One of my fondest memories as a four/five year-old growing up in Ilesha, was sharing time with someone I considered a kind, ...
On TikTok, a Cuban follower of the Yoruba religion has shared the daily practices she avoids due to her spiritual beliefs.
This ceremony is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba religious tradition that began in West Africa and has become one of the ten largest religions in the world, with upwards of 100 million practitioners.
My father, a prominent Christian leader, once visited the Oyo Museum, where artefacts and relics of the old Oyo Empire—such as the Opon Ifa, masquerade masks, and Sango outfits—were displayed.
Hence, the Fulani and Yoruba people are quite different in terms of their cultural values, religious tolerance and accommodation, but many Yoruba people subscribe to, embrace and practice the ...