In Yoruba culture, a woman’s hair is regarded as her beauty. According to Yoruba mythology, Osun was the first deity to use a ...

In Yoruba mythology, Ife was founded by a senior deity Oduduwa, acting on the order of the supreme deity Olorun (also known as Oludmare). Oduduwa became the first ruler, or Ooni, of Ife.

The John Randle Centre for Yoruba History and Culture is a bold and colorful challenge to traditional ideas of a what a ...

Regarded as the abode of the goddess of fertility Osun, one of the pantheon of Yoruba gods, the landscape of the grove and its meandering river is dotted with sanctuaries and shrines, sculptures and ...

The festival of Osun-Osgobo, which takes place every year in Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrates the goddess of fertility ... is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba religious tradition that began in West ...

Visitors are also turned into various Yoruba deities, the Orisha. Visualizing Shango, the god of thunder ... s allusions to the yellow-dress-wearing goddess of fertility and love, Oshun, in ...