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Many Yoruba peoples organize themselves into villages, towns, and cities in the form of kingdoms. Major cities include Ile-Ife, Oyo, Ila-Orangun, Eko (Lagos), Abeokuta, Ipokia, Ibadan, Ijebu-Ode, Iwo, and Akure etc. Some towns and cities of the Yoruba people are collectively considered to be clans due to similarities in their origins and cultures.
The Yoruba people (/ ˈjɒrʊbə / YORR-uub-ə; 24 25 Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) 26 are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by the Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland.
Yoruba people have hundreds of aphorisms, folktales, and lores, and they believe that any lore that widens people's horizons and presents food for thought is the beginning of a philosophy. As it was in the ancient times, Yoruba people always attach philosophical and religious connotations to whatever they produced or created.
Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire) is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a total land area of 142,114 km 2 (54,871 sq mi). Of this land area, 106,016 km 2 (74.6%) lies within Nigeria, 18.9% in Benin, and the remaining 6. ...
They re-established Oyo to be more centralized and expansive than ever. The people created a government that established its power over a vast territory. [8] During the 17th century, Oyo began a long stretch of growth, becoming a major empire. [9] Oyo never encompassed all Yoruba people, but it was the most populous kingdom in Yoruba history. [10]
The Yoruba name for the Yoruba indigenous religion is Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ, which also refers to the traditions and rituals that encompass Yorùbá culture. The term comes from a contraction of the words Ìṣẹ̀, meaning " source/root origin ", and ìṣe, meaning " practice/tradition " coming together to mean "The original tradition"/"The ...
Oduduwa was a Yoruba divine king, legendary founder of the Ife Empire and a creator deity (orisha) in the Yoruba religion. His earthly origins are from the village of Oke Ora [1][2] According to tradition, he was the holder of the title of the Olofin of Ile-Ife, the Yoruba holy city. [3] He ruled briefly in Ife, [4][5] and also served as the ...
The Itsekiri are a people of mixed ethnic origins who speak a language very closely related to the Yoruba of south western Nigeria and the Igala language of central Nigeria [11] but which has also borrowed some cultural practice from the Ijebu people, Ile-Ife and Benin, they engaged with Portuguese in trade terminologies, as the Itsekiri were the first people in Nigeria to establish contact ...