The origin of jalabi has been associated with the coming of islam into yorubaland, but since one cannot say in precision. Dec 06, 2016 december 6, 2016 no comments 1675 education, feature article, latest news, life style central mosques, culture of maltreating women, esin imale, from the achieves. Yoruba religion is the basis for a number of religions in the new world, notably santeria, umbanda, trinidad orisha, haitian vodou, and candomble. Origin of the yoruba and the lost tribes of israel dierk lange abstract. Yoruba religion is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder. Its homeland is in southwestern nigeria and the adjoining parts of benin and togo, a region that has come to be known as yorubaland. The history of the yorubas from the earliest times to the beginning of the british. Islam spread to yoruba land through the activities of itinerant preachers from. Aliluri in his book al islam fi naijiriyyah, traces the emergence of islam in yorubaland to the time of mansa. Islamic business school ibs, college of business cob. F ade ajayi ade ajayi is a emeritus professor of history, university of ibadan.
The yoruba religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the yoruba people. How to say merge in yoruba whats the yoruba word for merge. Talaq is a stable system in islam, which is based on justice. The two rebelling towns sprang up from the ruins of the old oyo empire which was destroyed in 1836 by the fulanis. However, some people erroneously translated esin imale as hardened religion to practise. Islam, christianity damage yoruba values, says alaafin. Chrislam is a blend of christianity and islam that takes practices from both the. On the basis of comparative studies between the dynastic tradition of the. Reconsidering the influence of islam on yoruba cultural. Those who combine the traditional method of healing with the islamic, and. Dec 01, 2016 legacy of islam in yorubaland islam came to oyo empire in 14th century during the reign of mansa musa in mali and subsequently conversion to islam by some yorubas.
Abstract religion is the strongest element in african culture and exerts great influence upon the conduct of the african people. The yoruba people vii page the yoruba religion comprises religious beliefs and practices of the yoruba people of old before the yoruba community encountered islam, christianity and other faiths. Influence of yoruba culture in christian religious worship. Before discussing islam in yorubaland, there is the need to briefly trace the history of its emergence in nigeria before coming to yorubaland. Christian missions in southwestern nigeria, and the. The just system of divorce by islam is being presented as a form of oppression on women. Iwo town led, its first mosque built in 1655 followed by iyin, in 1760. As a final note of introduction to this discussion of santeria prayers to the orishas, i offer the following quote, which beautifully encompasses much of what i hope to make clear. History of the yoruba people the history of the yorubas is not yet well established. It is based on existing texts as well as interviews and discussions held in 2002 and 2003 with muslims and non.
Ibadan, ijaye and the new oyo, also called oyo atiba, succeeded the old oyo empire after its destruction. Precolonial political system in nigeria yoruba traditional. Selected verses of the holy quran in yoruba al islam. Unlike the indigenous religion, yoruba christianity is an offshoot of early christianity introduced by missionaries around 1842. All yorubaspeaking people claim a common origin from the city of ileife, from where they migrated to other places. Lecture in yoruba language, the answer to the question. The scholars balogun, nasiru and aliluri have asserted that islam had spread in the land long before the jihad of shaykh uthman dan fodiyo in 1804 c.
Selected verses of the holy quran in yoruba author. As ford states yoruba has been commonly applied to a large group, united more by language than by culture, whose members speak of themselves as oyo, egba, ijebu, ife, ilesha, and other names of various tribes. Ashe, or ache, divination, deities, sacrifice, ceremony, chants, possession, and healing. Islam and traditional titles in contemporary lagos. Yoruba religion and culture louisville lectures 2004 2005 baba wande abimbola dr. Religious tolerance and pluralism are usually discussed in the context of a major politically dominant community having to tolerate and extend religious freedom to a number of minority religious groups. Nigeria, the muslims in yoruba land like their hausafulani counterparts had stint with.
Yoruba religion project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Islam was spread to west africa through the activities of the muslim merchants and clerics. Yoruba people culture music art language mythology people main article. Africa knew of yorubaland long before its introduction to islam. The power of the coconut in the yoruba religion will help you to better understand the oracle of the obi coconut which is used to speak with the 0risha and spirits of the religion. The ibadanijaye war broke out in 1861 between ibadan and ijaye over who to succeed the old oyo empire as the political head of yorubaland. Lecturer briefly answered that god the almighty did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship him and that the only way to worship god alone is the religion of islam. Quran is often merged with wedding banquet for which the wordwalimat is. Oduduwa had seven sons who later founded the first seven kingdoms of the yoruba land and these kingdoms were united under a central leader known as the alafin of oyo misunderstanding, jealousy and hatred made the first seven kingdoms of yoruba to split into fourteen new kingdoms and the central leadership to change. There are many varieties of yoruba religion and there are anywhere between 400 and 700 yoruba gods. Concepts and theories on women in yoruba religious sphere3 religion, for it is the venue for contact and interaction between the living, the dead, and the yet unborn. This report reflects in particular the dynamism of islam in yorubaland, nigeria.
The study of yoruba religious tradition in historical perspective this essay presents an overview of past and recent scholarship in yoruba religion. The origins of islam in the country is linked with the development of islam in the wider west africa. Yoruba islamic verse in ajami tombouctou manuscripts project. Islam was introduced to nigeria through two geographical routes. Historically, yorubaland was made up of several clans traditionally bound together by common ancestry, language, traditions and practices. Ogunwande abimbola1 babalawo awise agbaye class notes. Its a collection of essays and ebooks that address yoruba cosmology, the. It originated from africa chiefly in nigeria and benin republic, and in.
User can select some pdf files and then select merge to create a single pdf file which contains the selected pages. Yoruba values and heritage are being eroded by islam and christianity, prominent yoruba king, the alaafin of oyo, oba lamidi olayiwola adeyemi, has said. The study of yoruba religious tradition in historical. Here is an everchanging assortment of reading material that will introduce you to the psychology of meaningful change.
Pdf on jan 1, 2010, lateef mobolaji adetona and others published. The oba whose throne had existed before the two prominent religions in yorubaland regretted that both islam and christianity pose a threat to godgiven civilization of the yoruba people. Reconsidering the influence of islam on yoruba cultural heritage, 19301987 akeem abiodun oladiti, phd department of general studies, ladoke akintola university of technology ogbomoso, oyo state, nigeria. Based to a large extent on the dynastic tradition of the formerly dominant oyo clan, it is presently in the process of reevaluation. Trade was the major connecting link that brought islam into nigeriaerinle oluwashola idris 2020. Efon alaaye and her neighbours 18151893 ezekiel oladele adeoti and andjames olusegun adeyeri department of history and international studies, lagos state university lasu, ojo, nigeria. Nigeria, the most populous african country is divided between adherents of christianity, islam. In small villages all these responsibilities combine in one man.
It is reported from havana that the roman catholic church claims that seventy per cent of cubas elevenmillion people are catholics. Understanding sexuality in the yoruba culture professor olugboyega alaba dept. Contributions of ilorin scholars to arabic and islamic studies in. The contributions of ilorin scholars to islam in west. Reflections on islam in yorubaland abstract 54 this report reflects in particular on the dynamism of islam in yorubaland, nigeria. Yoruba and ancient near eastern history, the present article argues that yoruba traditions of provenance, claiming immigration from the near east, are basically correct. Pdf reflections on islam in yorubaland egodi uchendu. History of the yoruba people edit general history the african peoples who lived in the lower western niger area, at least by the 4th century bc, were not initially known as the yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. Concepts and theories on women in yoruba religious sphere. Pdf hitorical development of muslim education in western part of. The keynote of the life of the yoruba is their religion. While the history of yoruba religion has been of a variety of traditional forms throughout the kingdoms, traders came into contact with islam as early as the 17th century, and islam was established in ketu before the 18th century, so that between 1755 and 1780 the reign of oba adele i there were already muslims in lagos.
Yoruba religious beliefs are part of itan, the total complex of songs, histories, stories, and other cultural concepts which make up the yoruba society. Warfare was the most dominant theme of nineteenth century yoruba history. Influence of yoruba culture in christian religious worship by odejobi cecilia omobola institute of education, faculty of education, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, osun state, nigeria. Based to a large extent on the dynastic tradition of the formerly dominant oyo. Religion traditional yoruba religion has a pantheon of the deities called the orisha.
Oct 10, 2017 yoruba values and heritage are being eroded by islam and christianity, prominent yoruba king, the alaafin of oyo, oba lamidi olayiwola adeyemi, has said. Reconsidering the influence of islam on yoruba cultural heritage, 193 0 198 7 39 arabic literacy in yorubaland, it has provided an important element of written communication of the yoruba people, and it has served as an international language of west africa in trade and commercial activities fajana, 1966, p. The two largest affiliations among muslims in nigeria are nondenominational muslims. Progressively, islam came to yoruba land, and muslims started building mosques. Dada adelowo introduction this paper is motiated by the need. It was popularly called esin imale religion brought by the malian people. Yoruba pantheon, the orisa, are all embraced in yorubaland. One can find clear elements of yoruba culture today in cuba and brazil. Religious pluralism and tolerance among the yorubas. If this law is applied in accordance with the teachings and instructions of islamic shari. A critical evaluation of the arabic and islamic historical. The earliest studies of yoruba religious traditions were carried out by mlssionarles, travellers and explorers who were concerned with writng about the. The bond shared by all yoruba people is the centrality of ritual to specific occasions, as well as to everyday life. It has positive and lasting effects upon human life.