba Art-Headdresses." Nusantara Journal of Behavioral and Social Science 4, no. 2 (2025): 69–76. https://doi.org/10.47679/njbss.202582.

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This paper delves into the hidden cultural and symbolic significance of Yoruba traditional headdresses, exploring their multifaceted roles within spirituality, social identity, and everyday life. Headdresses such as gele and fila are not only symbols of status, but also spiritual tools that connect the wearer to the divine and their ancestral heritage. Specific headdresses are associated with different Ori?a and carry unique meanings particularly in the areas for healing, protection, and spiritual alignment. In addition to their spiritual, cultural and symbolic significance, headdresses play a

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Rabiu, Ridwan Akinkunmi. "Place Names as Source Material in the Derivation of Selected Yorùbá Riddles: A Sociological Approach." Journal of Linguistics, Culture and Communication 2, no. 2 (2024): 89–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.61320/jolcc.v2i2.89-107.

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This work examined the place of naming, most especially place name in the derivation of Yoruba riddle known as “àlọ́ àpamọ̀”. The main thrust of this work is to examine and analyse the importance of place names as source material in the derivation of selected Yoruba riddles. The aim of this work is to examine the role place names play in the derivation and construction of Yoruba riddles. The theory adopted for this work is the sociological theory of literature and the model adopted under this theory is the mirror image approach which sees literature as the reflection of the society. Data f

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Adegboye, Ajibola A. "Taboo Teeth in Yoruba Culture." Dental Anthropology Journal 3, no. 2 (2018): 4–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.26575/daj.v3i2.26.

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Onipede, Festus Moses, and Victoria Oluwakemi Olofin. "A Social Pragmatic Study of Selected Women Sex-Related Yorùbá Proverbs Translated In English." Journal of Digital Sociohumanities 2, no. 1 (2024): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.25077/jds.2.1.1-15.2025.

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Language performs important social functions. Language serves as a means of passing along a people’s culture from one generation to the next. The Yoruba people are well renowned for having a strong oral tradition and cultural inheritance, particularly with regard to the use of proverbs. Studies have also looked into how Yoruba proverbs contribute to the contradictions in gender roles in the region. Research has also examined the ways in which gender roles in the area are contradicted by Yoruba proverbs. The majority of research on Yoruba proverbs has been on their semantic structures, categori

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Saleh, Hamsatu, and Irokanulo Ikemefula Emmanuel. "Yoruba Aesthetic Objects in Grillo's Discursive Paintings: A Phenomenological Inquiry." ISSRA Journal of Arts, Humanities, and Social Studies 3, no. 1 (2024): 12–20. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10628660.

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<strong>Abstract: </strong>This paper explores objects of aesthetics in Yoruba culture from the artistic standpoint of Yusuf Grillo, with a view to explaining the creativity that underscores its rich cultural heritage. Objects of aesthetics in this culture are used as tools which seek a socio-cultural re-definition of the contemporary meaning of their heritage. The new path has gained expressive traction by exposing the object to some form of phenomenological possibilities in the area of vision in order to unmask the possibilities within the body of ‘Dasein’ of the cultural aesthet

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FASIKU(PhD), Adesola Mercy, Clement Oladayo DARAMOLA, and Christianah Omowamide FOLORUNSO. "Influence Of Culture on Women and Leadership Position Among the Yoruba." Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science 13, no. 6 (2025): 43–51. https://doi.org/10.35629/9467-13064351.

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Nigeria, a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse nation, is home to over 300 ethnic groups, with the Yoruba forming one of its most influential populations. Despite the rich cultural heritage of the Yoruba, their traditional practices have historically marginalized women, particularly in leadership roles. This study examines the influence of Yoruba cultural systems on women’s leadership positions in Nigeria, focusing on how traditional beliefs and practices have restricted female participation in political and socio-economic leadership. The central problem addressed in this research is the persi

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Asiyanbi, Adeniyi. "Exploring Yoruba Fire Cultures through Proverbs." Proverbium 40 (July 16, 2023): 25–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.29162/pv.40.1.358.

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This article argues that Yoruba proverbs are an essential source of popular wisdom on socio-environmental practices accessible through creative reconstruction and interpretation of their historical contexts. Learning from the everyday knowledge and accumulated wisdom of ordinary people holds significant promise at a time of unprecedented socio-environmental crisis and widespread calls for transformative change across scales. Drawing on the collection of Yoruba proverbs by Oyekan Owomoyela, broader Yoruba oral literature, Yoruba popular culture and a cross-disciplinary selection of academic lit

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Oladunjoye, Margret F., and Marufat Omotosho. "A Stylistic Analysis of Street Hawking and Advertisement of Yoruba Local Goods in Selected Towns in Osun State." Parrot: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal of the Federal College of Education, Iwo 1, no. 1 (2024): 13–23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15105949.

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Advertisement is a core medium of promoting goods and services both in local and modern ways. This research explores the potential of hawking and advertising Yoruba local goods, emphasizing the cultural richness and unique identity of products originating from the Yoruba people in Nigeria. The study has delved into the significance of preserving and promoting traditional craftsmanship, local materials and indigenous production methods in the face of globalization and modernization. The methodology used for this research leveraged on the advertising strategy that involves the Yoruba native's ad

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Ajayi, Joseph Babatunde. "The Symbolic Potentials of Motifs on Yoruba Beaded Crowns." Advances in Multidisciplinary & Scientific Research Journal Publications 9, no. 4 (2023): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.22624/aims/v9n3p4.

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The Yoruba monarchical system operates supremacy of power with the use of beaded objects to indicate ranks and wealth. Suffice to say that beads are of inestimable value in Yoruba culture because its use is historic and perhaps, transcends extinction based on it's cultural value and record. This paper therefore, explores the basis for the use of particular motifs (rendered in beads) on these great works of historical, cultural and socio-political values and their symbolic potentials in Yoruba culture. It examines the relationship between ori (head) and crown in relation to Yoruba culture. It g

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Akewula, Adams Olufemi. "Al-Ghuluwu fi al-amsal al-arabiy." Matatu 51, no. 2 (2020): 299–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757421-05102006.

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Abstract Al-Ghuluwu fi al-amsal al-arabiy (Postproverbial) is a new trend in modern Arabic studies. It is a way to gain the perceptions of learners of the language into Afro-Arabic and Yoruba cultures in contemporary times. Through the learning of the subject matter, University of Ibadan students of Arabic Language and Literature explore how much common philosophy is shared between postproverbial expressions in Arabic and Yoruba languages. Afro-Arabic postproverbial demonstrates the trends of modernity within the culture. It absorbs and transforms wisdom accumulated over the few years with the

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Femi Adedina. "Intercultural engagement and inherent difficulties: Examining translation and transfer of cultural concepts and idioms in Femi Adedina’s Highway to Nowhere." Creative Saplings 3, no. 12 (2024): 30–46. https://doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2024.3.12.821.

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Writing as an L2 English language writer for L1 English language readers and trying to convey concepts and elements of an indigenous language to them have challenges. The challenges include perception, beliefs and cultural understanding. Many writers try to tackle these challenges through many means such as substitution, transliteration and the use of glossaries. This article centres on the challenges faced by an L2 English language writer trying to convey Yoruba concepts and culture in his novel, Highway to Nowhere, to non-Yoruba speakers and L1 English speakers. These challenges include misc

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Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa, Mofeyisara Oluwatoyin Omobowale, and Olugbenga Samuel Falase. "The context of children in Yoruba popular culture." Global Studies of Childhood 9, no. 1 (2018): 18–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2043610618815381.

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The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria describes children as the heritage of the society because children occupy a special place in societal survival and continuity. Children are esteemed and appreciated. Thus, the embedded culture propagates the essentiality of children, the need for proper socialisation and internalisation to make a responsible being ( Omoluabi). Also, children are prioritised above material wealth, and the essentiality of child wellbeing and education is emphasised in aspects of popular culture such as oral poetry, proverbs, local songs and popular music among others. Using ext

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Akintoye, Stephen Banji. "About the Name Yoruba." Yoruba Studies Review 5, no. 1 (2021): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/ysr.v5i1.130076.

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A curious debate is going on about the group name of the Yoruba nation, the name ‘Yoruba’. All sorts of strange and fanciful things are being said about this name. Also, many people are calling on me to intervene in the debate. I therefore hereby intervene. But I cannot participate in the more flippant levels of debate over this or any matter; I can only make known the results of my serious research. I might add that what I reveal here is a small peep into a very important body of research on the Yoruba nation, a body of research that will, hopefully, soon appear as a book on the profile of th

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Oludare, Olupemi. "Street language in Dùndún Drum Language." African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 11, no. 3 (2022): 33–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.21504/amj.v12i1.2429.

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Dùndún drum language is a practice of speech surrogacy employed by dùndún drummers in Yoruba culture. The dùndún drummers play sequences of melo-rhythmic patterns; a form of communication that employs musical and linguistic elements, comprehensible to listeners knowledgeable in the Yoruba language. Although these sequenced patterns are sourced from Yoruba everyday sentences and oral genres (proverbs, poetry, praise-chants, and idiomatic phrases), the drummers also embrace other social narratives. These include the popular linguistic expressions in public spaces referred to as “street language.

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Akande, Sunday Olufemi. "FOLK SONGS AS CONTRIVANCE FOR PROMOTING YORUBA CULTURAL VALUES AND SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONG YORUBA CHILDREN." Ethnomusic 19, no. 1 (2023): 171–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.33398/2523-4846-2023-19-1-171-186.

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Music is share of culture and therefore establishes an integral part of the life of people. The inherent value of folk music cannot be challenged in promotion of cultural values and social interaction in a Yoruba child and in the making of a child as being resourceful, useful and a good citizen, living according to the societal norms and customs. This study employed the historical research method. The study identifies and provides musical notation of some selected Yoruba folk songs materials that can be interpreted musically and also examines the influence and efficacy of Yoruba folk songs in

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Mimiko, N. Oluwafemi. "The Omoluabi Essence." African and Asian Studies 16, no. 3 (2017): 243–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341386.

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Abstract The Yoruba, predominantly of southwest Nigeria, comes with a long history of deep cultural consciousness and identity defined by the omoluabi essence – a sense of, commitment to, and pride in pristine and honorable conduct, individually and corporately. This paper interrogates the different, yet intricately linked perspectives articulated in Encyclopedia of the Yoruba on the cosmology, culture, and sociology of the Yoruba; the impact of modernity on its being; and the basis of the resilience of much of its wider cultural forms in different spatial and temporal contexts. It notes that

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Olatunji, Samson Olusola. "Indigenous Language Endangerment as the Hearse of Democratic Culture among the Yoruba People of Nigeria." International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education 4 (December 26, 2023): 31–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/ijlcle.v4i.31830.

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There is a proven intricate interconnectedness between language and culture. Most Yoruba political office holders demonstrate degrees of English language proficiency as evidence of English-medium Western education. It is thus logical to expect them to have become democratic in behavior. However, many that have held political posts in Nigeria have proved undemocratic. One then wonders how they successfully avoided being “infected” by the democratic values of Western cultures. One could logically conclude that a typical Yoruba politician is unable to learn democratic values from Western educatio

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Olufunmilola Adekiitan Omotayo. "Traditional Marriage In Yoruba Culture: An Exploration Of Male Dominance." Lakhomi Journal Scientific Journal of Culture 4, no. 3 (2024): 111–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/lakhomi.v4i3.1023.

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This paper seeks to examine the structure of traditional marriage in the Yoruba culture and to explore how issues of bride price, virginity and fertility are used to reinforce male dominance. In the Yoruba culture, marriage is seen as a very important institution and it is regarded as a union between two families. Traditionally, the groom's family is responsible for providing a bride price to the bride's family. Bride price is seen as a bargaining chip, conferring rights to the husband to control the wife while also legitimizing her place in his family. Virginity is associated with purity and

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DADJO, Servais Dieu-Donné Yédia. "Exploring Pragmatic Transfers in Ayoade Okedokun’s Mopelola: The Tale of a Beauty Goddess: A Sociolinguistic Perspective." Education and Linguistics Research 8, no. 1 (2022): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/elr.v8i1.19258.

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This research work investigates pragmatic transfers in Okedokun’s Mopelola: The Tale of a Beauty Goddess. It aims at identifying, analyzing and interpreting pragmatic features through which specific meanings are conveyed in the selected play. In the attempt to reach this goal, the data are randomly collected from the whole play on the basis of a quantitative method. Then, the statistical results are qualitatively discussed and interpreted in terms of their frequency distribution. The findings show a predominance of pragmatic transfer of loan words representing 33.33% followed by proverbs 32.14

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Tola, Abubakar Mubaraq. "Language And Culture: Veritable Tools For National Development." Tasambo Journal of Language, Literature, and Culture 1, no. 1 (2022): 243–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.36349/tjllc.2022.v01i01.027.

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The use of language depends on the level of effectiveness and efficiency with which it is developed and utilised to determine the development of any individual or society. Every society strives to use its language to preserve its culture, shape its thought and worldviews. The paper aims at identifying how Yoruba oral tradition can be deployed to reflect our cultural heritage, shape our thoughts and conceptual beliefs. Ten Yoruba proverbs and five songs were collected and analysed. Twenty elders from various communities in Oka-Akoko kingdom of Ondo State who are custodians of Yoruba culture wer

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Ademola-Adeoye, Feyi. "Language culture and the conceptualization of character in selected Yoruba proverbs." Asεmka: A Bilingual Literary Journal of University of Cape Coast 11, no. 2 (2022): 38–52. https://doi.org/10.47963/asmka.v11i2.1619.

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This paper investigates the cultural import of proverbs in contemporary Yoruba society in Nigeria. Proverbs are short, witty, popular expressions that contain morals, truth, socio-cultural precepts and heritage of a particular group of people. Every ethnic group the world over has its set of proverbs formulated and collected over several generations. Proverbs give insights into wise living and stimulate good decisions thereby satisfying the concept of moralities in African realities. One common thread that runs through world religions and cultures is the universal affirmation of the cultivatio

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Olupona, Jacob K. "The Study of Yoruba Religious Tradition in Historical Perspective." Numen 40, no. 3 (1993): 240–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852793x00176.

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AbstractThis essay presents an overview of past and recent scholarship in Yoruba religion. The earliest studies of Yoruba religious traditions were carried out by missionaries, travellers and explorers who were concerned with writing about the so called "pagan" practices and "animist" beliefs of the African peoples. In the first quarter of the 20th century professional ethnologists committed to documenting the Yoruba religion and culture were, among other things, concerned with theories about cosmology, belief-systems, and organizations of Orisà cults. Indigenous authors, especially the Revere

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Ehineni, Taiwo. "The ethnopragmatics of Yoruba personal names: Language in the context of culture." STUDIES IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, no. 53 (December 15, 2019): 69–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.32690/salc53.4.

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While the subject of Yoruba names has been significantly explored by previous studies, this paper discusses extensively the nature of such names from an ethnopragmatic framework, with the aim of explicating how Yoruba names are formed, their various cultural contexts as well as the significant functions they play in the Yoruba ethnolinguistic ecology. It identifies and categorizes personal names based on contexts such as family situation, circumstantces of birth, religious orientation, death situation and profession. This paper reinforces that names are not just arbitrary labels, but most nota

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ZOSU, Segbenu Joseph, and Joseph Oluropo OWOSO. "EXPLORING CULTURAL SYNERGIES: INTEGRATING YORUBA LANGUAGE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION." College of Languages and Communication Arts Education, Lagos State University of Education 2, no. 1 (2023): 103–14. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8307143.

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This position paper explores the potential synergies between Mechanical Engineering and the Yoruba language, with a focus on integrating Yoruba language and cultural elements into engineering education. The choice of Yoruba language is driven by its rich cultural heritage and its significant presence in West Africa, particularly in Nigeria and Benin. Yoruba is one of the most widely spoken languages in the region, with millions of native speakers. Embracing the Yoruba language in Mechanical Engineering education presents an opportunity to foster cultural inclusion, celebrate indigenous knowled

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Domínguez Barzaga, Maydelin. "Merceditas Valdés: un canto a la espiritualidad y tradiciones afrocubanas." ACCADERE. Revista de Historia del Arte, no. 8 (2024): 41–54. https://doi.org/10.25145/j.histarte.2024.08.02.

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Tour of the life and work of the Cuban singer Merceditas Valdés, mediator between Yoruba culture and Afro-Cuban music in commemoration of the centenary of her death. Through the analysis of documents, archives and written sources related to the artist and an exclusive interview with Agustín Montano Lis, a musician close to Merceditas, exploring the impact of her influence on Cuban music and religious syncretism. His testimony provides an intimate look. Being the African culture and the Yoruba deities fundamental to the history and culture of the island and the main theme in their music, endowi

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Olademo, Oyeronke. "Women of Ile-Ife in Yoruba Religion and Culture." LASU Journal of Religions and Peace Studies 6, no. 2 (2024): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14991233.

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Ile-Ife is construed as the cradle of human civilization and the origin of the Yoruba people. Ile-Ife has been described as a place where symbolic and historical myths intersect; and as representing a point of intersection between heaven, earth and the underworld (Olupona 2011). The great influence of Ile-Ife manifest in the past as in the present among the Yoruba, in Nigeria, Africa and the Diaspora till today. The worship of orisa is a daily affair in Ile-Ife which explains the popular adage that orisa worship is only absent on a single day in a year in the town. Deities worshipped in Ile-If

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Kotun, Joanne. "Yoruba Postnatal Practices." Student Midwife 6, no. 2 (2023): 6–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.55975/eawj3261.

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The Yoruba are one of the three major ethnicities in Nigeria predominantly based in the Southwest. Yoruba culture is strongly rooted in honouring family and tradition, with childbirth and new motherhood viewed as a time of extreme vulnerability both physically and spiritually. Yoruba postnatal traditions have developed as a way to heal and strengthen a new mother as well as to protect the newborn. Ultimately, the primary objective is to provide support to the mother-infant dyad to ensure the best possible start on their journey.

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Akande, Sunday Olufemi. "Yoruba Indigenous Music as Alternative Tool for Child Education." Yoruba Studies Review 9, no. 1and2 (2024): 155–63. https://doi.org/10.32473/ysr.9.1and2.137831.

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Since music is a component of culture, it is essential to education. The importance of Yoruba traditional music in their education cannot be overstated, since the goal of education is to develop a child who is capable of being a productive member of society and who complies with social norms and customs. Given that traditional beliefs, rituals, norms, and social structures are often the foundation of musical notions and practices, the effects of Yoruba music on children become increasingly plausible. This cultural phenomenon research is necessary because of the connections between music, cultu

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Haynes, Jonathan. "Mobilising Yoruba Popular Culture: Babangida Must Go." Africa 73, no. 1 (2003): 77–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2003.73.1.77.

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AbstractNigerian video films are often characterised as apolitical. A rare and significant exception is Gbenga Adewusi's Maradona (also known as Babangida Must Go), which was released in 1993 in response to the annulment of the 12 June 1993 presidential election by the military ruler Ibrahim Babangida. The film is a fierce denunciation of the annulment and of the whole political regime, employing a number of Yoruba and transnational cultural forms: the chanted poetic form ewi, skits by artists from the Yoruba travelling theatre tradition, the televisual forms of music videos, news broadcasting

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Raji-Oyelade, Aderemi. "Postproverbials in Yoruba Culture: A Playful Blasphemy." Research in African Literatures 30, no. 1 (1999): 74–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ral.1999.30.1.74.

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Akintoye, Oluwole Samuel. "Ilaje names: an appraisal of Yoruba culture." Language in Africa 2, no. 2 (2021): 83–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.37892/2686-8946-2021-2-2-83-104.

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Naming is an intrinsic aspect of the Yorùbá culture. Beyond identification tags, it also serves as an anchorage to project culture, didactics and the destiny of a name-bearer, particularly in Ìlàjẹ communities of Oǹdó State, Nigeria. Notwithstanding, critics of Yorùbá names have overlooked the deep historicity and culture preservation entrenched into Ìlàjẹ names. This study, therefore, examines Ìlàjẹ names based on their linguistic and religious significance to consolidate the need for culture retention among the Yorùbá. The study employs traditional criticism as a theoretical

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Chilota, Egbo James. "Marriage Culture in Yoruba land, Nigeria, Africa." Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 14, no. 3 (2011): 51–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5782/2223-2621.2011.14.3.51.

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Raji, Remi. "Postproverbials in Yoruba Culture: A Playful Blasphemy." Research in African Literatures 30, no. 1 (1999): 74–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ral.2005.0097.

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Dare, Adeyeye Samson. "English and the culture of the Yoruba." English Today 15, no. 1 (1999): 17–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078400010658.

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Igboin, Benson O. "The Semiotic of Greetings in Yoruba Culture." Cultura 9, no. 2 (2012): 123–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/cultura2012929.

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Agyekum, Kofi. "Barry Hallen, The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful. Discourse about Values in Yoruba Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2001. Pp. 219. Hb $39.95." Language in Society 32, no. 3 (2003): 428–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047404503253057.

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This book combines culture, philosophy and linguistics by examining everyday language. It concentrates on the semantic interrelations between aspects of epistemic, moral and aesthetic values of a person's life in Yoruba society. The book contains six chapters and an appendix of Yoruba-language quotations.

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Peel, J. D. Y. "Poverty and Sacrifice in Nineteenth-Century Yorubaland: A Critique of Iliffe's Thesis." Journal of African History 31, no. 3 (1990): 465–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700031182.

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John Iliffe has argued that the Yoruba, almost uniquely among African peoples not substantially affected by the world religions, had developed by the nineteenth century a syndrome of institutions – a culture of begging, the valorization of poverty, asceticism – more typical of literate, stratified societies with intensive agriculture.It is agreed that the Yoruba towns of the nineteenth century knew poverty on a substantial scale, aggravated by the endemic warfare and social upheaval. However, the supposed ‘indigenous tradition of begging’ which Iliffe cites as evidence, is shown to rest on a c

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Oyewale Peter Oluwaseun. "Origin: Encomium and Economic Important of Egungun Festival in Ogbomoso." Lakhomi Journal Scientific Journal of Culture 3, no. 4 (2023): 139–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/lakhomi.v3i4.832.

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Egungun among the Yoruba people as fondly called is a great and without exaggerations an impressive annual festival which impact on the economic activities could not be left out in the Yoruba land. Egungun festival is an historical event that brings together people from far and near to see the prove of evidence of the Yoruba strong religious beliefs and how it has been cleverly evolved to solved their problems and proficiency of the so-called Egungun, and overtime developed the potential substance of a sudden development in economic activities. The study revealed the origin of Egungun, How the

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Balogun, Bunmi. "Language Visibility and Audibility: Discussing the Dominant Status of Yoruba on Social Media." International Journal of English Linguistics 13, no. 5 (2023): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v13n5p103.

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In recent times, there is evidence of the emergence of new linguistic dynamics in the social media communication engagements in the Nigerian social media culture which have consequently impacted the visibility of the Yoruba language. The use of Yoruba has become part of a lot of users&rsquo; everyday social communication practices thereby promoting the language to be more visible in the arena of social media platforms. This study is interested in evaluating the nature of and the extent to which the language is used on social media, understanding its presence to the development of social me

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Yede, Francis, Dayo Akanmu, and Abosede Mayadenu. "A Critical Assessment of Selected Warning and Advisory Proverbs in Yoruba Routine Conversation." Yoruba Studies Review 10, no. 1 (2025): 93–109. https://doi.org/10.32473/ysr.10.1.139153.

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This paper delves into the utilization of proverbs among the Yoruba people, focusing specifically on their role as instruments of warning and facilitators of peace and unity within the community. Proverbs, deeply embedded in the Yoruba culture, serve as reservoirs of wisdom, reflecting beliefs, cultural norms, historical contexts, and moral principles. They are employed to elucidate, moralize, and embellish discourse across various aspects of human life. Using a stylistic analysis approach, this study examines twenty randomly selected Yoruba proverbs from routine socio-linguistic communication

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Pfeffer, K. "SEX-IDENTIFICATION AND SEX-TYPING IN SOME NIGERIAN CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 13, no. 1 (1985): 69–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1985.13.1.69.

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Sex-identification and sex-typing were examined in some Nigerian primary school children using Draw-A-Person. Subjects were from the Yoruba ethnic group. Sex-role differentiation in the Yoruba culture was outlined. The effects of sex and social class on sex-identification and sex-typing were examined. The results suggest that Yoruba girls are less likely to show own-sex identification than Yoruba boys (p<.001) and that this tendency is more marked for low-income than ‘elite’ girls (p<.01). Regarding sex-typing, marginal sex differences were observed though the number of drawings amenable

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