| 单词 | Yoruba |
| 例句 | “A Yoruba goat from the bush with two children from two different men. I hear she is old and ugly.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She told him the Hausa in the North were a dignified lot, the Igbo were surly and money-loving, and the Yoruba were rather jolly even if they were first-rate lickspittles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then there was the dinner at which he talked about Nok art with a university lecturer, a timid Yoruba woman who seemed to feel just as out of place as he did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The diviner of shells shaved her head as everyone chanted in the language of the Yoruba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think you Yoruba because you dark and Igbo fair. I have two Igbo men. Very good. Igbo men take care of women real good.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Igbo people marry all kinds of people. My cousin’s husband is Yoruba. My uncle’s wife is from Scotland.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She said “motherland” and “Yoruba religion” often, glancing at Ifemelu as though for confirmation, and it was a parody of Africa that Ifemelu felt uncomfortable about and then felt bad for feeling so uncomfortable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The walls were studded with nails; perhaps the Yoruba occupier had hung up many photos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They walked up and down and spoke loud Yoruba to one another and laughed and gestured to the village girls. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She wished she were fluent in Hausa and Yoruba, like her uncle and aunt and cousin were, something she would gladly exchange her French and Latin for. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It means, in the Yoruba language, “the son who has come home.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He begins to pray in Yoruba, asking for the blessings of the orishas, whom he honors one by one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He made a name for himself a year or two before that, with his paper on the variations in the magnetic pole,” said the Yoruba. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of them were Muscovites, one was a Pole, one a Yoruba, and one a Skraeling. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Yoruba man is there helping his brother, but you Igbo people? I ga-asikwa. Look at you now quoting me this price.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Yoruba were the largest in the Southwest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She was not an Igbo woman; Ugwu could tell from her name, even if he had not once run into her and her housegirl at the market and heard them both speaking rapid incomprehensible Yoruba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Afalabi acknowledges that French impressionism influences his work, along with Yoruba carvings. In the galleries: The Washington Color School on show Our newly silver-tongued freshman gets a little support from Yoruba culture, in a magic-realist touch that is part of Mr. Njikam’s plan to honor what he sees as hip-hop’s cultural roots. Review: A Student of the Classics, Hip-Hop Variety, in ‘Syncing Ink’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Besides the architecture, they brought maracas and samba rhythms, which melded with Yoruba music into juju. Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Another equally somber-sounding tune, “River,” seeks to wash away troubles in a baptism, and concludes with a chant to Oshun, a Yoruba goddess of beauty and fertility. Review: Ibeyi, Twin Sisters and a Duo, Uses Songs to Show Roots 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Intrigued by the nurse’s comment, Ahmed sought a spiritual reading from his friend’s godfather, who was active in Santeria, an Afro-Caribbean religion centered on Yoruba beliefs and traditions with Roman Catholic influences. “Vodou is like a gun” (and that’s how you spell it) 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z Bells, percussion and electronics meld with a Yoruba prayer honoring ancestors, at once futuristic and hypnotic. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The Yoruba people, whose homeland is in the southwest, were mostly on the opposing side in the war. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z In a scene where Sandayo tries to bond with Yemi over their shared Yoruba heritage, the dialogue reinforces their differences and loyalties: Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The L.A.-based Siegel traveled to Brazil on a Fulbright Fellowship to study Candomblé, a religion derived from the beliefs and practices of the Yoruba peoples of West Africa. Pacific Standard Time exhibition at the Fowler traces the power of sacred plants in Brazil 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z In Candomblé, which mixes Yoruba, Fon and Bantu beliefs, initiations typically require people to remain secluded for around 21 days: “I had no way of contacting the outside world.” Can a Brazilian Pop Star Crack the U.S. Market? Anitta Says Yes. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Not only do those kneeling brown mannequins in black sheer dresses and broad brim hats represent Lowe, but they also double as Yoruba Egungun dancers, ancestral spirits there to celebrate her. The Multi-Layered Movie of American Fashion 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z However laborious the process, Iya Oko, as we call her, Yoruba for “mother from the farm,” swore by the culinary methods that sustained her. Mortars, Pestles and the Comfort of a Culinary Ritual 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z It involves computer-generated rhythm, Yoruba traditions of rhythm and divination, and improvising. Critic?s Notebook: Four Young Pianists on the Rise in the Jazz Scene 2011-10-06T22:37:04Z Traditional talking drums heighten the suspense and the Yoruba language brings a new melody to this adaptation showing Friday at Shakespeare's Globe as part of a festival staging Shakespeare plays in different world languages. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T12:16:04Z Ife, the ancient city-state of the Yoruba people — now in present-day southwestern Nigeria — was a cosmopolitan hub of trade, beginning about 1100 and lasting 300 years. Inside Art: A Late Picasso Painting Is for Sale at Sotheby?s 2010-04-22T22:34:00Z It’s about the Yoruba practice of making impromptu sculptures to help protect things — spiritual objects composed of straws from a broom, a chewed-up ear of corn, an old shoe. Woody De Othello’s Extraordinary Monuments to the Mundane 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z She is also drawn to a more elaborate Yoruba caryatid in which a standing female is accompanied by two children, a horse and baskets of food. Wangechi Mutu: A New Face for the Met 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z We saw a similar dress on the women representing the West African Yoruba deities, “orishas,” at a Condomblé ceremony at a Salvador temple. A passion for soccer helps unite one of the world’s most diverse countries 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z At Heathrow, the action involved officials who spoke such languages as Swahili, Arabic, Yoruba, Urdu and Igbo. Racism label should not deter British police from FGM fight, says officer 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The setting is Louisiana’s bayou, via Yoruba myths of West Africa. Review | ‘Moonlight’ writer McCraney’s writing still glows in ‘The Brothers Size’ 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Swahili and Yoruba, for example, are among the local languages being preserved by the spread of globalized technologies. Letters: Global Culture: A Scholar?s View 2010-04-24T02:32:00Z Ibeyi means “twins” in Yoruba, and the sisters’ own songs often hark back to the modal melodies and voice-and-percussion interplay of the Yoruba chants. Review: Ibeyi, Twin Sisters and a Duo, Uses Songs to Show Roots 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z This time, the sisters symbolise Yoruba goddesses, and they are at the heart of this epic, multi-authored show, jointly presented with the Royal Court as part of World Stages London. Feast for the eyes 2013-02-04T12:52:01Z As a result, their self-titled 2015 debut album heavily featured Yoruba, with English and French woven around haunting vocal harmonies, sparse but hard-hitting percussion and cathartic homages to family and roots. Ibeyi capitvates 9:30 Club with songs that touch both the past and the future 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z She is designing playgrounds, with equipment inspired by the shapes of elaborate Yoruba hairstyles to remedy the lack of public leisure spaces. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He mourns oil-spill victims in his “Anonymous” series, and grieves the despoiled African landscape and the fading traditional culture of his Yoruba ancestors. Review | In the galleries: A tip of the hat to a revered Washington milliner 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned paintings evoked the world of Yoruba folklore and religion, died on June 16 in Ibadan, Nigeria. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67 2011-07-03T23:00:06Z Ibeyi is a pair of young, French-Cuban twins whose music is an ecstatic whirl of Yoruba chants, French and English purrs, sparse electronic beats, Cajon drums and no shortage of preternatural tenacity. Pop & Rock Listings for June 19-25 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Twins are common in the Yoruba ethnic group that dominates this part of Nigeria. Nigeria's twin town ponders cause of multiple births 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Comic artists can also employ visual elements such as images from the Black Arts Movement, or figures from Yoruba and Igbo mythology, in ways that aren’t available to prose writers. Beyond ‘Black Panther’: Afrofuturism Is Booming in Comics 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Cardona studied the Yoruba language to understand the traditional prayers he was singing. Milton Cardona, Keeper of New York Salsa’s Beat, Dies at 69 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z And there’s a knowing flash of a catalog of Yoruba masks and sculpture by Robert Farris Thompson, the influential historian of West African art. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In one interwoven scene, Natalia and Ambimbola — in different parts of Pittsburgh — relate their own versions of a Yoruba folk tale about the genesis of the moon. What’s up with the glowing baby at the back of the stage? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The voyage of the Yoruba diaspora over four centuries – from 18th-century Nigeria to Cuba, Brazil, the USA and London – is the subject of Feast, an ambitious co-production between the Royal Court and Young Vic. This week's new theatre 2013-01-19T05:59:01Z The sisters, who were primarily raised in Paris, learned Yoruba chants in a choir as teenagers. Ibeyi capitvates 9:30 Club with songs that touch both the past and the future 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Born in Ibadan, Soyinka was brought up by loving Christian parents and a grandfather who, Soyinka said, confirmed that he was a child of Ogun, the Yoruba deity of poetry, blacksmiths and palm wine. Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z A low front altar is layered with thick candle wax, flowers and a pantheon of black saints, Madonnas and African deities like the sea goddess Yemanja of the Yoruba religion. Argentina Rediscovers Its African Roots 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z But the connection to the Yoruba, one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, was more meaningful. The story behind the design of the African American history museum 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The poem is a melodious, sky-high tale of a basketball superstar born as a result of a celestial contest between the Greek and Yoruba gods of thunder, Zeus and Sango. ‘The Half-God of Rainfall’ Review: Basketball Under the Heavens 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z In an effort to answer these questions I recently spoke with Yoruba Richen. "You needed the Negro Motorist Green Book more in the North and the West" 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z One afternoon, I took my lunch at its base, next to men in dapper suits speaking Yoruba. Meals for (Mostly) Everyone at Divine Flavored Nigerian Food Truck 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Borrowing its name from a Yoruba deity who symbolizes water, femininity and prosperity, this vocal duo makes music that honors a “lifelong commitment to representing love,” Thandiwe, one of the singers, told The Fader. The Week in Arts: Dancing Around Graves, Beach Read Flicks and ‘GLOW’ 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z He sings, most often, in a pidgin of English and Yoruba, confident that his meaning will get through even if listeners don’t recognize all the words. Burna Boy Has the Whole World Listening 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z There's a wooden divination board, made by the Yoruba people of Nigeria in the late 19th or 20th century, that was used to connect with the spirit world. LACMA exhibition 'African Cosmos' illuminates art of astronomy 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The Yoruba, whose homeland is in the southwest, were mostly on the opposing side in the war. Nigeria's 'Mona Lisa' shown at home for first time since it resurfaced 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The lyrics switch between English and Yoruba as Savage glides through her melodies, rarely raising her airy, unflappable voice. Tiwa Savage, Queen of Afrobeats, Makes a New Start 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Kiran Rajagopalan not only performed his recital in female dress but also, in his second number, combined Indian style with Yoruba elements from West Africa. Indian Dance: Motion in Stillness, Stillness in Motion 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z In some respects, the commingling of black, white, Jewish, Yoruba, jazz, folk, funk and sundry other identities is in the tradition of Fela and Carlebach. ‘Zion80,’ Combining the Music of Fela and Carlebach 2013-06-05T21:29:00Z “A lot of my work is heavily influenced by the culture of my Yoruba heritage,” said Mr. Senbanjo, a Nigerian-born visual artist and musician, in a recent interview at his Brooklyn studio. A Nigerian Artist Who Uses the Skin as His Canvas 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The Yoruba term àṣẹ, which means the power or will to make things happen, is the title of this collection of sculptures I’m finishing. Woody De Othello’s Extraordinary Monuments to the Mundane 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z And the music, Yoruba praise-songs and parables with sprays of English, develops at its own schedule. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-03T22:17:00Z He's a Yoruba diviner, a priest who is believed to be able to communicate with spirits. Photographer Adolphus Opara's best shot 2011-08-07T21:31:00Z Randle Center, a cultural center opening next year in Lagos, Nigeria, focusing on the history and culture of the Yoruba people of Western Africa. France Vowed to Return Looted Treasures. But Few Are Heading Back. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Wiley, 33, whose name means “second born” in Yoruba, was raised in Los Angeles by an African-American mother and a Nigerian father and says this project has been like “a coming-out party.” | Kehinde Wiley's Fancy Footwork 2010-06-02T20:41:00Z Being inside the “pagan story” of “Rite,” she explained, was a way of honoring her ancestors, particularly her father’s mother, a Yoruba priestess she never met. Germaine Acogny on Choosing to Be the Chosen One 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Yoruba who had been enslaved by the Portuguese and brought to Brazil to harvest sugar and to mine gold adapted traditional rituals, including the worship of ancestral spirits, called Egun. Pacific Standard Time exhibition at the Fowler traces the power of sacred plants in Brazil 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Attend a Hindu ritual in India and a Yoruba ceremony in Nigeria on the final installments of "Sacred Journeys With Bruce Feiler." TV This Week, Dec. 28-Jan. 3: 'The Kennedy Center Honors' and more 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Audu’s inspiration is the Yoruba idea of “outer and inner head,” according to the gallery’s statement. Review | In the galleries: The grid is the primary motif but subject to subtle change 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z "I used to read the Yoruba Bible when I was small when I went to church, so I went back to the Yoruba Bible and started reading over and over again," actor Rotimi Fakunle said. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z Several people volunteered their own experience of growing up in Yoruba culture, and agreed with Obisesan's suggestion that "it anchors you". Feast tweetnight and Q&A at London's Young Vic – how it went 2013-02-06T17:06:34Z While Swahili and the languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe will be featured, Yoruba represents the only West African language to be a part of the festival. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z It’s called "Oluan," a term from the Yoruba culture and religion in northeast Brazil. Quick Hits: Brazilian samba star Seu Jorge performs live 2011-09-03T16:01:00Z His singing often includes words in the Yoruba language, heard throughout southwestern Nigeria. Singer 2 Face wins MTV Africa artist of the year 2010-12-12T01:16:00Z She blended well with the group’s three backup singers and expertly handled the songs’ oscillations between Yoruba and English. Music Review: E. J. Strickland Project and Olatuja Project at 92Y Tribeca 2012-01-19T23:32:37Z For example, patrons wanting to learn more about an Ifa bowl from the Yoruba region of Nigeria can hear a Yoruba diviner’s explanation of the divination ritual. Technology Invites a Deep Dive Into Art 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The Nigerian performance also includes significant changes from the original text, as the royalty imagined by Shakespeare become the volatile Yoruba gods Ogun and Sango. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z Such resilience helps to explain the tenacity of Yoruba culture, he suggests: the way it survived slavery, its permeation into other lands. Feast: the Young Vic goes Yoruba 2013-01-30T19:30:01Z In the show we find him turning the design for a divination board into a tea tray, and carving a portrait of a British official dressed in conspicuously snazzy Yoruba slippers and a pith helmet. Bamigboye, Nigeria’s Tour-de-Force Sculptor, Claims His Fame in the World 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The trapezoids, we’ve been told, evoke a Yoruba crown, imputing a sense of majesty. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The Yoruba people, whose homeland is in the southwest, were mostly on the opposing side in the war. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Drawing from personality traits of deities in Yoruba culture with words as well as patterns, Mr. Senbanjo says he conveys various attributes of the gods onto his subjects’ bodies, based on conversations before painting them. A Nigerian Artist Who Uses the Skin as His Canvas 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z On Nov. 15, the couple took part in a traditional Yoruba wedding ceremony at Harbour Point, an events space in Lagos. Morenike Johnson, Ademola Adewale-Sadik 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Cole’s novel has a mischievous title, taken from a Yoruba proverb: “Every day is for the thief, but one day is for the owner.” Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z There is a saying in Yoruba, one of the languages spoken by the people of southwestern Nigeria, that translates as “The soul that does not eat pepper is a dead soul.” Yewande Komolafe’s 10 Essential Nigerian Recipes 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The unified voice of a choir rises above the beats, singing in the Yoruba language of Nigeria's southwest at the start of a play that begins in its middle. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z The painter was inspired by her study of Ifa, a Yoruba religion that mingled with Catholicism to form such New World variants as Santeria. Review | In the galleries: A focus on the intersection of art and movement 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z “The meaning is that Jesus came to fulfill — not condemn or destroy — the Yoruba traditional religion,” said Nicholas Bridger, author of “Africanizing Christian Art.” Searching for a Jesus Who Looks More Like Me 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z It is also the ultimate rebellion against the Yoruba dictum, a huge battle of a book, and to read it is to watch in fascination as Soyinka indulges in it. The Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s First Novel Since 1973 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z It outlines the shape and volume of a traditional Yoruba hat with a soft folded-over top that remains in wide use today. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Dance is a piece of that heritage, though Yusuf didn’t learn Yoruba dances as a child. ‘Artists Are Migrants’: A Nigerian-Irish Dancer’s Multiplicities 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z But it is a formal style of Yoruba that goes unheard in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, where its words get mixed into English and pidgin. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z Conversations between Onuzo’s characters move fluidly between Igbo, Yoruba, pidgin and English, demonstrating her skilled ear. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z And I know the grinding stone, called olo in Yoruba, that she was working with on that day in 1982 in Lagos, Nigeria. Mortars, Pestles and the Comfort of a Culinary Ritual 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Cuesta said the reigning Yoruba deity Oggun, god of iron, tools and weapons, would use his machetes to cut down the plants preventing communication. Cuba's Santeria priests forecast prosperity in New Year's prophesy 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z But even for Yoruba people, Igbo Ora is considered to be exceptional. Nigeria's twin town ponders cause of multiple births 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z “Story Porch” exists as part of a lineage Bangura traces back to Yoruba traditions, one she doesn’t want to see erased in generalities. With ‘Story Porch,’ Seattle’s Wa Na Wari honors ancestors, community and West African spiritual traditions 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z These women were likely practitioners of hoodoo, sometimes called rootwork, a set of black folk traditions developed by enslaved West African people in America, which combined elements of vodou and Yoruba with Christianity. Playing Hoodoo: Renée Stout and “The Rootworker’s Table” 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z This week catch an Afropop party, Yoruba music and dance and more. Things to do This Weekend: Free Arts in Parks! 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Sacred Journeys With Bruce Feiler A Hindu festival in India and a Yoruba ceremony in Nigeria are the final stops in this six-part series about religious pilgrimages. Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce' on Bravo 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z A 2015 Oxford University study found the majority of African Americans and modern-day Yoruba people in West Africa have a similar ancestry, confirming that the region was a major source of African slaves . The story behind the design of the African American history museum 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The groom and his father are princes of the Yoruba ethnic group from the Ijebu Kingdom of southwestern Nigeria. Morenike Johnson, Ademola Adewale-Sadik 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The impetus was a DNA test that revealed Hall’s ancestors were the Yoruba people from Nigeria and the Bubi from Bioko Island off the west coast of Africa. Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z While his international audience expanded, Davido found himself singing more, not fewer, lyrics in Yoruba rather than English. The Afrobeats Star Davido, an Upbeat Voice in a Turbulent Time 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z One of the preliminary bureaucracies of a Yoruba wedding, increasingly adopted by other Nigerians, involves the family of the bridegroom delivering a letter to the family of the bride. The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In “Massacre: Variations on a Theme,” Ms. Bachzetsis continues her ongoing investigation of popular culture, pulling from sources as varied as Northern Soul and Yoruba traditions. Dance This Season: Tap, Ballet and the Inexplicable 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z But my mum never taught me Yoruba – which I'd study, with comical results, at Yale – and I heard not a word of my father's Ewe until I turned 15. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z He will be remembered for his contributions to Yoruba highlife music in particular and Nigerian music in general. Nigeria mourns veteran singer Fatai 2013-06-13T10:57:38Z This “Hamlet” is set not in Denmark, but somewhere that looks like contemporary West Africa, filled with colorful Batik prints, razor-sharp tailoring and Yoruba drumming. After ‘Hamlet’ and ‘King Lear,’ Where Else Can Paapa Essiedu Go? 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Yoruba folk tales inform this production – which is full of chanting, dancing and music – by Lagos's Renegade Theatre. The Winter's Tale – review 2012-05-30T17:10:17Z The work draws on Yoruba ideas of cyclical time and the interpenetration of the living, the dead and the not-yet-born. ‘You Are the Show’: A Hudson Valley Outpost of the Avant-Garde 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Inspired by the Yoruba traveling theater of the 1960s, QDance began creating works based on Yoruba philosophy and aesthetics — and presenting them on the touring circuit. ‘You Are the Show’: A Hudson Valley Outpost of the Avant-Garde 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Senbanjo said his work offers a history lesson in Yoruba culture. A Nigerian Artist Who Uses the Skin as His Canvas 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z This compact exhibition built around a single work documents an impressive sleuthing exercise concerning an egúngún, a ceremonial costume from the Yoruba culture. 38 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Another tiny shop, the African Waistcoat Company, offered classically tailored vests with a twist: they were made from Nigerian cloth in colorful Yoruba patterns. Frugal Traveler: London, This Time Following in More Mature Footsteps 2011-04-05T20:00:38Z This epic exploration of Nigerian Yoruba culture is a multi-authored show focusing on three sisters separated by a mischievous trickster and obliged to travel the world. 2013 theatre preview: Helen Mirren gets another crack at the Queen and Peter Pan meets Alice in Wonderland 2012-12-30T19:30:01Z Her brother said his favorite scene, from a cinematography point of view, used reds to invoke the world of a hybrid they created between the Yoruba god Eshu and the Haitian voodoo god Papa Legba. Shining a Light on Black and Brown Representation in Film 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z In a directorial touch, white-clad figures wander by between scenes, playing handheld percussion and looking like acolytes of that Yoruba priest. Review | Lynn Nottage’s comic ‘Fabulation’ maps a slide down the social ladder 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z What I found was a provocative story about a successful, Ivy League-educated young Black man who has long repressed his family’s traumatic enslaved past and begins to have disturbing dreams about his Yoruba ancestors. Opinion: Censorship rears its ugly head at Santa Monica College, over a play about slavery 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z She is 25 years old, a woman and hosts her show in the local language Yoruba instead of English, which dominates most programming in Nigeria. Nigerian radio host brings her native language to sports commentary 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Migration is such a feature of life in Nigeria that young people have a name for it: “japa,” Yoruba slang that means “to run away.” The World Is Becoming More African 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z MohBad's father Joseph Aloba told local media that the hasty burial was guided by the culture of the family's Yoruba ethnic group. Naira Marley: Afrobeats star taken into police custody over MohBad's death 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Her improvised chorus is simple; a dozen times, she repeats “Mo ti de, mo ti de le,” which means “I’ve arrived. I’ve come home” in Yoruba. Noname Book Club's Radical Hood Library offers a safe stage for up and coming artists in South L.A. 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Most Nigerians, especially Yoruba speakers, also pronounce a hard H - as in "hotel" - for all words starting with the letter. The Nigerians learning to speak with British accents 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z "I really wish and hope to expand sports in Yoruba globally," said Adesola, who is not an athlete herself but loves soccer. Nigerian radio host brings her native language to sports commentary 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z After translating the English version to plain English, learner’s permit tests were created in Farsi, Portuguese, Russian, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi, Amharic, Arabic and Yoruba. Learner’s permit tests in Maryland to be featured in 10 more languages 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z He added that according to Yoruba custom, a deceased person with living parents has to be buried quickly. Naira Marley: Afrobeats star taken into police custody over MohBad's death 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The belief, blending the Yoruba religion of West Africa and Catholicism, is popular in Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean. Ex-Raiders cornerback Arnette says he wants to play in the NFL again after plea in Vegas gun case 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z This last tradition is possibly derived from enslaved Yoruba and Kongo people living in Texas at the time, for whom the color red represents spiritual power, culinary historian Michael Twitty writes in his blog Afroculinaria. Join Seattle's Juneteenth celebrations | Editorial 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z "As a Yoruba commentator, my show comes to fill the gap." Nigerian radio host brings her native language to sports commentary 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The music had clear connections with the classical repertoire rooted in Europe, but the choice of the Yoruba language and the story anchored the performance in Nigeria. Beans and violins - orchestra blends classical roots with modern Nigeria 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z That last word, japa, is the Yoruba term for "to leave", he explains. UK immigration: YouTube influencer says 'some people hide behind studentship' 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The Yoruba actor — known for his work in movies such as “Okiki Oru,” “Blackout” and “Four Lions” — died of his injuries at age 49. Nollywood suffers a string of deaths, including one in the United States 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Don’t miss the basement’s 400+ chess sets from around the world, ranging from a movie-star-themed stone set, a fairy-tale Austrian set made of porcelain, and a Nigerian thornwood set representing Yoruba daily life. Road trip to White Salmon, Washington | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Olokodana, a Yoruba Muslim from the southwest, has been a pastry chef for nearly two decades and sells food spices, but she said she still faced prejudice. Nigerian hijab-wearing chef seeks to break stereotypes about Muslim women 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Previous counts were discredited after disputes among the three main ethnic groups, the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. Nigeria again postpones first census in 17 years 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z The siblings, whose U.S. tour stops at 9:30 Club on Sunday, were quick to note that they also sing in Spanish and Yoruba, the African language that’s the source of the band’s name. The French-born twins who make up Ibeyi find their rhythm in English 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z One widely used reference called 1000 Genomes is drawn from sampling the DNA of groups in various locations, such as Gujarati immigrants in Houston, the Yoruba of Nigeria, and Tuscans in Italy. Geneticists should rethink how they use race and ethnicity, panel urges 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Although such works as “Accent of Autumn” and “Yoruba Couple” are as boldly colorful as paintings, chiseled black strokes are the bones of Driskell’s printmaking style. In the galleries: Magical images of the ordinary 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The former governor of Lagos state boldly told party members last year: “It’s my turn!” speaking in the Yoruba indigenous language. Nigeria president-elect faces vote doubts, poverty, violence 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z A biography on his campaign website says Tinubu was born in Lagos in 1952, to a Muslim family from the Yoruba ethnic group, the majority in southwest Nigeria. Bola Tinubu: From godfather of Lagos to Nigeria's president-elect 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Footage gathered by BBC Yoruba and circulating over social media shows protesters expressing their frustrations. Nigeria's naira shortage: Banks attacked in Warri and Benin City 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z There is no incumbent on the ballot, and for the first time in decades, there are major candidates from each of Nigeria’s three main ethnic groups: Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa-Fulani. Nigerian Election 2023: What to Know 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z He is an ethnic Yoruba and a Muslim. Factbox: The candidates contesting Nigeria's presidential election 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The term "japa", which means "to run, flee or escape" in Yoruba, has become a popular topic of conversation online, as well as on radio and TV chat shows. Nigeria cost-of-living crisis sparks exodus of doctors 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Previous counts were discredited after disputes among the three main groups, the Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo. Nigeria sets date for first census in 17 years 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z His music is known for its catchy Yoruba and Pidgin English lyrics, recognisable beat and his tagline - Ololade mi Asake - which listeners can hear at the start of several of his songs. Asake, Burna Boy and Davido: Nigerian artists win big at Afrima 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It also inspired a ceremony in which Yoruba priests gave each person an honorary name, guided in part by what could be gleaned from scientific analysis of their remains. 36 bodies were found in unmarked colonial graves. DNA is revealing their stories. 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z His was not an isolated incident he says, and other students at his school received harsh reprimands for daring to speak in Yoruba instead of English. Nigerian schools: Flogged for speaking my mother tongue 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “Do not delay pending religious works and consecrations,” the priests, known as babalawos and grouped together in the Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, advised in their Letter of the Year published Sunday. Priests from Cuba’s Santeria religion see hard year ahead 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Fisher is the daughter of a Yoruba Nigerian father and a South African mother of Indian heritage who became small-business owners in Westchester County, north of New York City. Historic election brings new American dreams to Pr. George’s council 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The phenomenon -- dubbed "japa," meaning "to flee" in Yoruba -- regularly trends on social media. Frustrated Nigerians 'flee' abroad in punishing pre-election brain drain 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z “Charles R. Brown. February 1929,” one said and the crowd responded with the Yoruba word for producing change: “Ashe!” Md.’s second-highest court weighs fight over historic Black cemetery 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z In his own class in Sabongidda-Ora, in the southern Edo State, five different languages are spoken, he says - Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Ora and Esan. Nigerian schools: Flogged for speaking my mother tongue 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Following a Yoruba blessing, Afro Brazilian dishes that filled clay pots were served into makeshift bowls fashioned from leaves and shared around. Bolsonaro campaign to evangelicals: Brazil’s soul at stake 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The new Soyinka adaptation is remarkable for Bandele's bold decision to return to the original Yoruba of the historical episode depicted. Nigeria's Biyi Bandele: A storyteller to his bones 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s home to books on Yoruba idioms and African ceremonies. New Black-owned Central District bookstore celebrates Black love 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The Yoruba are a prominent ethnic group in Nigeria and other locations in sub-Saharan Africa. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Lagos' local language is Yoruba, but as it is the country's commercial hub, people who speak other languages have also moved there and still speak their mother tongue. Nigerian schools: Flogged for speaking my mother tongue 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Other artworks showed masks worn by Yoruba dancers and a fictional Beninese astronaut walking on the moon. ‘Artistic Awakening’ in Benin as Return of Royal Artifacts Attracts Huge Crowds 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z It is the first Yoruba language feature programmed at TIFF. Nigeria's Biyi Bandele: A storyteller to his bones 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The volunteer-run station broadcasts shows in languages including Yoruba and Swahili on topics ranging from politics to sport to music. 'We have a zeal to protect our heritage' 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The Yoruba, she contends, maintain a complementary dualist view of reality. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Despite English and Pidgin being the lingua franca in the ethnically diverse city of Lagos, education ministry spokesperson Ben Goong confirmed to the BBC that Yoruba would be the language of instruction in the metropolis. Nigerian schools: Flogged for speaking my mother tongue 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Born in Lagos in 1952 to a Muslim family from the Yoruba ethnic group, the majority in southwest Nigeria, Tinubu emigrated to the United States in the 1970s. Tinubu, ex-governor of Lagos, in pole position for Nigerian presidency 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Violence in the southwest, by contrast, has mainly been marked by kidnappings for ransom and conflict between farmers and herders from the Yoruba ethnic group. Church attack rattles area of Nigeria where religious violence is rare 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The southwest is home to the Yoruba ethnic group, who are divided roughly equally between Muslims and Christians. Nigeria church massacre victims suffered range of injuries, doctor says 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, among the Yorubas and Igbos of southern Nigeria, some marks are linked to life and death. Nigeria's facial scars: The last generation 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Although he would like his son to speak Yoruba, he thinks "it's too little, too late" now. Nigerian schools: Flogged for speaking my mother tongue 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “Beauty Examined” seamlessly — and analytically — melds elements drawn from sources as diverse as Rembrandt, Charles White, Paul Gauguin and Yoruba court art. Commentary: An Ohio museum is holding the biggest sale of museum art yet. It's unconscionable 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z A mixture of traditional Yoruba, Fon and Bantu beliefs originating from different regions in Africa, Candomble has long been practised in Brazil, in the past often in secret. The religious movement that spread through a national team 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The three largest groups were the Hausa-Fulani in the north, the Yoruba in the southwest, and the Igbo in the southeast. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Known as Abiku and Ogbanje respectively by the two ethnic groups, these children were believed, by the Yoruba, to belong to a coven of demons living in large iroko and baobab trees. Nigeria's facial scars: The last generation 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Such linguistic neutrality persists in a number of modern tongues whose third-person pronouns lack a masculine or feminine inflection, among them Armenian, Bengali, Farsi, Finnish, Hungarian, Yoruba and most Turkic and Austronesian languages. The Queer Indigenous Artists Reclaiming a Fluid Sense of Gender 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z They were young women who played mainly Yoruba gospel music while they worked on the piece, stitching all the elements together, as the image of the oba gradually materialised on the monumental cloth-work. The Nigerian artwork challenging British history in St Paul's 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Arabic is dominant in the north, but in the west there are African languages - such as Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba - which could vie for the status of lingua franca. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The Igbo and Yoruba peoples followed traditional religions and relied on local chiefs for control. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From the Oracle at Delphi to the Yoruba practitioners of Ifá, there are myriad ways to approach divination and myriad reasons for wanting to see into the future. What L.A.'s astrologers and diviners say is in store for you in 2022 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Google, for instance, offended members of the Yoruba community several years ago when its language app mistranslated Esu, a benevolent trickster god, as the devil. In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z He was fluent in the Yoruba and Kongo languages, as well as French, Spanish and Portuguese, according to Rolling Stone, in addition to his acquaintance with Creole and many tribal languages. Robert Farris Thompson, scholar of Black art across continents, dies at 88 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Long and staff-like, a “diviner’s tool” used in Yoruba culture to advise individuals on what paths to take in the future, marks the beginning of the exhibition. The Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building is finally reopening. Here’s what to know before you visit. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z However, this management method did not work as well with the Igbo and Yoruba peoples. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Age-old Yoruba deities blast laser beams from their eyes. Umar Rashid’s narrative paintings collapse past, present and future into a darkly comic vision of colonialism 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Omolewa Adedipe has grown frustrated trying to share her thoughts on Twitter in the Yoruba language because her automatically translated tweets usually end up with different meanings. In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Tales passed down in Greek and Roman myths, Yoruba religion or Santeria — among others — have provided plots for evolving forms ranging from Shakespeare’s plays to Marvel Comics franchises. 10 novels making fresh fiction out of ancient myths 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Also included in the curriculum is another “affirmation” dedicated to the Yoruba “divine force” known as Ashe. Parents sue California over mandated ‘chants to Aztec gods’ in ethnic studies classes 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The Yoruba, a farming people with a tradition of kings, live to the west. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelley points out in a catalog essay, reaching back to Africa to evoke the Yoruba word for life force, “Axé,” perhaps as a blessing. The Black Artists Leaving America 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Writer and linguist Kola Tubosun created a multimedia dictionary for the Yoruba language and also created a text-to-speech machine for the language. In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z In Cotonou, Benin, Nigerian authorities are seeking the extradition of Sunday Adeyemo, known locally as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba activist it accuses of plotting a violent insurrection in the southwest of the country. Tight security around Nigeria court as separatist's trial resumes 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z His late father, Charles, is from the same Yoruba tribe as Olajuwon. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s victory is part of a greater basketball moment for Africa 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z In the Western Region, non-Yoruba minorities began to resent Yoruba control. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From what was learned about the heritage and sex of the 36, the Gullah Society organized a ceremony, presided over by Yoruba priests, to give each a name. A racist scientist built a collection of human skulls. Should we still study them? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z For complex Nigerian languages like Yoruba, those accent marks — often associated with tones — make all the difference in communication. In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Surprisingly, two sculptures made by the Yoruba living about 140 miles west of the city have also been traced to the palace looting. Commentary: Two L.A. museums hold art looted during an African massacre a century ago 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The culture of Yoruba people is found in West Africa. We know how to say our names; you should, too. 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z This led to the formation of several Yoruba kingdoms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr Adeyemo achieved some national notoriety last October when he used the country's independence day to call for the creation of an independent Yoruba republic, although he was widely ridiculed for the idea. Sunday Igboho: The Nigeria car salesman going after cattle herders 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Most Yoruba live in southwestern Nigeria, while the Hausa are concentrated in northern states. Nigeria's president calls for calm after clashes in southwest Oyo state 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z As months pass without a pregnancy, Adenike feels torn between her Yoruba culture and her new life in America, struggling to save her marriage. Movies on TV this week: 'Finding Nemo' on Freeform and more 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z I grew up speaking English and Yagba, a dialect of the Yoruba language. We know how to say our names; you should, too. 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Considered divine, Yoruba kings served as the most important religious and political leaders in their kingdoms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd chanted back, “Ashé,” using the Yoruba word that is a rough equivalent to “amen.” New marker notes 1900 New Orleans ‘mass lynching’ 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z In a posh Lagos eatery, a portrait of Trump in a gold-trimmed red agbada, a flowing robe worn by Yoruba men, hangs on the wall. Scorned by Trump, many Nigerians love him all the same 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z If one person knows only English and a second person knows Yoruba, Swahili, French and English, the second person is forced to speak the monoglot’s language. Column: Joe Biden finds a way to handle a brat like Trump 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Ife, which still thrives today, is a religious center of the Yoruba people. Perspective | A thing of beauty 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z According to legend, the creator sent this first ruler down to earth at Ife, where he founded the first Yoruba state. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When an aunt sent Oye Diran an old family photo, he was mesmerised by the high sense of fashion and style exhibited by the Yoruba women of West Africa in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Dressed to impress: Nigeria-style 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Tribal and familial bonds were broken, and African people could no longer identify as Igbo, Yoruba, and Malian. US must confront its Original Sin to move forward 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z As an undergrad, I wrote a musical about Yoruba worship in the New World. 25 top theater minds dream the future: What will the post-pandemic stage look like? 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Scientists found links to the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Yoruba as well as Esan people in Nigeria, plus other groups in western areas of The Gambia. 'Ghost' human ancestor discovered in West Africa 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z His many sons became the heads of other Yoruba kingdoms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The photo was of his mother and her sister adorned in iro and buba, the colourful two-piece outfit of wrapped skirt and top popular with Yoruba women in Nigeria. Dressed to impress: Nigeria-style 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The researchers examined genomic data from hundreds of West Africans including the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin and the Mende people of Sierra Leone, and then compared that with Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes. 'Ghost' ancestors: African DNA study detects mysterious human species 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z When the veteran northern politician, Balarabe Musa, aired his views on Amotekun, he said it was the beginning of a separatist republic for the Yorubas. The 'leopard unit', vigilantes and Nigeria's kidnap crisis 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z In south-western Nigeria, tens of thousands of animists, mainly from the Yoruba ethnic group, attended in August what organisers say is a 600-year-old festival to appease Osun, the goddess of fertility. Africa's top shots in 2019: Mass weddings and Mugabe's funeral 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z All Yoruba chiefs regarded the king of Ife as their highest spiritual authority. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He is also known for translating the Holy Bible into Yoruba, one of the main languages in Nigeria. The former slaves asked to spread British culture in Africa 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The two-week festival is considered to be the biggest annual traditional religious event of the Yoruba people. In pictures: Nigeria's fertility goddess festival 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The Yoruba ethnic group dominates Lagos, while the Igbos are largely in the west and the Hausas in the north. Changing places: Why countries decide to move capitals 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z As for his parents, he is grateful to them for connecting him to his African roots by naming him Obadele, Yoruba for "the king comes home". Moving to Ghana 'to escape racism' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Like the Yoruba kings, the oba, or ruler, of Benin based his right to rule on claims of descent from the first king of Ife. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From lyrics in English, Swahili, Pidgin English, Zulu, Xhosa and Yoruba, the project incorporates several genres from Afrobeats, pop, R&B, hip-hop, and the South African version of house music known as Gqom. Who gains most as Beyoncé champions African stars? 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Before they opened, they made an altar to Yemaya, the Yoruba goddess of the sea who is known as a protector of women, and vowed to always keep a candle burning for her. A queer bar in Mexico City resists attacks with love 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, according to the Paris Review, in Yoruba – spoken in Nigeria among other countries – stories begin with the gleeful announcement: “Here is a story! Story it is.” 'Here is a story! Story it is': how fairytales are told in other tongues 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z In contrast, Mr Kambon is fluent in two West African languages - Akan and Yoruba - and is proficient in a third, Wolof. Moving to Ghana 'to escape racism' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Guayanés took a swig of local liquor in front of a statue of Simón Bolívar and Changó, a deity of the Yoruba religion. Short of electricity, food and water, Venezuelans return to religion 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “The Igbo – I know what they eat. The Yoruba – I know what they eat.” Special Report: Wish You Weren't Here - Postcards from the Edge of... 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The other two, Yoruba and Hausa, despite facing threats from English as well, seem not to be doing as badly. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z She was Nigerian — Yoruba to be exact — and moved to Baltimore from West Virginia as a tenth grader. "There is no generic Africa": Chiwetel Ejiofor fell in love with Malawi for his directorial debut 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z They call the system Tatafo, using the Yoruba word for gossip. This Nigerian doctor might just prevent the next deadly pandemic 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The second-most commonly spoken foreign language in Baltimore County schools after Spanish is Yoruba, a language of Nigeria. Baltimore County schools are rapidly adding students. More than half are immigrants or speak another language. 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The Yorubas of the south-west are split between Muslims and Christians and the Igbos of the south-east and neighbouring groups are mostly Christian or follow traditional religions. Nigeria in nine maps and charts 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z We were taught to see ourselves as Nigerian, not Igbo or Hausa or Yoruba or whatever. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z He had this to say about Yoruba people: “They are reasonable, brave and patriotic, and are capable of a very high degree of intellectual culture.” When the Camera Was a Weapon of Imperialism. (And When It Still Is.) 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z And I imagine it was from the folklore that my mum would tell me – the word soul is used a lot in the Yoruba language, more than you would find in English.” 'Why Jay?': Chigozie Obioma on the haunting death that inspired his novel 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z A few years ago, Glass wrote “Three Yoruba Songs” for Kidjo, using texts in her native Swahili. Review: Philip Glass takes David Bowie and the symphony to new places with a stupendous 'Lodger' 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z They would speak to me in Yoruba and before I could say a word she would say: "She doesn't know how to speak Yoruba." 'I wouldn't choose to be brought up by white parents again' 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Yoruba is one of the languages on a list of suggestions for London police officers to learn, while the BBC World Service’s Hausa-language operation has a larger audience than any other. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z They then turned their efforts to improving access to the goods and services in the Yoruba hinterland. When the Camera Was a Weapon of Imperialism. (And When It Still Is.) 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z It’s a shirt from Niger, though his father’s ID says he is of the Yoruba tribe, from Nigeria. Peacekeepers left more than 6,000 children in Liberia 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z It's a shirt from Niger, though his father's ID says he is of the Yoruba tribe, from Nigeria. Peacekeepers left more than 6,000 children in Liberia 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Inspired by a visit to Nigeria in the 1970s, he has recorded in Yoruba, as well as Creole French, Spanish and Dutch. Mighty Sparrow: the king of calypso on freedom, Windrush and oral sex 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “Don’t you hear the Yorubas speaking their own language?” ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The Yoruba were already by that time a populous and diverse ethnic group, full of rivalrous kingdoms large and small, some friendly to the British, others less so. When the Camera Was a Weapon of Imperialism. (And When It Still Is.) 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Instead, according to the Pentagon, the top languages spoken by recruits brought in through the program are Korean, Chinese Mandarin, Nepalese, Hindi, Swahili, Tagalog, French, Yoruba, Russian and Portuguese Brazilian. APNewsBreak: Pentagon’s immigrant recruit program stymied 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Instead, there are direct references to Yoruba masking traditions and contemporary charismatic Christianity. Photographing Past Stereotype 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are Nigeria's major languages, as well as English - used to foster unity in a country with numerous ethnic groups. The village with 'male and female languages' 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z When I got to this country one of the first things I remember is speaking Yoruba in the car with my mum. 'I'm not hiding my white boyfriend' 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The Afenifere, a Yoruba interest group, is opposed to the idea, saying ranches would not be welcomed anywhere in Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria because they suspect the herders would want to annex their land. Could ranches solve Nigeria's deadly herder-farmer conflict? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z His music is a mix of Yoruba, English and Pidgin. Nigerian star's son aged one 'drowns' 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Siyonbola, who founded the Yoruba Cultural Institute in Brooklyn, is the author of a book about African history and diaspora migration. A Black Student at Yale Was Napping in a Common Area, and Someone Called the Police 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Traditional Yoruba beliefs hold that all people possess a destiny or fate and that eventually people become one spirit with a divine creator and source of all energy. Inside the Strange World of the Illicit Hummingbird Love Charm Trade 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z There are popular stereotypes about the three major ethnic groups—Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa—which everyone draws upon for fun. Why Nigeria's hate speech bill is a jokes killer 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z There are very few news publications in Igbo and Yoruba in Nigeria, so it is hoped the new BBC services will be popular with Nigerians at home - and in the diaspora. BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z At last week’s opening ceremony, they entered the Olympic Stadium wearing green and white aso-oke, a Yoruba cloth worn on special occasions. Nigeria’s American bobsledders proudly represent heritage 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Candomble was developed by Brazil’s slave populations, who associated the Yoruba gods of their native West Africa with the Roman Catholic saints they encountered in the New World. AP PHOTOS: Brazilians honor sea goddess Yemanja 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Nicho’s religion is Yoruba, named for one of Nigeria’s main ethnic groups, an African faith now commonly followed in Cuba, the Caribbean, Latin America, and some parts of the U.S. Inside the Strange World of the Illicit Hummingbird Love Charm Trade 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z And any joke teller is guaranteed an instant laugh if he suddenly switches to a thick Yoruba accent, complete with the misplaced "h" sounds and the heavyweight tones. Why Nigeria's hate speech bill is a jokes killer 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z "Delivering content and engaging with the Igbo and Yoruba audiences in their mother tongues is authentic, exciting and refreshing," she says. BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The proto-Krio mix thus combined early African-American English, Jamaican Patois and west African languages such as Yoruba. The painful origins of many creole languages 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z This year’s holiday concert started with a song whose lyrics were in the Nigerian languages Yoruba and Igbo. Strong vocals: Kenai teacher brings excitement to the choir 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z This year’s holiday concert started with a song whose lyrics were in the Nigerian languages Yoruba and Igbo. Strong vocals: Kenai teacher brings excitement to the choir 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z It plans to add the West African languages Igbo and Yoruba next year. The BBC in Pidgin? People Like It Well-Well 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Igbo is primarily spoken in south-east Nigeria and Yoruba in the south-west, as well as in Benin and Togo. BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z A project of the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation, it’s shaped after a musical instrument used by the west African Yoruba people called the talking drum. 'A new vision of who we are': the inclusive monuments to reinvigorate America 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z If the initiative succeeds, Nigerians will be in for a shock when they hear greetings - such as "sannu" in Hausa, "ekason" in Yoruba or "kedu" in Igbo - from those in military fatigues. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Consider the potential danger of a situation in Nigeria, where the Hausa man insists his culture is being appropriated by the Yoruba. Africa has been failed by westernisation. It must cast off its subservience | Chigozie Obioma 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Three more sites will launch next year - in Igbo, Yoruba and Serbian. From goats to baby boxes - 20 years of BBC news online 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z It is a braised oxtail and bean combination, which has been borrowed from the Yoruba culture, one of the country's indigenous ethnic groups. Nigeria's growing taste for haute cuisine 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z "You don't need to know a lot about Yoruba music to just feel it. "We were afraid people would feel it wasn't genuine, but it was inevitable for us because it's part of our culture. 'They buried us, but we were seeds' 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z If the initiative succeeds, Nigerians will be in for a shock when they hear greetings - such as "sannu" in Hausa, "ekason" in Yoruba or "kedu" in Igbo - from those in military fatigues. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z It's a common perception we heard many times here - that Igbo people are marginalised in a Nigeria that only serves the interests of the two other main ethnic groups - the Hausa and Yoruba. 'Nigeria treats us like slaves' - but is Biafra the answer? - BBC News 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z However, many women worry that nuptials are frequented by “Yoruba demons”, stereotypically promiscuous young men from south-west Nigeria. The unwritten rules of Nigerian dating 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Deep respect for leaders is a pillar of the culture of the Yoruba people, one of Nigeria's biggest ethnic groups. Why Oba of Lagos 'snubbing' Ooni of Ife shocked Nigeria - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The sisters' harmonies, meanwhile, draw on Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and the rich Yoruba culture imported to Cuba via slave ships from Nigeria and Benin. 'They buried us, but we were seeds' 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The languages in question - Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba - represent the three dominant communities in the country, but that still leaves out a large number of Nigerians from the country's several hundred other ethnic groups. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Before Blessing disappeared, she met with a Yoruba trafficker without telling her family, but she balked when she discovered that the woman wanted her to become a sex worker. The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The couple wanted to know how people are affected by his design - a building with a three-tiered shape inspired by a symbol from the Yoruba people of West Africa featuring a crown. Architect shapes nation’s view of African American history 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Though there are various interpretations by historians and scholars on the origins of Yoruba people, the Ooni of Ife is widely acknowledged as the overall leader and is known as the "king of kings". Why Oba of Lagos 'snubbing' Ooni of Ife shocked Nigeria - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The couple wanted to know how people are affected by his design — a building with a three-tiered shape inspired by a symbol from the Yoruba people of West Africa featuring a crown. Architect shapes nation's view of African American history 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z The languages in question - Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba - represent the three dominant communities in the country, but that still leaves out a large number of Nigerians from the country's several hundred other ethnic groups. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z I look “Muslim” but I am an evangelical Christian whose tribal affiliation in Nigeria is Yoruba. A Modest, Modern Proposal – updated for the Trump administration | Susan Straight 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z “There’s a difference between that and the iconography of the Yoruba religion you see on the western part of the island.” Artist Alberto Lescay didn't just create Cuba's largest sculpture, he's teaching a new generation 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z "It sends a wrong signal - that the norms, values and culture of the Yoruba people are being taken for granted." Why Oba of Lagos 'snubbing' Ooni of Ife shocked Nigeria - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Working in Benin, the photographer and multimedia artist Akpo focuses on the subject of bridal dowries in the Yoruba and Nago communities. LagosPhoto: the Nigerian festival challenging the world's Afro-pessimism 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z So now I understand clearly the never-ending undercurrent of ethnic restiveness between the Yoruba and the Fulani peoples in the Kwara state capital. Letter from Africa: Why Nigerians need to learn their history - BBC News 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z “You don’t need to be able to speak Yoruba to understand it,” says Lisa-Kaindé. The Musical Twin Sisters Beloved by Karl Lagerfeld and Beyoncé 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The building is topped with a “corona” inspired by the three-tiered crowns used in Yoruba art of West Africa. Museum of African American History opens this weekend 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Its three-tiered shape is inspired by a symbol from the Yoruba people of West Africa featuring a crown. Black American journey finally enshrined in national museum 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Adjaye and his partner, Philip Freelon, call this outer cladding a “corona,” a reference to the beaded crowns characteristic of Yoruba art, from West Africa. Making a Home for Black History 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Santeria, a religion native to the Caribbean that combines the Yoruba traditions of West African slaves with Catholic teachings of Spanish colonizers, is also popular among those seeking spiritual guidance outside the Catholic church. Venezuelans seek spirituality from mountain goddess, African traditions 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Photograph: Jason Hornick The structure is modeled on a traditional wooden column design borrowed from the Yoruba people, in present day Nigeria, said lead architect David Adjaye. Inside the new Smithsonian: a vivid exploration of African American history 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z When two Hausas meet, they always speak Hausa, and it's the same when two Yorubas meet. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z In patrilineal Yoruba societies, where men claimed most positions of political power, women claimed the power of witchcraft to “use that power against the institutions of society” and “militate against … total male dominance.” Beyoncé’s Lemonade Is Black Woman Magic 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z “I don’t follow that stuff anymore,” said Woodbine, a Yoruba shaman who teaches philosophy and religious studies at Phillips Academy, or Andover, as it is known. A Philosophical Journey Leads Back to Basketball 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Its Santeria religion is a blend of Catholicism and the Yoruba practices of western Africa. For black Cubans, Obama visit a source of pride, inspiration 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Missionaries of the last few centuries journeyed to China or Africa or the Americas to encounter the followers of other faiths, whether Buddhist or Yoruba or Aztec. Evangelists Adapt to a New Era, Preaching the Gospel to Skeptics 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z One of the show’s most eye-catching objects is a costume from the Yoruba culture of Nigeria, created for use in a performance invoking aid from ancestral spirits. Art and Ceremony Intertwine at Hosftra University African Exhibit 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z "I was striving to illuminate Nike's dedication to the preservation and transmission of traditional Yoruba belief structures, art techniques and visual vocabularies to new generations," says Lipper of her series of portraits. In pictures: The power of one woman - BBC News 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z In Nigeria, he began studying to be initiated as a Yoruba shaman, a process he completed in 2012. A Philosophical Journey Leads Back to Basketball 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z An official announcement of the Yoruba king's death is expected later. Nigeria's Olubadan, ruler of Ibadan land, dies at 101 - BBC News 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The majority are Yorubas from southern Nigeria, together with some Hausas from the north. The diverse origins of Britain's Muslims - BBC News 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z As a Yoruba woman she wants to learn about her own culture and became really interested in Egungun and these mask ancestors. Mask observation: how artists are reinventing African masquerade 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z He is a "provocative artist and filmmaker," said Yoruba Richen, a black documentary director. 'Hateful Eight's' Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson touch raw nerve of racism 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The tournaments are often named for players who have been killed, and thus function like Yoruba rituals. A Philosophical Journey Leads Back to Basketball 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Scholars say it was imported to Cuba through slaves brought from the Nigeria's Yoruba tribe, and it is now widely practiced in the Caribbean. Man accused of stealing human remains for Santeria rites agrees to return to Massachusetts 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Nigeria did not exist until British colonialists drew a line around hundreds of fractious ethnic groups dominated by the Igbo in the east, the Yoruba in the west, and the Hausa-Fulani in the north. Go your own way 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Masking varies from culture to culture, even in a country as populous as Nigeria, home to traditions as varied as the Edo in the north and Yoruba in the south. Mask observation: how artists are reinventing African masquerade 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z When, after 21 days, he emerges, after meekly following secret religious rites, he will be another being - the Ooni proper, second in rank to the Yoruba deities. Letter from Africa: What’s the point of Nigeria’s traditional kings? - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z They are words in Yoruba, a widely spoken West African language that has its roots in the Old Stone Age. Some Rules of Language are Wired in the Brain 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z They are partly in English and partly in the Yoruba and Twi languages. West Africa: A forgotten heritage revealed - BBC News 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z He and his colleagues estimate that 7 percent of the genomes of the Yoruba people of Nigeria are of Eurasian origin. Scientists Sequence First Ancient Human Genome From Africa 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z And in some ways, they were: They started off the show with the a cappella “Eleggua,” a throaty hymn that worships a spirit in the West African Yoruba culture, from which the French-Cuban sisters descend. Ibeyi: 20-year-old twins with haunting and melodic songs 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z He returned not only as a real estate tycoon but also as Ooni of Ife - their paramount ruler and the spiritual leader of all Yoruba people at home and in the diaspora. Letter from Africa: What’s the point of Nigeria’s traditional kings? - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Today, the twins honor their ancestors, singing in both English and Yoruba, the West African dialect that was brought to Cuba in the 1700s during the Atlantic slave trade. Ibeyi keeps it all in the family 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z He was respected by most Yorubas, who number about 35 million, in south-west Nigeria, Togo and Benin. Nigerian monarch Oba Okunade Sijuwade to be buried in Ife - BBC News 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z His choreography was sharp, ecstatic, pyretic; while his dancers, swathed in brilliant fabrics and ornate feathered headpieces, merged the rhapsodic convulsions common to the Shango and Yoruba faiths with sleek pirouettes and dazzling leaps. Geoffrey Holder exhibition looks to capture 'absolute joy' of Trinidad's 'charisma bomb' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Their hour-long set floated on like a melodic memoir, packed with haunting odes to the ghost of their father, the spirit of their dead older sister and elusive Yoruba deities. Ibeyi: 20-year-old twins with haunting and melodic songs 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The Yoruba are the second largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Letter from Africa: What’s the point of Nigeria’s traditional kings? - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Throughout the album, the twins speak of family and faith while infusing their music with Yoruba chants. Ibeyi keeps it all in the family 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker from New York City. Director Yoruba Richen: 'Not enough of us telling our stories' 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Similarities were found between the Catholic Saint George and the Yoruba god of war, Ogum, for example, and the traditions began to fuse. Confessions of a British Carnival dancer in Rio 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The 43-year-old businessman ordered parts from China and began making dolls based on Nigeria ethnic groups Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. How these Barbie-like dolls are making a difference to young kids 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The Yorubas of the south-west are split between Muslims and Christians and the Igbos of the south-east and neighbouring groups are mostly Christian or animist. Nigeria elections: Mapping a nation divided 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Spiraling close to two feet in the air, the style — Onile Gogoro in Yoruba — was sported by women across Lagos, like a crown that symbolized the aspirations of a new and striving nation. Hairstyles That Ascend, and Aspire, in Nigeria 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Using several different methods of analysis, the team reconstructed population sizes for the ancestors of the Khoisan, as well as for Europeans, Asians, and another African group, the Yoruba. Dwindling African tribe may have been most populous group on planet 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The Yoruba Elders International Society, a local charitable organization, organized the event. Local West Africans organize Ebola lecture 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Fani-Kayode's portraits of the male nude are influenced by surrealism, American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and Yoruba culture, along with an emerging Black British ethic focusing on race, gender and cultural identity. In pictures: Exploring the African male 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Keen on preserving her Nigerian identity and eager to propagate facets of Nigerian culture, she conceived the idea of lining high-quality leather bags with Aso-oke fabric, a hand-loomed cloth woven by Nigeria’s Yoruba people. Meet The Nigerian Fashion Designer Building Africa's Hermès 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z I corrected him and told him that I was Yoruba. Stranded in SoHo, With No Phone and No Money 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z The song's name derives from afoxé, a Yoruba word meaning "the power of the word". LatAm Beats: Brazil's Curumin 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Nigeria is dominated by three major languages: Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, with English also used to maintain the country's unity amid a diverse cultural mix. Nigerian languages fight for survival 2014-03-04T12:06:56Z Born in Lagos to a prominent Yoruba family, he moved as a refugee to Brighton, UK, in 1966 and went on to study in the US before settling in Brixton, London. In pictures: Exploring the African male 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Although it is not the most convenient thing to carry around, a xylophone is just what is needed to get to grips with the tricky tonal pronunciation of Nigeria's Yoruba names. Nigeria's thriving art and music scene 2013-11-20T11:47:58Z They spoke heatedly in Yoruba, the local language. Let there be light in Lagos 2013-10-26T00:09:54Z Many of the people who observe the traditional Yoruba celebration are Christians and Muslims... Africa in pictures: 23-29 August 2013 2013-08-30T13:45:22Z He said that the Igbo people of the south-east and the Yoruba of the south-west were smarting for war over alleged maltreatment meted to some Igbo people residing in Lagos, the commercial capital. Letter from Africa: Playing the ethnic card 2013-08-20T12:10:45Z Analysts say it remains to be seen whether the opposition coalition -- largely a patchwork of competing interests from the north and the predominantly ethnic Yoruba southwest around the commercial hub of Lagos -- can hold together. Nigeria opposition coalition cleared to run in poll 2013-07-31T15:50:15Z The Adebolajos were a Christian family, and their surname suggests they are members of the Yoruba community from the mainly Christian south. Insight: In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own 2013-05-23T17:26:26Z The Nigerian government is currently dominated by Christian Yorubas. News Analysis: Getting Polio Campaigns Back on Track 2012-12-24T23:55:23Z Prayers were read in Arabic, Hindi, Yoruba and Tagalog as well as English, French and Italian. Pope tells new cardinals: shun "worldly logic of power" 2012-11-25T11:53:05Z Of Cuba’s Catholics, five percent or less go to church and many practice santería, a widespread belief system that blends the Yoruba religion with roots in Africa with Catholicism. Pope Visit Highlights Cuban Church?s Delicate Balancing Act 2012-03-22T20:54:05Z David Adjaye, the project’s chief designer, says those sprouting bronze metal bands derive from Yoruba motifs. Slave Receipt, Caddy Lead $500 Million African American Museum 2012-02-21T15:27:30Z “Those,” explains the old Coaster kindly, “were the old ‘Yoruba’ and ‘Gambia.’ West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Porto Novo is inhabited by a tribe called Nago, which has an admixture of Yoruba blood and speaks a Yoruba dialect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Here he devoted himself to the preparation of school-books, and the translation of the Bible and Prayer-Book into Yoruba and other dialects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z For them, Our Lady of Charity, or Our Lady of Cobre, who they syncretize as Ochún, is the Yoruba deity of love, fertility and money. Pope Visit Highlights Cuban Church?s Delicate Balancing Act 2012-03-22T20:54:05Z The Shanghai team may be looking at the difference in malaria resistance between the Yoruba and other African populations, not the difference between today’s African-Americans and their African ancestors, he said. Genome Research Points to Adaptation Among Early African-Americans 2012-01-02T16:50:04Z I do not know Yoruba land personally, but have had many opportunities of inquiring regarding its Fetish from educated and uneducated natives of that country whom I have met down Coast as traders and artisans. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z All northern states have substantial Christian minorities and up to half of Nigeria's more than 30-million strong southwestern Yoruba ethnic group are thought to be Muslim, although nobody knows the real figure. Insight: Islamist attacks strain Nigeria's north-south divide 2011-12-29T13:11:35Z At 33, he found himself at the vortex of simmering ethnic rivalries among Nigeria’s Hausas in the north, Yorubas in the southwest and Ibos in the southeast. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Leader of Breakaway Republic of Biafra, Dies at 78 2011-11-26T23:09:51Z In the Egba tribes of the Yoruba country they become objects of worship. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The writer was 100% right about what he said on our marriages in Nigeria, and he even spoke against the way Yoruba ladies live their lives after wedding. Sola Odunfa: The price of marriage 2011-06-29T16:40:36Z How is it the ‘Yoruba Rock’ and the ‘Gambia Rock?’ West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z With all the powerful branco slaveholders dead, the drums proclaimed, the white indentures would rise up and join with the Yoruba. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "When day dawns, you rejoice," say the Yorubas; "do you not know that the day of death is so much the nearer?" Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Young and old, rural and urban, Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba: each group sees the world differently. Advertising in Africa: Nigeria's mad men 2011-04-28T10:55:18Z The team compared the collected DNA with samples from more-extensively studied tribal peoples such as the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania, and the Yoruba of western Africa. Gene Study Challenges Human Origins in Eastern Africa 2011-03-08T01:45:00.447Z Below Yoruba comes a district, the Oil Rivers, where, alas, Ellis did not penetrate, and where no ethnologist, unless you will graciously extend the term to me, has ever cautiously worked. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z They too seemed to be waiting for the appearance of the new Yoruba moon. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In Yoruba tradition he takes the place of the Spider with the Fantis, all mankind being descended from him. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z This is the largest seaport of the Yoruba country and of all this portion of West Africa. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z His family calls him “Olakunle,” a name that means “the wealth that fills the house” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria, where Akeem Ajimotokan grew up adored as the youngest of four boys. BMW Robbery Victim Is Called Trusting 2011-02-01T02:50:01Z Whether or no to place Benin with Yoruba or with Calabar is a problem. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The men of the Yoruba, on plantations the length of the island, were ready. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The photo of a mannequin in Yoruba dress displayed in front of a picture of a similarly dressed prince was taken by Susana Raab of the Anacostia Community Museum, not by a Washington Post photographer. Corrections 2010-08-20T04:00:00Z At one sweltering viewing shack in Lagos, young men raised beers and shouted praises in Yoruba, a language spoken by the country's patchwork of ethnic groups. Letter from Nigeria: Super Eagles allow hopes to soar 2010-06-15T10:51:00Z Researchers compared the Neanderthal genome to the genomes of five living people: one San from southern Africa, one Yoruba from West Africa, one Papua New Guinean, one Han Chinese and one French person. Scientists Sequence the Neanderthal Genome 2010-05-06T20:05:00Z There is, no doubt, a very close connection between it and Yoruba. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z But then you have the mark on your cheek like the clan sign of a Yoruba. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Yoruba people in the west and south demand independence, while the Igbo people live in the east and south. Gaddafi wants more Nigeria splits 2010-03-29T15:08:00Z We Itsekiris have a strong culture of hygiene—like the Yorubas.” 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z It was carried at the point of the bayonet by the Yoruba troops, who proved themselves fully equal to the Hausa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Moreover, all these gods in all these districts have regular priests and priestesses in dozens, while below Yoruba regular priests and priestesses are rare. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z All the Yoruba had agreed to rise up, and final preparations had been coordinated across the island using the iya ilu drum. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z A lesson on the importance of keeping up one's dignity, even in Yoruba circles, is given in the hint, "If thou husketh corn with the fowl it will not esteem thee." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Did you vote for Abiola, our Yoruba President that never was? 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z Labour might be brought from Yorubaland close by, and a Yoruba colony has been experimentally started. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The ‘Yoruba’ and the ‘Gambia’ are running now.” West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z "But to have a Yoruba name means to possess something the branco can never own." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Among the Yorubas ‘conventional modesty forbids a woman to speak to her husband, or even to see him, if it can be avoided.’ Custom and Myth New Edition The Yoruba man who was admired all over the country, but whose election was cancelled by General Babangida?” 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z "And she rides the gray gelding, the son of Yoruba!" The Garden of Eden The fourth tribe is the Benin people proper, whose territory is supposed to extend as far back as the boundaries of the Yoruba nation, starting from the right bank of the Benin River. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z "Tonight you may discover you truly are a Yoruba woman, so it is well that you look like one." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Certainly they were neither Hausa nor Fulani, there being no signs of Hamitic features, but neither were they Ibo or Yoruba from farther south. Black Man's Burden The foregoing account is identical with that in the regimental records, with the exception that the Yorubas are not in the latter credited with so large a share in the mutiny. The History of the First West India Regiment It was a bitter war, and soon the Hinderers were cut off from all communication with their fellow-missionaries in the Yoruba country. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines According to Clapperton the Benin people are descendants of the Yoruba tribes, the Yoruba tribes being descended from six brothers, all the sons of one mother. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z She glanced around and through the dark saw the silhouettes of the Yoruba men from the slave quarters. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z This cause of short crops in Yoruba is evidently incurable. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject According to Colonel Bush's account, the greater majority of the mutineers were Popos, Congos, and Eboes; the Yorubas who took part in it being very few in number. The History of the First West India Regiment One of the first white women to risk the dangers of the Yoruba climate was Anna Hinderer, to whom belongs the honour of being the first of her colour to visit Ibadan. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines The Yoruba country is between the other two I have mentioned. The Three Midshipmen Through the smoke he quickly began to intone a solemn acknowledgement to the Yoruba high god. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The fact that the Yorubas generally produce their charcoal from the hull of the palm nut, is an evidence of the long-continued and abundant use of the latter article for the manufacture of oil. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party On the other hand, both Sergeant Merry and Corporal Plague, who defended the officers' quarters against the recruits, were Yorubas. The History of the First West India Regiment The boys being eager to learn English she would point to a tree, pig, horse, or anything near by, and the youngsters would tell her the Yoruba name for it. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines Among the thousands of negroes they have captured and liberated were many hundreds who had been taken from the Yoruba country, and who were settled at Sierra Leone. The Three Midshipmen You are truly a woman of the Yoruba, and tonight you have brought us Shango's power. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z This is the great outlet of the rich valley of the Niger by land, and the only point of the ocean upon which the intelligent and advanced Yorubas are settled. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party The men were all Hausas and Yorubas, with the exception of one company of Neupas. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti Thus among the Egba tribe of the Yoruba race the supposed "Voice of Oro," their god of vengeance, is produced by a bullroarer, which is actually worshipped as the god himself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Now, several of the Yoruba natives I have spoken of, who had become possessed of property, purchased a vessel, and visited Lagos and Badagry to trade. The Three Midshipmen Suddenly she saw herself, in Pernambuco, being urged gently forward by her Yoruba mother as the slaves drummed in the cool evening air. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The domestic trade among the natives in the interior of our part of Africa—Yoruba—is very great. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party One is a German barque lying close to the bar of the fussy little river; the other, a huge mass of rust, is the hapless Yoruba. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The Yoruba language of Africa is another example of most lavish use of subtraction; but it here results in a system much less consistent and natural than that just considered. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development The greater part of the inhabitants are now Christians, and Mr Crowther is engaged in translating the Bible into the Yoruba language. The Three Midshipmen How, she wondered, did you pray to a Yoruba god? Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Cotton grows profusely in all this part of Africa, and is not only produced naturally, but extensively cultivated throughout the Yoruba country. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party The Yorubas from the upper country, who will engage for three years, demand from a franc to a shilling per diem, rations not given. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative One of the Yoruba units is 200; and all the odd hundreds up to 2000, the next higher unit, are formed by subtracting 100 from the next higher multiple of 200. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development To the east is the Yoruba country, and to the south, further round the bay, is the kingdom of Benin. The Three Midshipmen There were sharp words in Yoruba and Atiba paused, a frozen silhouette poised above the planter. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He has recently returned from the Yoruba country, adjoining the territory of the King of Dahomey, and desires to elicit a favorable consideration for the African Aid Society. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party He has translated the Bible into the Yoruba language, founded schools, and directed the energies of his people with a matchless zeal. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The Yoruba scale, to which reference has already been made, p. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development The Yoruba have a legend of a dying divinity. The Negro Then the hard staccato sounds came again, the drums, their Yoruba words drifting up over the rooftop from somewhere in the distance and flooding her with dread, wrenching her heart. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Ellis has devoted two interesting books, including chapters in the folklore of the Yoruba and Ewe-speaking peoples of this region. Primitive Love and Love-Stories This nation is flanked by Ashantee on the west, and Yoruba on the east; running from the seacoast on the south to the Kong mountains on the north. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens He did his thinking in English, but he was a Yoruba negro, and the race type had remained the same throughout his generations. American Notes The influence of these trade routes, added to those of Egypt, Ethiopia, Benin, and Yoruba, stimulated centers of culture in the central and western Sudan, and European and African trade early reached large volume. The Negro He signaled the other Yoruba, who moved on quickly toward the curing house, where the pots of white sugar waited. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z An official newspaper is published in the Yoruba and English languages. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 For example, the other day I had a set of porters composed of four Bassa boys, two Wei Weis, one Dualla, and two Yorubas. Travels in West Africa Beyond it the land forms, as in Yoruba, lines of crescents bulging west or seaward, quartz and pebbles showing here and there an old true coast. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 The Timbuktu cities have from five to fifteen hundred towns, while the Yoruba cities have one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants and more. The Negro The sight of them had made her reflect sadly that Atiba and his Yoruba warriors had no horses. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Abeokuta is the headquarters of the Yoruba branch of the Church Missionary Societyi and British and American, missionaries have met with some success in their civilizing work. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The formation, in fact, is everywhere that of Eyo or Yoruba, the goodly region lying west of the lower Niger, and its fertility must result from the abundant water supply of the equatorial belt. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Among the Yorubas, soon after a child has been born, a priest of Ifa, the god of divination, appears on the scene to ascertain what ancestral soul has been reborn in the infant. The Golden Bough The Yoruba cities are not only different from the Sudanese in population, but in their social relations. The Negro The gun came up and fired, but the two Yoruba warriors were already gone, swallowed in the night. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z At Abeokuta in Yoruba a man will send a symbolical letter in the shape of cowries, palm-nuts and other kernels strung on rice- straw, and sharp wits readily interpret the meaning. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 It is far superior to the flimsy muslin affairs supplied in an Anglo-Indian outfit, or to the coarse matting used in Yoruba. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 When the king dies his head is cut off and sent to his nominal suzerain, the Alafin of Oyo, the paramount king of Yoruba land; but his heart is eaten by his successor. The Golden Bough West of Yoruba on the lower courses of the Niger is Benin, an ancient state which in 1897 traced its twenty-three kings back one thousand years; some legends even named a line of sixty kings. The Negro The first shadow cast by the moon on this the fourth day of the Yoruba week—the day sacred to Ogun—was the signal to begin. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z As late as Man, for July, 1906, No. 66, Mr. Parkinson published interesting Yoruba legends about Oleron, the maker and father of men, and Oro, the Master of the Bull Roarer. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 In India this is the mundane egg of Brahma; and it reappears among the Yorubas as a pair of calabashes put together like oyster-shells, one making a dome over the other. Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology In Yoruba the thing is managed a little differently. The Golden Bough Later and also to the west of the Yoruba come two states showing a fiercer and ruder culture, Dahomey and Ashanti. The Negro But then, finally, she did sense faint voices, in Yoruba, and she knew Shango was there. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z I found out in Brazil the Yoruba there can talk somehow with a special kind of drum they've got, one that looks like a big hourglass. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Yoruba priests had never been known to mention a white god called Jesu. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Thus the Yorubas hold that every man has three spiritual inmates, of whom the first, called Olori, dwells in the head and is the man’s protector, guardian, and guide. The Golden Bough Ancient Yoruba had the cruelty of a semi-civilized land, but it was not dominant or tyrannical. The Negro "One of the Yoruba men who was with him." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In less than a minute all the Yoruba on Barbados had heard their babalawo's exact words. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z You may speak our tongue, but there is nothing left of your Yoruba blood. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He fixed her with his dark gaze, and the three Yoruba clan marks on his cheek seemed etched in ebony. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Yoruba forms one of the three city groups of West Africa; another is around Timbuktu, and a third in the Hausa states. The Negro Tonight the branco will learn how a Yoruba fights for his people. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Even if your father was a branco, you were born of a Yoruba woman. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The first thing I want to do tonight is give you back a Yoruba name. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z To this black Yoruba, this strong, proud man of Africa, she would give herself freely and with love. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Hausa cities are many of them important, but few are as large as the Yoruba cities and they lie farther apart. The Negro Across the island, the men of the Yoruba had honored their vows. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The taste of its honeyed sweetness enters the dream, and she finds herself drifting deeper into sleep as his arms encircle her, drawing her up against him with soft Yoruba words. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He found himself suddenly remembering a Yoruba woman he had loved once, not one of his wives, but a tall woman who served the royal compound at Ife. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The one the Yoruba call on most is Shango, the god of thunder and lightning, and of fire. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Among the Yoruba, for instance, Frobenius shows that religion and city-state go hand in hand. The Negro She had listened breathlessly night after starry night as he spun out ancient Yoruba legends of the goddess Oshun—who he said was the favorite wife of Shango. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Yoruba in this room also knows the language of the Portugals. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Yoruba gods of her mother counted for nothing. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He nodded and shifted the large drum—the Yoruba iya ilu—that hung at his waist, suspended from a wide shoulder strap. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The older Negro culture was not overthrown, but, like a great wedge, pushed upward and inward from Yoruba, and gave stubborn battle to the newer culture for seven or eight centuries. The Negro "After you make me 'Yoruba,' I will still be a slave to the Ingles." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In fact, whipping the Yoruba was almost worse, since a seaman could always jump ship at the next port. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Let me tell you, Joan, there was plenty of Yoruba talk this morning. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "I was taught also by a babalawo, a Yoruba priest, in Brazil." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Frobenius expressed his astonishment at the originality of the African in the Yoruba temple which he visited. The Negro Her mother would sometimes stroke her soft skin and explain that the Christians' false God must have been copied from Olorun, the Yoruba high god and deity of the cosmos. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Yoruba still had his cutlass at his waist, and Serina, her white shift torn and stained from the underbrush, was now carrying a Spanish flintlock. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Yoruba men fell forward to touch the feet of the tall mulata who towered over them, demanding worship. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Its trunk was flanked on each side by the outline of an elephant tusk, another symbol of the Yoruba god. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z AH three centers, however, are connected with the Niger, and the group nearest the coast—that is, the Yoruba cities—has the greatest numbers of towns, the most developed architectural styles, and the oldest institutions. The Negro Now all eyes narrowed in apprehension, waiting for this babalawo, the priest of the Yoruba, to speak and interpret the verses that revealed the message in the cowries. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z From somewhere in her past there rose up an identical scene, years ago in Brazil, when all the Yoruba, men and women, had gathered to dance. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Yoruba warriors do not hold council with women. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z It was spring in Brazil, and as she looked up she saw the face of the old Yoruba babalawo. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z This social and industrial state of the Yorubas formerly spread and wielded great influence. The Negro But the men of the Yoruba would never be made to serve. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z She suddenly recalled the long-forgotten Yoruba verses and wanted to join in, but the words floated away. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Then a voice comes, a voice only she can hear, whose Yoruba words say her mind can rest. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The voice of Shango was telling them that the Yoruba must join with the other men of Africa if they would not all die as slaves. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The system of educating children among such tribes as the Yoruba is worthy of emulation by many more civilized peoples. The Negro Have you ever listened to these Yoruba talk? Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z She realized now that the Yoruba were still too few, too powerless to revolt. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z She had never been part of a true Yoruba ceremony for the gods; she had only heard them described, and that so long ago she had forgotten almost everything. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z If no iron were readily at hand, a Yoruba would swear by the earth itself, from whence came ore. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "I wish you would leave your Yoruba gods in Africa, where they belong." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Bori religion spreads from Nubia as far as the Hausa, and from Lake Chad in the Niger as far as the Yoruba. The Negro The only thing wanting was that staple of the Yoruba people, the yam. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He could not understand why the branco slaves who worked alongside the Yoruba allowed themselves to be fed on boiled corn mush. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z |
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