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Ifa divination bowl, agere Ifa (Yoruba, Nigeria), World Museum Liverpool This kneeling figure was probably carved by Maku, the master carver of the town of Erin, or by Toibo, his son. The elongated oval head, set on a slightly curved neck, the stylized ears, and the incised lines across and below the half-closed eyes are characteristic of these ...
Yoruba (US: / ˈ j ɔːr ə b ə /, [2] UK: / ˈ j ɒr ʊ b ə /; [3] Yor. Èdè Yorùbá) is a Niger-Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria, Benin, and parts of Togo.
Yoruba-language names (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Yoruba words and phrases" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect ...
Aṣẹ, àṣẹ, [1] aṣe, [2] ase, or ashe is a Yoruba philosophy that is defined to represent the power that makes things happen and produces change in the Yoruba religion. It is believed to be given by Olódùmarè to everything — gods, ancestors , spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers, and voiced words such as songs, prayers ...
The Shammo (Shammɔ) or Jere languages are spoken in north-central Nigeria. [1] They form a subgroup within the East Kainji languages. [2] A common greeting, ...
Jere may refer to: Jere, Borno, a Local Government Area in Nigeria; Jere, Kaduna State, a town in Nigeria; Jere, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community; Jere language, a Nigerian dialect cluster; Jere (name), a list of people with the masculine given name or surname
Based on the definition of the Yoruba idealism, which is the search for the meaning of life and the yearning for the best in life, Yoruba idealism is a kind of Enlightenment Movement in its own right, as every scion in the land endeavors to reach the height or the acme of his idealistic ambition.
The Nigerian Yoruba alphabet is made up of 25 letters, without C Q V X Z but with the additions of Ẹ, Ọ, Ṣ and Gb. [1] [2] However, many of the excluded consonants are present in several dialectal forms of Yoruba, including V, Z, and other digraphs (like ch, gh, and gw). Central Yoruba dialects also have 2 extra vowels that are allophones ...