When you see African art in the United States, Brazil or the Caribbean, you are often looking at Yoruba culture. The film ...

“Ikùn,” I repeat, pointing to the illustration of a brown stomach under a turquoise shirt on the page before us. My daughter mimics the picture by raising her top and revealing her tummy. She pokes ...

For decades, Yoruba cinema has drawn from the mystical world of witches, warlords, and traditionalists. These characters, vividly portrayed, have defined a genre and blurred the line between ...

The Onikan neighborhood is the cultural core of Lagos Island, the central district of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. Bisecting the area like a vein is J.K. Randle Road. To one side of its pavement, ...

"[Lemonade] invokes so much of the Yoruba tradition, which is grounded in African tradition," Dr. Amy Yeboah, associate professor of Africana studies at Howard University, said. "But it spreads across ...

A British clothing retailer has come under fire for trademarking the name of the west African Yoruba people several years ago, igniting a debate online about whether trademarking names of ethnic ...

Yoruba is one of the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.They are concentrated in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. The people constitute about 40 million in the West African region and 35 per cent ...

In today’s fast-paced, interconnected world, cultural diversity is a precious asset to be celebrated and cherished. For Yoruba parents living in the diaspora, preserving their cultural heritage, ...

In the suburbs of Seattle, an ancient West-African religion is gaining followers. Yoruba, from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, has been spreading across the U.S. for the last 50 years. The religion is ...

In the wake of the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019 and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, many Africans have started to take a wide range of actions to ...

One of the most breathtaking moments in a Yoruba wedding is the bride’s entrance. They represent more than the union of two people, they are a coming together of families. Every detail in the ceremony ...