December 2020

Naming in Yoruba land is one of the things we hold dear and as such, our names reflect how wealthy we are, circumstances surrounding our birth, things the parent of a child hopes for about the child’s future, our occupation, our family heritage and background, history about us and so on. Today we will consider […]

Even with evolving trends of fashion, one of the few things that haven’t changed is the act of wearing caps in Yoruba land, wearing of cap has a unique way of completing and beautifying the traditional attire you are putting on hence the popular saying that ‘’Your styling isn’t complete without a cap’’. Caps which

Aso-Oke also called Ofi is a type of hand-made fabric usually done by weaving and this art of weaving and styling of this particular fabric material originated from the Yorubas (South-western people of Nigeria). It is a cloth worn by people of high social status in the olden days and even this era as well,

The importance of language is for effective communication and when this is not achieved (maybe by one or both speakers’ inability to speak the language, inability to pronounce some words correctly or inability to understand the language being communicated correctly) there is always a misrepresentation of information. Yoruba as a language has so many words

African black soap popularly called Ose dudu because of its colour and the nature of the soap has become one of the most used toiletries in Africa and other continents across the world due to its various benefits on all skin types especially the oily skin which is prone to acne. The Africa black soap

Pounded yam (Iyán) is considered as the king of all foods because of its many outstanding characteristics ranging from how it’s been prepared to the palatable & pleasurable feeling it gives when consumed hence the popular saying “Iyán ni ọba oúnjẹ”. Pounded yam being a common food among the Yorubas and popularly called Iyán in

Since culture is said to be a way of life of a group of people same could be said for greeting because basically in anything or everything we do as Yorubas we greet. Traditionally, greeting is an act that accustom respect to the person you are greeting irrespective of age, most times this act helps

One of the major extract of African Kolanut is Caffeine and this extract is responsible for many of its numerous acclaimed benefits to the human body, as much as kolanut has many benefits for the human body, it also has many adverse effects when consumed excessively. This caffeine works as a stimulant for the tissues

Kolanut is an invaluable fruit amongst the West Africa people. It is common among the Men, women and children as it has significant socio-cultural/Medicinal importance in this region hence necessitating its popularity. As a matter of fact Kolanut is one of the indigenous cash-crop in Africa, thus, it isn’t strange as it was used as