Yoruba kings are not, and have never been, chosen based on religious identity. Rather, selection is based on royal affiliation, cultural knowledge, and demonstrated ability to promote development ...

Yoruba kingship must remain a symbol of unity and cultural preservation, not a reflection of religious exclusivity. Moreover, the term “traditional rulers” is a misnomer.

The Yoruba traditional religion is polytheistic, recognising hundreds of Òrìṣà, each representing specific natural forces, moral principles, professions, and social institutions.

The International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR) has said the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi needs to relearn Yoruba history to avail himself and his chiefs real story behind ...

At that festival, he and his quintet unveiled an ambitious new work, “Misa Negra,” which married the percussion and musical idiom of traditional Yoruba religious masses with jazz.

Date 2008 Call number GN476.3 .G43 2006 Type Articles Place Benin Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic Cosmology, Yoruba Calendar, Yoruba Ifa (Religion) Historiography siris_sil_1044153 SIL ...

Rosales was introduced to Lukumí, the oral religion of the Yoruba, in childhood from her father’s side of the family. “It was always there,” the Afro-Cuban painter said.