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Eight places to start, each one na real document with real photo, wey show wetin dey inside dis whole collection.
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The Ifẹ̀ Classical Age
Ilé-Ifẹ̀ between di eleventh and fifteenth century, di sculpture dem and di work wey produce dem.
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. No. III C 27527) · Public Domain
Ṣàngó
Di thunder òrìṣà and fourth Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́, plus di big debate about how king take turn god.
The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0
Cuba: Regla de Ocha, Lucumí, and What Is Called Santería
How Yorùbá religion take enter Cuba, from di cabildos de nación reach today casa-templo.
Wikimedia Commons · Public Domain
Adìrẹ in Depth
Study about how dem dey dye adirẹ cloth, di people wey dey make am, and di chemistry of indigo.
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo
Full story of di yearly Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo festival, where e come from and how di ritual dem dey go.
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Market Women and Economic Power
How dem take arrange market authority and how trade money take turn, and no turn, to political power.
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ìwì and Ẹ̀sà Egúngún: The Masquerade's Poetry
Di poetry wey Egúngún masquerade dey chant and di special voice wey show say na ancestor talk.
The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0
Principal Dishes
Di food wey people dey chop everyday: di swallow, soup, beans and how different area get dia own.
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Start Here, one of di four fifteen-minute explainers, plus di FAQ: correct foundation wey dey honest about wetin e no reach.
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Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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For person wey never get connection with Yorùbá culture before but wan understand am well well, no be just surface level.
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