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- HistoryThe Yoruba Base-20 (Eka) counting system. AI summary of the Yoruba Party UK Zoom meeting 15/09/2026
The meeting focused on a presentation by Baasegun about the Yoruba base-20 counting system, its rules, and its advantages over the decimal system, followed by a wide-ranging discussion…
- HistoryThe ‘Yoruba’ calendar. AI summary of the Yoruba Party UK zoom meeting of 8 September 2026
This meeting focused on discussing the Yoruba calendar and cultural history, with Baasegun presenting a detailed analysis of how the Yoruba calendar described in historical texts was likely…
- Press releaseThe rudderless British Royal Family
The latest output from the British Royal Family apparently confirming the ‘private’ status of the Duke (Harry) and Duchess (Meghan) of Sussex revealed how rudderless the British monarchy…
- HistoryThe Yoruba Cultural Perspective – AI summary of the Yoruba Party UK Zoom Meeting of 1 Sept 2026
The meeting focused on the Yoruba cultural perspective, its historical achievements, and the current challenges facing Yoruba society within Nigeria. Baasegun presented a detailed analysis of the traditional…
- Press releaseThe British Royal Family is inherently racist
The racism of the British Royal Family is not a new thing. Elisabeth I part-funded slave expeditions carried out in West Africa by John Hawkins (1562, 1564 and…
- HistorySources of the Yoruba history
Yoruba history as we know it today is contaminated history. The Yoruba did not write. They used interpreters to tell their story to Europeans who then wrote them…
- HistoryIsese: the non-religion religion
Isese has been claimed as the name of the ancient traditional Yoruba religion, centred around the worship of Olodumare (Supreme Creator) and a motley of associated deities and…
- HistoryOrisa, as revealed in ancient Yoruba proverbs
The Orisa is an enigma; what it is, is not entirely clear. AB Ellis wrote in his 1894 book that the Yoruba reserved the word ‘Orisa’ not only…
- HistoryYoruba Individualism, Omoluabi, upon which the ancient Yoruba built their civilisation
The world did not know much about the Yoruba story until the tail end of the Transatlantic Slavery in the 1800s. What the mostly Christian writers then wrote…
- HistoryWhy call the Yoruba DNA ‘Ghost’ DNA?
The oldest human DNA was found in the Yoruba. It is irrational to call it ‘ghost’ DNA when the Denisovan DNA was named after Denisova Cave (Siberia) and…