Ifa, the brilliant ancient Yoruba mathematician hitherto reduced to inanimacy
When a European made a discovery, they usually named it after him. But when a Yoruba made a discovery, they usually claim…
History and culture
Sango, yet another disrespected ancient Yoruba scientist
Sango is not a myth. He was a living, breathing human being. He was a married man. He may even have been…
Yoruba DNA: The Foundational Blueprint of Humanity
The oldest human DNA was found in the Yoruba. It is irrational to call it ‘ghost’ DNA when the Denisovan DNA was…
The Yoruba were people of science, not people of religion
Nobody actually knows what the Yoruba spirituality consisted of because the transatlantic slavery and Christian missionaries interrupted the direct transmission of its…
The Babalawo was neither a physician nor a herbalist
The Babalawo and supporters claim that the Babalawo was an Ifa-thumping physician and herbalist. Illness they say were imbalances caused by supernatural…
The Traditional Yoruba Medicine fathered Modern Scientific Medicine
Modern Scientific Medicine did not arise de novo. It did not just happen. It was built on two fundamental principles: 1) that…
The Traditional Yoruba Medicine fathered Modern Scientific Medicine
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK Modern Scientific Medicine did not arise de novo.…
The British recognised Alaafin Adeyemi as Head of Yorubaland. Why?
On 23 May 1888, Alfred Moloney, the Governor of the Lagos Colony, wrote to Alaafin Adeyemi requesting for a treaty between the…
The Calabash model of the world by the ancient Yoruba
The Yoruba word for calabash is Igba. The calabash plant (Lagenaria sireraria) is a member of the cucumber family. The fruits are…
Coherent economy: the economic theory of the ancient Yoruba
Coherent economy refers to the economy in which the primary sector (acquisition of raw materials) was proximate and seamlessly integrated with the…