The Yoruba alphabet has 25 letters, three tones and special characters like ẹ, ọ and ṣ. Here is a simple guide to the letters, sounds and tone marks....
A clear guide to Yoruba religion: Olódùmarè, the Orisha, ancestors, destiny (orí), àṣẹ and how the tradition lives on in Nigeria, Cuba and Brazil....
Ifá is the Yoruba system of divination and wisdom, built on 256 Odù and guided by the Babaláwo. Learn how it works, its tools and why UNESCO recognises it....
Meet 12 famous Yoruba people, from Oduduwa and Moremi to Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Wole Soyinka, Fela Kuti and King Sunny Adé, and see what each one gave the world....
The Oyo Empire was the largest and most powerful Yoruba state in West Africa. Learn how Oyo-Ile rose, how the Alaafin ruled, and why the empire fell in the 1830s....
A clear guide to Yoruba music: the talking drum, juju, fuji, apala, sakara, Afrobeat and today's Afrobeats stars, plus the legends who built each sound....
Your Yoruba heritage digest: the origin of the Yoruba, Ife bronze heads, Osun-Osogbo, Oyotunji, Brazil's MAFRO and the museums keeping Yoruba history alive....
Learn Yoruba with this language digest: everyday greetings, Yoruba proverbs (òwe), why tone marks change meaning, and beautiful Yoruba baby names....
Your Yoruba culture digest: aso oke and agbada, adire indigo cloth, Yoruba tribal marks (ila), traditional Yoruba food and the latest viral Yoruba moments....
Morenike Adedoyin from Kwale, Delta State, made history on Masoyinbo Episode 362 as the first contestant to win the ₦1 million grand prize on the Yoruba-language game show....






