1: The Yoruba Religion believes in a kind of reincarnation provided by their Gods. These Gods are very sacred to the Yoruba people. They are viewed as representations of the natural forces present in life. In addition, they have strong reverence of their ancestors. These ancestors at times will return in spiritual form in order to aid their descendants. The main problem religion recognizes is the losing of one’s self or in other words not following one’s destiny. The belief of the Yoruba is that
African Yoruba Orisa worship is said to be a widely practiced African religion. The Yoruba religion is prominent in regions such as Brazil, Costa Rica, Columbia, Trinidad, Haiti, Trinidad, and Cuba. This religious practice has a few differences from Christianity. One of the most obvious differences would be that Christianity is a monotheistic religion, and the Yoruba religion is assumed to be polytheistic. When the Africans were brought to the New World during the Maafa, many of them practiced this
response to diverse faith within our healthcare practices. This essay serves to compare these three different religious philosophies: Yoruba, Hinduism (karma) and Buddhism, to a Christian’s perspective. These religions have wide perspectives but one will key in on health management and what to expect from healthcare point of view while caring for these patients. Yoruba religion is based on nature worshipping and is rooted deeply on respect for the environment. Their divinities is called Òrìsà, when it
Religion is meant to be recognized heard and understood and Yoruba is of those religion. Yoruba is a religion of understanding, growing and seeking. In this paper the religion Yoruba will be dissected to better understand it. Yoruba originate in West Africa, Nigeria and from there it was well known and practiced by many. Currently there are 25 million members of this religion in West Africa alone. This religion was introduced to many different countries and islands through the transatlantic slave
what it does to the exhibit. It will also examine the questions of how the meaning of the object as well as its relationship with viewers has been disciplined. The word Ifá referrers to both the Yoruba god of wisdom, also known as Orunmila, and his divinatory and philosophical system through which the Yoruba people of West Africa may discern their past, present, and future (Abimbola, 1976). It is a traditional bod... ... middle of paper ... ...7). Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison
to politically represent his native Yoruba culture as a part of the unending resistance struggle. The inclusion of political oppression in his works can be related back to the period of his imprisonment for twenty seven months for his involvement in the events at the Biafran War. Torn between the Yoruba culture of the black man and the white man’s culture of British imperialism, Soyinka, through his works merges the western elements with the elements of Yoruba culture and brings to light the problems
The following work is a documentation of current events, and human rights violations in the West-African country of Nigeria. Following the movements of a terrorist sect by the name of Boko Haram, and traveling through the history of several African cultures, revealing the histories of sexual discrimination. As well as a sometimes violent history of religious conflicts throughout the country, between the Christian faith and that of the Muslim. In 2009 there was a rising of a terrorist group in the
is based on actual events during this time about the Yoruba people. Wole Soyinka, who was born into a Yoruba family and was very politically active, wrote the play in 1975. During this time the play takes place Nigeria is occupied by the British and over seen by the British Colonial Administration. Oyo is an ancient city in Nigeria that was also occupied by the British and home to the Yoruba tribe. The events of the play are based off of Yoruba cosmology beliefs of the three worlds. Yoruba’s believe
drumming patterns, the unique instruments and the language. There are different regions of Nigeria, and each region’s style of music is a little bit different. “Two common percussion ensembles found widely today are the dundun and the bata. Other Yoruba percussion instruments include bembe, koso, abinti, shekere and sakara” (The Music of Nigeria). One of the most popular Nigerian styles of music was highlife.
and his horseman was supposed to carry out the suicide ritual but when t... ... middle of paper ... ...eir defeat, Elesin defeated by culture (the British district officer) and Blanche by Stanley raping her and her delusions being her reality. Yoruba cultures would see DKH as very contradictory and would probably not agree as they wouldn’t like to be portrayed like mad people who always commit suicide. They may also have a negative view on western culture in ASND as they may find the nature of
The character of literary forms always evolves with the passage of times. Although African literature in its written form (as against the traditional oral form) has a relatively short pedigree, it has not failed to constantly renew itself by evolving, principally in its social functionality, either as an avenue to demonstrate a cultural point of view or a satirical vista. Consequently, this attribute is responsible for the peculiar aesthetics that particularizes the literature. Given the peculiarity
Ade of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu Yoruba, is one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria. It is concentrate in the southwestern part of Nigeria, but there are smaller, scattered groups of people living in parts of Benin and northern Togo. Currently, there are more than 20 million Yoruba people, but overall they speak a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. There are 900 languages of the Benue-Congo Branch that are further divided up into 11 unequal groups,
1. The relationship between gods and humans in many African religions are very unique. Many African religions are henotheistic meaning that there is one supreme god or deity who is more removed from normal human life and then there are many lesser gods or deities who are much more heavily involved in day to day human affairs. Because of this religious structure, many individuals who practice African religions pray and offer sacrifice only to the lower deities since the their High God does not concern
teachings were directed at the Yoruba people which centered around the topics of divination, prayer, dance, symbolic gestures, personal and communal elevation, spiritual baths, meditation, and herbal medicine. The purpose of Yoruba is not merely to counteract the negative forces of disease in the human body, but also to achieve spiritual enlightenment and elevation which are the means of freeing the soul. As with all ancient systems of medicine, the ideal of Yoruba herbology is to condition the
Carved Ivory Tusks from the Kingdom of Benin in Nigeria INTRODUCTION The kingdom of Benin is used to be the most powerful kingdom in the west of Niger River. Benin rulers, which is also called Oba, are always attributed to their great spiritual power. This kind of spiritual power is transmitted by these altars. The carved ivory tusks are supported by the brass heads of kings and queen mothers. These brass heads are also casted according to each ruler’s achievement and individual characters (Blier
Kola Nut Igbo people are mostly home in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. Igbo culture has many unique customs, practices, traditions, and added concepts either through evolution or outside influences of the people. The kola nut in the Igbo culture is very significant, symbolizing respect and association between people. It is the nut of the tree cola nitida or cola acuminata tree which grows in the West African rainforest. Once brought into a home it’s then cracked then eaten among guest. The kola
In a number of African Traditional Religions there exists a varying sense of morality. In Mama Lola author Karen McKarthy Brown states that Vodou morality is a “survival ethic.” Brown goes further and states that morality in Vodou is tailored to the situation and to the specific person or group involved. Brown elaborates by stating that Each spirit has a moral pull, but no one spirit prevails in every situation (Brown pg.242). One of Brown's best explanations of why this is so is because there is
The Yoruba were very artistic individuals. The Yoruba are joint by religious beliefs, language and a common tradition passed along from through generation to generation. There were numerous types of art that they took part in whether it would be sculptures, masks, or even pottery. Throughout the culture of the Yoruba people many great works of art were created and created based upon spiritual principles, and because of that art and spirituality are often intertwined. Their creation of art puts
group of people known as the Yoruba. This culture is found in other areas of Africa such as Togo, Sierra Leone and Liberia. In these countries their group is known by different names such as Anago, Tsha, Ife and Aku (Yoruba Online). Through archaeological excavation in Oyo and Ife, it is thought that the Yoruba people originated between the years of 800 and 1000 AD from the Middle East (p. 13 Drewal, Henry John, John Pemberton, Rowland Abiodun, and Allen Wardwell.). The Yoruba people worship a supreme
carried and danced with by priestesses and priest in the Sango cult, dedicated to Sango, the Yoruba deity of thunder and lighting. The female figure represents a worshiper of Shango. The majority of the Yoruba people live on the west coast of Africa in Nigeria, but can also be found in many other places, as they are one of the largest cultural classifications in Africa. There are approximately 40 million Yoruba world-wide. As a matter of fact, most of the slaves brought to America were Yoruban, and