What is emerging is not a single conflict, but a pattern, one that raises an uncomfortable question: why do Yoruba kings increasingly appear to be at odds in public view? The most prominent and ...

Descendants of Yoruba warriors, who fought in the Kiriji War, which lasted 16 years, have reunited after the war ended 140 years ago. The unification ceremony with the theme “Aare Latoosa 140 Years ...

Laolu Senbanjo shares what it was like working on the top-secret project. — -- Meet Laolu Senbanjo, the New York City-based artist behind the body art in Beyoncé’s new visual album "Lemonade." ...

A pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his ...

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has described the burial process of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, as a freedom for the Yoruba traditional institution and a step towards ...

For decades, Yoruba cinema has drawn from the mystical world of witches, warlords, and traditionalists. These characters, vividly portrayed, have defined a genre and blurred the line between ...

Appreciating cultural heritage and using it to imagine a better future: that’s one of the goals of self-taught photographer and visual artist Ade Okelarin. Professionally, he goes by the name of ...

A British clothing retailer has come under fire for trademarking the name of the west African Yoruba people several years ago, igniting a debate online about whether trademarking names of ethnic ...

“Ikùn,” I repeat, pointing to the illustration of a brown stomach under a turquoise shirt on the page before us. My daughter mimics the picture by raising her top and revealing her tummy. She pokes ...

Not a day goes by that speakers of the Yoruba language do not make mention of death as both a phenomenon and a certainty. Credit...Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Supported by By George ...