Research in African Literatures, Vol. 40, No. 1, Oral Literature and Identity Formation in Africa and the Diaspora (Spring, 2009), pp. 127-136 (10 pages) This paper discusses two bodies of songs from ...

Henry Abayomi Odeneye, an ordained pastor and apostle in the Apostolic Church, has spent over two decades in the United States, championing a unique ministry that marries faith, language, and culture.

Apart from the common items used in worship across faiths, Yoruba sayings or proverbs are sometimes used in Christian worship and they reflect cultural orientation of the people. Such are often used ...

The Oluwo of Iwo Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has declared that Sango, Ogun, and other deities of the Yoruba people worship God and wondered why people still worship such deities. While lambasting idol ...

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Ayodeji Ogunnaike has been awarded a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship by the Ford Foundation. He was one of twenty-four scholars selected for this year's ...

During a visit to the palace of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, the monarch addressed the intersection of Yoruba kingship and religion. He asserted that the throne is not tied to any ...