The Babalawo and supporters claim that the Babalawo was an Ifa-thumping physician and herbalist. Illness they say were imbalances caused by supernatural forces. Some like Buckley even claim that the Yoruba viewed the human body as a cooking pot that…
Modern Scientific Medicine did not arise de novo. It did not just happen. It was built on two fundamental principles: 1) that disease was caused by a physical agent or pathogen and 2) that the pathogen could be used to…
Baasegun is a Yoruba traditional title. The office was a very important one in the old Yoruba society. The Baasegun was master at the head of the healing professions. The Baasegun was the clinician, the one equipped with the skills…
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK Modern Scientific Medicine did not arise de novo. It did not just happen. It was built on two fundamental principles: 1) that disease was caused by…
A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ; a believer in His teachings and in His teachings only. On 25 December 2025, Trump bombed the city of Sokoto in Nigeria apparently at the behest of Christians, on the grounds of…
The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty matters because it is the only document in existence that established and defined the legal relationship between Britain and Yorubaland. The 1914 Amalgamation of Nigeria was a political, not a legal relationship. Colonisation of Nigeria was…
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty is as much a Governor Moloney legacy as it is a Queen Victoria legacy. One of the last acts performed by Moloney…
I write in response to ‘Yoruba: From ancestors to architects’ by Abiodun Komolafe published in THE NATION respectively on 20 and 27 September 2025. Mr Komolafe’s treatise admonishing the Yoruba as ‘workshy’ was totally lacking in context. Mr Komolafe appears…
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty matters a lot. It potentially is the most consequential pre-colonial treaty that Britain concluded in West Africa. Scrutinising it is vital for…
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty matters a lot. It potentially is the most consequential pre-colonial treaty that Britain concluded in West Africa. Scrutinising it is vital for…
