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- HistoryIfa, 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 it was a divine gift, an…
- HistorySango, 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 one of the earliest Alaafin of…
- HistoryYoruba 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 named after Denisova Cave (Siberia) and…
- HistoryThe 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 knowledge from one generation to the…
- HistoryThe 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 forces. Some like Buckley even claim…
- HistoryThe 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 disease was caused by a physical…
- HistoryThe 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. It did not just happen. It…
- HistoryThe 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 British and the Yoruba. The letter…
- HistoryThe 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 large, round and soft-skinned when young;…
- HistoryCoherent 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 secondary sector (transformation to finished products).…