Ifa in yoruba thought system carolina academic press. Therefore, these figures are symbolically washed, fed and clothed on a regular basis, according to a popular yoruba saying dead ibeji expenses are expenses for the living. Computational modelling of yoruba numerals in a numbertotext. Existence is dependent upon ase because ase is the power to make things happen and change. Yoruba pronunciation for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11,12,14, 15,16,17,18,19,20, 30,40,50,60,70,80. Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the yoruba deities orishas. 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. All my patterns are created using a combination of computer and hand correction. The yoruba pantheon consists of hundreds of gods, worshipped for an immense variety of purposes, each representative of some natural element or human emotion. The materials pdf and ppt files provided are as follows.
Through painstaking research, he wrote that the yoruba religion had its origin in. Legend holds that oduduwa created the world at this place by delegation from the high god, olorun. The yoruba are said to believe that the personality of each individual is predetertnined ori. The vast majority of this population is from nigeria, where the yoruba make up 16% of the countrys population, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in africa. The paper will address some aspect of art and its cultural context addressed in the course. Within this atlantic unit, the yoruba are located far and wide, not just along the coastlines but in the hinterland as well. Yoruba people culture music art language mythology people main article. In the beginning, there was only the sky above and waters below, and this was ruled by the mighty orisha, the council of gods.
Yoruba customs and beliefs pertaining to twins remains as powerful as the living one. Counting in yoruba language ki ka ni ede yoruba youtube. The ibejiswill have to be cared for by the parents or later on by the surviving twin. The creation of the universe and ife originated among the yoruba people of nigeria. We learnt how to translate any number between 11100 in yoruba. This paper aims at introducing some aspects of yoruba oral literature as a. Yoruba spiritual heritage maintains that the yoruba ethnic groups are a unique people who originally settled at ileife. The name yoruba is said to be an adaptation of euroba or arabism. The yoruba believe in the creator who rules over the entire.
In the hierarchy of beings in yoruba religion, olodumare, or olorun, owner of the skies and heavens, is at the top, fol lowed by the orishas, and next. Lucas, the first indigene to write about yoruba religion was an acclaimed egyptologist in his life time, and perhaps the only intel lectual among the anglican clergy in his time. You will need a long gold chain, a snails shell filled with sand, a white hen, a black cat, and a palm nut, said orunmila. It may have to do with the yoruba of west africa or with some aspect of. For example, yoruba genitive markers are not used in the text as they are normally used in everyday speech. Yet the beliefs of yoruba are also incredibly widespread around the world. A list of carefully prepared yoruba numbers onka ede yoruba 1. The obaship in yoruba land is an introduction into the orisa traditional family religious system, connecting the oba to the orisa.
Orthographies of nigerian languages, manual 1 yoruba ed. Atlantic yoruba and the expanding frontiers of yoruba culture and politics 2012 j. Oba alaase igbakeji orisa the king is the second gifted with authority after orisa. Iran yoruba are an ethnic group that inhabits western africa, mainly nigeria and benin. It comprises the beliefs of the yoruba people, whose homeland is in the south western part of nigeria and adjoining parts of benin and togo. You will be able to sharpen your comprehension and understanding of the sample text below, which is part of the article 26 and 27 from the universal declaration of human rights. As mentioned above, je ka gbo yoruba is based on the classical yoruba novel o le ku and a movie of the same title. Abstract written in an erudite yet accessible style, this lecture begins with a moral allusion to a historical yoruba curse as. They frequently visited the earth, particularly for. Understanding the yoruba religious beliefs and concepts. The yoruba constitute between 30 and 50 million individuals1 throughout west africa and are found predominantly in nigeria and make up around 21% of its. Origin of the yoruba and the lost tribes of israel anthropos 106. Johnson and oyinade, monotheism in traditional yoruba religion. Some examples rituals and rites abound in yoruba traditional religion.
Development of a yoruba arithmetic multimedia learning system. Olodumare and some divinities lived in heaven, descending and ascending by means of spiders webs or a chain. Proudly yoruba numbers in yoruba onka yoruba one till. He asked for permission from olorun and advice from orunmila, the wisest of the orisha. The computer is becoming an indispensable piece of equipment in modern society with an overwhelming influence on the way humans create and solve problems. A naturalistic interpretation of the yoruba concepts of ori. Most yoruba people speak the yoruba language, which is. According to yoruba yourabah mythology, the first yoruba kings were the offspring of the creator, oduduwa ohdoodoowah.
My first naija numbers a childs yorubaenglish picture book of counting by ata agoro available from rakuten kobo. The yoruba creator is called olurun or olodumare and is often assisted by the lesser god, obatala. Videos about calendar forum links extras in order to make a post or to start a new thread and. Yoruba cultural studies edited byedited by m0y0 okediji m0y0 okediji this volume is under construction the university of african art press, 2008 denver, co.
This book takes the inclusive energy of ifa to a new level by offering simple, comparative excerpts from religious texts from differing religions, even a list of chakras and their yoruba counterparts. Abstract religion is the strongest element in african culture and exerts great influence upon the conduct of the african people. Yoruba oral literature as a panacea for unemployment in nigeria adesoye omolasoye abstract in spite of government efforts and policies towards tackling the problem of unemployment in nigeria, the problem is still plaguing the nation. Odunjo lecture, university of ibadan, may 7, 2012 toyin falola.
Home computing and intelligent system research group. The yoruba in diaspora reveal to us profound imaginations of diasporic movements and connections, the process and. A divine journey to the inner self and god consciousness. However, since different scholars on yoruba studies have used the term yoruba in different ways, it is illuminating that we. We welcome you to the official website of the ife computing and intelligent system research groupifecisrg. One day, a god named obatala decided to create dry land. My first naija numbers a childs yoruba english picture book of counting by ata agoro available from rakuten kobo. In this paper, we examine the processes underlying the yoruba nu meral system. Image source yoruba is a west african spirituality that some anthropologists estimate is 10,000 years old. Among the yoruba, the myth of creation holds that in the beginning the world was a marshy, watery wasteland. In the earliest times, great importance was attached to virginity. According to lounge, the yoruba language has a rather elaborate vigesimal base20 numeral system that involves both addition and subtraction and multiplication.
In every division of yoruba land great importance was attached to a bride. Yoruba calculator and the onka dialog gives the user access. The study of yoruba religious tradition in historical. Olorun ruled the sky above and olokun was master of all that was in the waters below. Let us do it, the way it is usually done, so that we may have the usual result. Ase is the life force that is given to everything by the creator of the universe.
The base of the counting system is ogun twenty or score. Aug 27, 20 yoruba is a west african spirituality that some anthropologists estimate is 10,000 years old. Ife was the principal yoruba city, and the yoruba people considered it to be sacred. A yoruba kings crown identifies the status of its wearer and gives the king the power to interact with the spirit world in order to benefit his people. Ede onka yoruba kiko onka yoruba ni nonba ati ede yoruoa b. The yoruba constitute about 44 million people in total. The creation of the universe and ife mythology of africa.
Yoruba religion and culture louisville lectures 2004 2005 baba wande abimbola dr. Ogunwande abimbola1 babalawo awise agbaye class notes. To the yoruba, the primary purpose of marriage is sustaining the yoruba race through legitimate and responsible procreation. My first book of numbers a picture book for early learners to learn numbers from zero to twenty. The basics of yoruba an african spiritual tradition. The majority of the yoruba speak the yoruba language yoruba. A vocabulary of the yoruba language by crowther, sammuel adjai, bp. Though many know that beads were one of the products traded in exchange for humans between europeans and west africans in the trans atlantic slave trade era, not many know that the yoruba had their own bead manufacturing industry at the time. Aug 29, 2016 the deamon, the woman and the bird african fairy tale from senegal duration. Influence of yoruba culture in christian religious worship by odejobi cecilia omobola institute of education, faculty of education, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, osun state, nigeria.
With this intense faith in beads, yoruba have made waist beads for fertility, beauty, seduction, necklaces bracelets and many other objects central to daily and religious life using seeds, husks, mollusc shells, cowrie shells, indigenous brass beads as well as indigenous and. The yoruba are said to believe that the personality of each. Publication date 1852 topics yoruba language english publisher. Jan 11, 2016 as well as the visual and decorative power, the yoruba people attributed spiritual power and religious meaning to beads. Influence of yoruba culture in christian religious worship. History of the yoruba people edit general history the african peoples who lived in the lower western niger area, at least by the 4th century bc, were not initially known as the yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. The diverse oral traditions referred in the oral narrative verses are accumulated in the major eer.
The yoruba people quarreled often with nearby citystates. Je ka so yoruba, je ka ka yoruba, and je ka gbo yoruba. The yoruba calendar kojoda is a calendar used by the yoruba people of southwestern and north central nigeria and southern benin. All yoruba words are subtitled in english for better understanding. Olodumare is the motherfather god, the original creator of all things discovered and yet to be discovered, who remains somewhat remote from human kind and our doings. The deamon, the woman and the bird african fairy tale from senegal duration. If youre trying to practice your yoruba reading then the page below should help. Analysis and interpretation ades ola o late ju university of ibadan, nigeria abstract the paper undertakes a study of animal metaphors in the yoruba language with a view to highlighting the stylistic and communicative potentials of these metaphors. The first section is in yoruba and the second part is in english. The handbook of yoruba religious concepts ifa karade. The basics of yoruba an african spiritual tradition metal. Topics yoruba language collection opensource language english. 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.
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