Yoruba tribal marks, or ìlà, once showed a person's family, town and status. Learn the main types, what they meant, who made them and how they are viewed today....
How did the Atlantic slave trade shape the Yoruba? Explore the role of Oyo, the nineteenth-century wars, abolition and how Yoruba culture reached Brazil, Cuba and Sierra Leone....
Ṣàngó is the Yoruba orisha of thunder, lightning and justice, remembered as the third Alaafin of Oyo. Learn his story, wives, symbols and worship today....
After the fall of Old Oyo, a century of conflict reshaped Yorubaland. Learn about the Owu, Ijaye and Kiriji wars, the rise of Ibadan and how the fighting ended....
A guide to the major Yoruba kingdoms and city-states, from Ile-Ife and Oyo to Ijebu, Egba, Ibadan and the Ekiti kingdoms, and what made each one important....
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....
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has commenced mobilisation of Yoruba communities in the Republic of Benin ahead of the forthcoming Oyo Empire Day celebration. The monarch, as part of ...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has called on Yoruba people abroad to reconnect with their heritage at the grand finale of the World Sango Festival in Oyo....
The installation of a new Baale in Oyo has again brought attention to the depth of the Alaafin institution and the traditional processes through which authority has historically been exercised within ...