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Yorubas have the highest twinning rate in the world. The Yoruba present the highest dizygotic twinning rate in the world (4.4% of all maternities). [ 32 ] [ 163 ] They manifest at 45–50 twin sets (or 90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen that ...
These events weakened the southern Yorubas considerably as the Nigerian government pursued harsh methods to bring an end to the civil war. In 1960, greater Yorubaland was subsumed into the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [6]
Some Yorubas believe that a baby may come with pre-destined names. For instance, twins are believed to have natural-birth names. Thus the first to be born of the two is called Taiwo or Taiye, shortened forms of Taiyewo, meaning the taster of the world. This is to identify the first twin as the one sent by the other one to first go and taste the ...
Akinwumi Ogundiran (b. 1966), archaeologist, historian, anthropologist, author of The Yoruba: A New History; Bolaji Akinyemi (b. 1942), Nigerian professor of political science who was Nigeria External Affairs Minister in 1985-1987
Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire) is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa.It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a total land area of 142,114 km 2 (54,871 sq mi).
A symbol of the Yoruba religion (Isese) with labels Yoruba divination board Opon Ifá. According to Kola Abimbola, the Yorubas have evolved a robust cosmology. [2] Nigerian Professor for Traditional African religions, Jacob K. Olupona, summarizes that central for the Yoruba religion, and which all beings possess, is known as "Ase", which is "the empowered word that must come to pass," the ...
From 1400 onward, the Oyo Empire's imperial success made the Yoruba language a lingua franca almost to the shores of the Volta. [4] [5] Toward the end of the 18th century, the Oyo army was neglected as there was less need to conquer.
Odùduwà - progenitor orisha of the Yorubas; Ògún - orisha who presides over iron, fire, hunting, agriculture and war; Okó - a hunter and farmer; Osanyin - orisha of the forest, herbs and medicine; Oṣùmàrè - divine rainbow serpent associated with creation and procreation; Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì - orisha of the hunt, forest, strategy and ...