Yoruba: African Orishas - Paperback

by Yananiso Aku (Author)

The Yoruba have a wide range of social and political structures, but they share several common characteristics. Members of the patrilineage live together under a headman's jurisdiction, share certain names and taboos, worship their deity, and access lineage lands based on patrilineal descent. The egbe, a male recreational association; the aro, a farmer's mutual-aid association; and the esusu, whose members pay a fixed sum of money and may obtain loans, are among the Yoruba's voluntary associations. The oba and a council of chiefs have political power; constituent towns each have their ruler subordinate to the oba. The oba is also a ceremonial chief who is revered.

West Africa is home to the Yoruba people. It ranges from the north to the south, from a savanna (grassland) area to tropical rain forests. The majority of Yoruba people live in Nigeria. However, Benin and Togo, both small countries to the west of Nigeria, have a few dispersed communities.

Some of the Ideas defined on this e-book are:

• THE LANGUAGE
• RELIGION
• LIFE IN THE FAMILY
• CLOTHING
• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
• HERITAGE CULTURAL
• SPORTING EVENTS
• YORUBA STATES
• YORUBA CULTURE
• FOOD CULTURE IN YORÙBÁ
• YORUBA CUISINE & FOOD
• ORO FESTIVAL
• 10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT YORUBA CULTURE
• THE TRUTH ABOUT YORUBA CULTURE
• HOW TO INVOKE OSHUN, THE YORUBA GODDESS OF SENSUALITY AND PROSPERITY
• HOW DO YOU KNOW IF AN ORISHA HAS SELECTED YOU?
• THE STORY OF OSHUN
• IN TODAY'S CULTURE, OSHUN IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE
• JOURNALING AS A MEANS OF GENERATING AN ABUNDANCE
• A RITUAL TO INVOKE OSHUN
• BEING ABLE TO SEE GOD AMONG THE ORISHAS