Estimates suggest 8085 million nigerians identify as muslim roughly 50% of the total population, of which the majority are probably sunni 60 million, though this is not a unified identity and includes a. Reconsidering the influence of islam on yoruba cultural. Stephen ashley editor shelved 1 time as yorubareligion avg rating 3. It was popularly called esin imale religion brought by the malian people. Peter ogunboye with lois fuller making all things new includes bringing our workview into conformity with the biblical workview.
Religious pluralism and tolerance among the yorubas. However, some people erroneously translated esin imale as hardened religion to practise. History of the yoruba people the history of the yorubas is not yet well established. F ade ajayi ade ajayi is a emeritus professor of history, university of ibadan. Islam and its impact in yorubaland western nigeria. 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. Reconstructing conflicts and incorporation in pre18th century yorubaland. Since this study focuses its attention on oyo and osun states, which are parts of yorubaland, it becomes pertinent therefore, to begin by tracing the history of. The body in yoruba pdf etude linguistique du corps en yoruba, par mark. This landmark reference work emphasizes yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art.
Most men will combine city and farm work, moving to the countryside for part of the year. Therefore, this paper aims at looking into the impact of. Yoruba and ancient near eastern history, the present article argues that yoruba traditions of provenance, claiming immigration from the near east, are basically correct. In all the previous works which have reference to the religion of the yoruba, the deity has been assigned a place which makes him very remote, of little account in the scheme of things. Dada adelowo introduction this paper is motiated by the need. It has influenced or given birth to a host of thriving traditions such as. Influence of yoruba culture in christian religious worship. The pervasive poor reading culture, the phenomenon of indigenous language endangerment and the dominance of new media of modern telecommunication have had. The yorubas portray respect as something cheap to observe and generally inculcate it in the mind of their children right from childhood so that it becomes part of their lives, that is why they commonly say ka d.
The ibadanijaye war broke out in 1861 between ibadan and ijaye over who to succeed the old oyo empire as the political head of yorubaland. Reconsidering the influence of islam on yoruba cultural heritage, 19301987 akeem abiodun oladiti, phd department of general studies, ladoke akintola university of technology ogbomoso, oyo state, nigeria. 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. Ibadan, ijaye and the new oyo, also called oyo atiba, succeeded the old oyo empire after its destruction. The yoruba people today number more than 30 million strong, with significant numbers in the united states, nigeria, europe, and brazil. Religious change in yorubaland it is the aim of this paper to consider the social factors affecting the spread of christianity and, to a lesser extent, islam also in yorubaland, western nigeria. Fundamentals of the yoruba religion orisa worship chief fama on. Oyotunji village was built by an african american whose name at birth was. Lecturer briefly answered that god the almighty did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship him and that the only way to worship god alone is the religion of islam. Its homeland is in southwestern nigeria and the adjoining parts of benin and togo, a region that has come to be known as yorubaland.
December 6, 2016 no comments 1675 education, feature article, latest news, life style central mosques, culture of maltreating women, esin imale, from the achieves. Fadipe explains it in these terms yorubaland lies between the parallels 5. Concepts and theories on women in yoruba religious sphere. Yoruba women are not involved in the farm work, but control instead much of the market system.
Bosworth, the university of manchester jacob lassner, wayne state university, detroit. This report reflects in particular the dynamism of islam in yorubaland, nigeria. 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. The history of altabari editorial board ihsan abbas, university of jordan, amman c. Religious tolerance and pluralism are usually discussed in the context of a major politically dominant community having to tolerate and extend religious freedom to a number of minority religious groups. Christian missions in southwestern nigeria, and the. Here is an everchanging assortment of reading material that will introduce you to the psychology of meaningful change. Throughout latin america and the united states, yoruba spiritual traditions have taken root and developed into flourishing religions in the 21st century. Legacy of islam in yorubaland islam came to oyo empire in 14th century during the reign of mansa musa in mali and subsequently conversion to islam by some yorubas. The concepts of ori and human destiny it is the ancestral guardian soul, having its physical symbolization as the physical head. Pdf reflections on islam in yorubaland egodi uchendu. Its adherents are the majority as far as religion is concern in nigeria. Yoruba religion is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder.
A series of wars rocked yorubaland in the 19 th century, triggered by the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and the collapse of the oyo empire, which saw the disintegration of a number of formerly powerful yoruba capitals. All yorubaspeaking people claim a common origin from the city of ileife, from where they migrated to other places. Before discussing islam in yorubaland, there is the need to briefly trace the history of its emergence in nigeria before coming to yorubaland. Given this consideration, ori is nothing short of what the yoruba call ipin or okeipori. Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd.
Because the people are so spread out it is harder to determine a particular location. The yoruba language and literature in the 21st century and beyond azeez akinwumi sesan alhikmah university, ilorin, nigeria abstract. Oyeniyi, bukola adeyemi doctoral candidate at the institute for history, leiden university, netherlands abstract reconstructing a lost past is, no doubt, a herculean task for historians. Unlike the indigenous religion, yoruba christianity is an offshoot of early christianity introduced by missionaries around 1842. Ifayoruba fundamentals of the yoruba religion orisa worship chief fama.
Africa regional sexuality resource centre 1 understanding human sexuality seminar series understanding sexuality in the yoruba culture professor olugboyega alaba. In this article peter ogunboye reflects on the traditional world view of the yoruba and. Abstract religion is the strongest element in african culture and exerts great. The challenges of islam to christianity in yoruba land educational challenges it is a clear matter in the educational system of yoruba people that muslim children do not value the tenacity of educations as christian do. Lespace yoruba fin xixe siecle1960 openedition journals. Origin of the yoruba and the lost tribes of israel dierk lange abstract. Influence of yoruba culture in christian religious worship by odejobi cecilia omobola institute of education, faculty of education, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, osun state, nigeria. The yoruba peoples of presentday southwestern nigeria are the fountainhead of a number of vibrant and growing religious traditions in the americas. This study, which is primarily based on the 1924 edition of reverend coles translation, but also takes into account other materials dealing with the muslimchristian engagement in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in yorubaland, examines the historical background, motives, and semantic structure of the earliest christian missionary. Nushuz in quranic gender ideology the manipulation of sacred text has always been a structural characteristic of the practice of power in muslim societies. Le yoruba, une des trois langues nationales du nigeria, appartient au groupe kwa qui s. Islam in nigeria nigerias muslim population continues to grow. Prostration in yorubaland is a greeting and not an act of worship.
Reconstructing conflicts and incorporation in pre18. Islam came into nigeria in the 9 th century and this was the time islamic education began in the country. Based to a large extent on the dynastic tradition of the formerly dominant oyo. Popular yoruba religion books showing 124 of 24 voodoo, hoodoo and slave magic american slave interviews by. Lecture in yoruba language, the answer to the question. The yoruba language and literature in the 21 century and. Prayers to the orishas introduction who owns your head. Christianmuslim relations in contemporary nigeria akintunde e. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the contemporary world. The concepts of ori and human destiny in traditional. Historically, yorubaland was made up of several clans traditionally bound together by common ancestry, language, traditions and practices. Concepts and theories on women in yoruba religious sphere3 religion, for it is the venue for contact and interaction between the living, the dead, and the yet unborn.
On the basis of comparative studies between the dynastic tradition of the. The yoruba religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the yoruba people. Akinade, high point university high point, north carolina the following lecture was given in professor jane smiths essentials of christianmuslim relations class in the summer of 2002. The two rebelling towns sprang up from the ruins of the old oyo empire which was destroyed in 1836 by the fulanis. Yorubaland, being a sectional part of the country known as nigeria, although situated in the south western part of the country, also came in contact with islam at a particular period. Islamic domination and islamic education began in the bornu empire. Decontaminating yoruba history by remi oyeyemi sahara.