On TikTok, a Cuban follower of the Yoruba religion has shared the daily practices she avoids due to her spiritual beliefs.
That was the Yorubaland I grew up in. Your religious belief was private and you were not judged by it. Only by the content of your character. The Yoruba interpersonal relationship is anchored on ...
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 ...