The court system where justice is dispensed and the advocates of equity and justice, and equality before the law have not in all cases portrayed themselves to stand by this purported declaration. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Abiodun lecturer of english language and literature wolaita sodo university, ethiopia abstract. Religious thinking concentrated its search on certainty in life, and on the reasons on human existence, to know mysterious secret of life. This is achieved through a content analysis of twentyfour24 randomly.
Ture this report is an analysis of the nigerian economy over the 2010 through 2015 periods with particular focus on the nations gross domestic product, inflation, and merchandise trade statistics. Introduction quarteys all over the world are descendants of the royal family of kpakpatse we clan of the as. Fedriek tylor was one of the early scholars who cared for the idea of religion. Politics in nigeria dates back to the precolonial era, but for the sake of this post, let us only look at nigerias political history landscape just before independence in 1959. Most men will combine city and farm work, moving to the countryside for part of the year. God is the source and the ultimate controller of the vital forces, but the deities are the intermediaries between man and god. Mythology among the hebrews, by ignaz goldziher, a project. The second political party was the northern peoples congress npc and it. The yoruba pantheon consists of hundreds of gods, worshipped for an immense variety of purposes, each representative of some natural element or human emotion. Nigerias vice president, professor yemi osinbajo, yesterday said government was determined to increase the level of the countrys trade in the region. The yoruba religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the yoruba people.
The three political parties were the national council of nigeria and the cameroons ncnc. The social implications of some nigerian yoruba and ibo proverbs on carefulness aderinto, s. Indigenous counselling techniques among the yoruba and. An account of the religious beliefs and practices of the yorub. The yoruba people iv page ife and thus became the first oba meaning king or ruler in the yoruba language of who today are known as the yoruba people. It is very interesting that most of the ethnic groups claim association to the nile valley, somewhere in sudan, egypt etc. Ileife, also known as ife, ifelodun, or the kingdom of ife, is world famous for its clay ceramic, or terracotta heads, and copperalloy and bronze ornaments. Many years ago, before african slavery, the yoruba people inhabited an area which stretched, along the coast of west africa, all the way inward and down to angola in south west africa. Iran yoruba yoruba people or awon yoruba the yorubas on a side note, the yoruba are already a people, so i dont find it necessary adding people to the term unless it is being done in a context to differentiate it from the language. Yoruba belongs to the kwa group of the nigercongo language family. Guidance and counselling are now making a good beginning in africa. The purpose of this article is to show how the yoruba and the ibo people of nigeria. Yoruba refers to a group of cultures linked by a common language.
It has influenced or given birth to a host of thriving. Yoruba religion and myth hal horton 93 english 32, 1989 the faiths of the yoruba peoples of western nigeria vary significantly from one part of the region to another. He observed that relationship between social behavior and religion is an interrelation. Therefore, these figures are symbolically washed, fed and clothed on a regular basis, according to a popular yoruba saying dead ibeji expenses are expenses for the living. District within the odododiodioo constituency of the ga mashie community in accra. A few human beings are endowed with the knowledge and ability to. Oduduwa between 1100 ad and 1700 ad, the yoruba kingdom of ife experienced a golden age, the oba or ruler of ife is referred to as the ooni of ife. Yoruba customs and beliefs pertaining to twins remains as powerful as the living one. Adeoye, 1980, for instance, olomode ife ife youths were the public enforcement officers. Yoruba traditional adjudicatory systems 17 considered ileife the first town created by god. Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the yoruba deities orishas. Da is believed to combine in itself the male and female principlesin fact, to represent conceptually the idea of such a combination, much as the akan god odomankoma binds itself with onyame and onyankopon, into one absolute, infinite being. At the very foundation of the investigations to which this book is devoted, we find ourselves in opposition to a widespread assumption.
The yoruba cultural construction of health and illness phenomenon is a carrier of the divine. Immediately download the yoruba summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching yoruba. Yoruba homelands, roughly the size of england, straddle a diverse terrain ranging from tropical rain forest to open savanna countryside. Yoruba leadership and the aole curse nigerian history. The resulting religion is known as santeria, a blend of primitive magic and catholicism now practiced by an estimated five. This paper attempts to trace the historical foundations of yoruba and igala counselling in africa and examines what makes for success in traditional therapythe words, phrases and aphorisms used, the climate set and the personality of the professional. The history of the yorubas 1921 edition open library. Yoruba precolonial political system nigerian history. Brought to cuba as slaves, the yoruba people of west africa preserved their religions heritage by disguising their gods as catholic saints and worshipping them in secret. Some of them later moved to oyo, which became the political headquarters. It refers to certain traditions concerning one late 18th century alaafin of oyo the old oyoile, the center of the oyo empire and not todays oyo. Linguists believe it separated from neighboring languages 2,000 to. Political parties in nigeria are institutions set up for healthy competition among those vying for particular government offices in the land and there is a.
It is located approximately 100 km north of the coast of lagos, and about 95 km west of the oyo state capital and neighboring city of ibadan. They had underground dungeons gbere where they kept criminals awaiting trial or execution bascom, 1965. In eastern nigeria for example, there is a legislation creating a merger between customary law of marriage and statutory law, eastern state, 1956. Historical background oduduwa according to legend is the founding father of the yoruba race. Yoruba women are not involved in the farm work, but control instead much of the market system. This paper examines the role of proverbs and their use in conflict management and in enhancing peaceful human coexistence. The report also includes forecasts for the aforementioned variables over the 2016 2019 period. History of political parties in nigeria nigerian finder.
A common origin and language, as well as common political and religious cultures made the yorubas a nation long before any contact with europeans and the advent of colonialism. According to a yoruba creation myth, the deities gods originally lived in the sky with only water below them. Victor terhemba among yoruba people, one hears a lot these days about what is called the aole curse. Pdf political behaviour and voting pattern in nigeria. They occupied an area bounded by the niger river, and including what is now known as the benin republic, southwestern nigeria, and part of togo. The first set of political parties to be formed in nigeria was formed in 1959, shortly before nigeria gained her independence from britain. Political parties in nigeria are institutions set up for healthy competition among those vying for particular government offices in the land and there is a need to know and understand how nigerian politics and political parties have evolved by. Pdf separatist agitations and the search for political. A study of 2015 presidential election article pdf available october 2017 with 12,226 reads how we measure reads.
The history of the yorubas from the earliest times to the beginning of the british protectorate by samuel johnson. They first settled at ileife that is still believed to be the spiritual headquarters of the yorubas. During the period of african slavery, from the late 1500s to the late 1800s, millions of yoruba people were forcibly taken out of africa. Oduduwa gave birth to 7 sons, who became obas in the 7. It shares some parallels with the vodun practiced by the neighboring fon and ewe peoples to the west and to the religion of the edo.
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