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Unlike the Western binary construct of male/men and female/women, such distinctions did not exist in Yorùbá societies. [7] Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, in "The Invention of Women: Making African Sense of Western Gender Discourse," [8] delves into pre-colonial Yorùbá practices and explores the erasure's modern implications.
The men wear buba (long shirt), sokoto (baggy trousers), agbada (flowing robe with wide sleeves) and fila (a hat). [88] In the Igbo tradition, the men's cultural attire is Isiagu (a patterned shirt), which is worn with trousers and the traditional Igbo men's hat called Okpu Agwu. The women wear a puffed sleeved blouse, two wrappers and a ...
Additionally, traditional gender roles and cultural norms continue to limit the potential of women in Nigeria. [10] The social role of women in Nigeria varies according to religious, [11] cultural, [12] and geographic factors. However, many Nigerian cultures see women solely as mothers, sisters, daughters and wives.
Nigerian Yoruba author Olufunmilola Omotayo in her article Traditional Marriage in Yoruba Culture: An Exploration of Male Domination (2023) claims that traditional Yoruba culture is patriarchal (male-dominated) and exemplifies this with 1) the fact that premarital virginity is required of women but not men, and women who are found not to be ...
Slang words used widely in Nigeria. Pages in category "Nigerian slang" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Guardian credits rap culture and Black vernacular language as early pioneers of the word, with A Tribe Called Quest releasing "Vibes and Stuff" in 1991 and Quincy Jones notably launching Vibe ...
Yoruba demon is a slang for a young man, typically of Yoruba descent who is often a smooth talker or a playboy. [1] The words "Yoruba Demon" started as a joke on social media circa 2015 as a way to describe a stereotypical ability of unfaithful Yoruba men to charm their way into a woman's heart but has also been used as an ethnic slur or insult and has been typically used in internet memes. [2]
Juju charms and spells can be used to inflict either bad or good juju. A "juju man" is any man vetted by local traditions and well versed in traditional spiritual medicines. [13] The word Juju is used in the West African Diaspora to describe all forms of charms made in African Diaspora Religions and African Traditional Religions. [14]