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How a Yoruba person is located among relatives, in a physical compound and in a descent group, and why seniority rather than sex does most of the organizing work.

Sourced Yorùbá proverbs about the household, the lineage, the father's house and the obligations that follow from being born into a particular family.

Thirteen Yorùbá proverbs on ilé as the place one returns to, distinct from ilé as lineage, showing home as rest, safety, and the fixed point every wandering measures itself against.