Adeshina Afolayan Department of Philosophy University of Ibadan adeshinaafolayan@gmail.com Abstract Beginning from Marx’s understanding of the relationship between philosophy and reality, this Introduction to the special edition of the Yoruba […]
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Segun Gbadegesin Department of Philosophy Howard University, United States agbadegesin@howard.edu Abstract As a major ethnic nationality in the multinational state cobbled together and christened by Lord Frederick Lugard, the Yoruba […]
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Ronald Olufemi Badru Department of Politics and International Relations Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria femmydamak@gmail.com Abstract The paper advances three groups of interrelated claims. First, a fundamental deficit of democratic […]
Omotade Adegbindin Department of Philosophy University of Ibadan, Nigeria tadegbindin@yahoo.com Abstract As an exercise in African philosophy, this paper examines and demonstrates the limitations of the two popular extremes in […]
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems (Compcros) http://danteadinkra.wixsite.com/compcros toyin.adepoju@gmail.com Abstract What is the value of Yoruba epistemology, theory of knowledge, particularly its philosophy of perception, to humanity in […]
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Wale Olajide Department of Philosophy Ekiti State University ashaolu54@yahoo.co.uk Abstract This essay interrogates what can be described as Yorùbá population philosophy, within the context of Yorùbá existential thought, and the […]
Yunusa Kehinde Salami Department of Philosophy Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria yunusalami@gmail.com Abstract This paper examines the àsùwàdà principle as an indigenous social theory, which is based on alásùwàdà, a body […]
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Michael O. Afolayan M & P Educational Consulting International mafolayan@yahoo.com Abstract This essay 1critically explores the semantic, phonological and philosophical implications of the sound “kọ”́ (build) in the Yorùbá proverb—Ọmọ […]
Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi Department of Archeology and Anthropology University of Ibadan, Nigeria oblawuyi2008@yahoo.com Abstract The paper critically examines the relationship between the idea of moral placards and the existence of […]
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Sharon Adetutu Omotoso Institute of African Studies University of Ibadan, Nigeria sharonomotoso@gmail.com Abstract Nigeria’s political sphere is fraught with violence, electoral frauds, unfulfilled promises and negligence on the part of […]
Abimbola Adelakun African and African Diaspora Studies Department University of Texas at Austin United States of America aa_adelakun@utexas.edu Abstract This essay will study how the Yorùbá conceptualize “ọ̀tá” or the […]
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John Ayọtunde Iṣọla Bẹwaji Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica tunde.bewaji@gmail.com Abstract This essay deploys Yorùbá ontology, epistemology and axiology to construct […]
Sunday Olaoluwa Dada Department of Philosophy Ekiti State University, Nigeria sunday.dada@eksu.edu.ng Abstract This essay explores the philosophical affinity between Aristotle’s concept of virtue as character habituation and the Yorùbá ethical […]
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Olayinka Oyeleye Department of Philosophy University of Ibadan Nigeria talk2yinka@yahoo.com Abstract This paper explores a narrative path towards foregrounding what it calls a gender-relative morality as a core dimension of […]
Babalọla Joseph Balogun Department of Philosophy Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria talk2joey@yahoo.com Abstract The place of the world in the life of individual human being cannot be underestimated. This fact has […]
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Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems (Compcros) http://danteadinkra.wixsite.com/compcros toyin.adepoju@gmail.com Introduction: Why Write an Essay on an Essay? One may compose an essay on another essay, and possibly an […]
Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Yoruba. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2016. 371pp. Ibrahim A. Odugbemi University of Ibadan, Nigeria Encyclopedia of the Yoruba […]
Volume 3 :: Number 1 :: Fall 2018 ISSN 2473-4713 The Yorùbá Studies Review is a refereed biannual journal dedicated to the study of the experience of the Yorùbá peoples […]
Volume 2 : Number 2 : Spring 2018 ISSN 2473-4713 The Yorùbá Studies Review is a refereed biannual journal dedicated to the study of the experience of the Yorùbá […]
Stephen Fọlárànmí Ọbáfémi AwólỌ̀wọ̀ University, Nigeria folasteve@oauife.edu.ng Babásẹhìndè Adémúlẹyá Ọbáfémi AwólỌ̀wọ̀ University, Nigeria babaleya@yahoo.com Abstract The Yorùbá courtyard is an important architectural space in traditional Yorùbá architecture that has not […]
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Oláwọlé Fámúlẹ̀ University of Wisconsin-Superior ofamule@uwsuper.edu Kò séṇ í m’èdè Àyàn B í e ṇ í m ú k ò ṇ̀ g ó ̣ è ̣ l ó ẉ ó […]
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Soladoye S. Asa Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria solaasa2000@yahoo.com; sasa@oauife.edu.ng Matthew O. Ilori African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, […]
Ilesanmi Akanmidu Paul Department of History and International Studies Adekunle Ajasin University Akiungba-Akoko, Nigeria paul.akanmidu@gmail.com Abstract This study investigates the philosophy and tradition of the Yorùbá healing system and the […]
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Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá Department of Philosophy Howard University Washington, DC kolapo.abimbola@Howard.edu Abstract Are there universal principles, categories, or forms of reasoning that apply to all aspects of human experience—irrespective of culture […]
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Mackenzie Finley Department of History University of Texas at Austin mackenziejfinley@gmail.com Abstract With Nigerian novelist Amos Tutuola as primary subject, this paper attempts to understand the construction of sociocultural identities […]
Stephen Toyin Ogundipe Department of English Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. st.ogundipe@gmail.com; stogundipe@oauife.edu.ng Abstract This paper explores the poetry of Ọláńrewájú Adépọ̀jù, a major contemporary Yorùbá poet, based in Ibadan, […]
Babatunde Olanrewaju Adebua Babcock University, Nigeria adebuab@babcock.edu.ng Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa Babcock University, Nigeria sotunsam@babcock.edu.ng Abstract There is growing interest in the study of festivals by literary scholars in African orature. […]
Olagoke Alamu Ekiti State University, Nigeria. Email: gatanfeani62@gmail.com Abstract The thrust of this paper is the critical evaluation of the level of acceptance of social media marketing in the Yorùbá […]
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Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin, Yunusa Kehinde Salami and Kola Abimbola A collection of critical essays on Professor Segun Gbadegesin, one of the most preeminent figures in African philosophy, is by no […]
Cambridge University Press, New York, 2014, 386p. Four essays presented at a Roundtable on the book during 2016 African Studies Association (ASA) conference. Ẹlẹ́nu Rírì ati Àmù Ìyá Rẹ̀.1 Mọyọ̀ṣọ́rẹ […]
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Michael O. Afolayan Independent Researcher Òṣogbo, Nigeria mafolayan@yahoo.com Introduction I had the rare privilege of delivering in proxy the original paper of Professor Moyo Okediji at the African Studies Association […]
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Kathy Curnow Cleveland State University k.curnow@csuohio.edu Abstract Rowland Abiodun’s Yorùbá Art and Language contains many extremely valuable features, wrapped around a question he raises in its introduction: can foreign scholars […]
Rowland Abiodun Amherst College roabiodun@amherst.edu I was deeply touched and honored by the roundtable organized at the 2016 African Studies Association Conference to focus on my book, Yoruba Art and […]
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Conference Report by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju Compcros Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems Defining Experiences A defining moment for me at the Toyin Falola@65 Conference titled “African Knowledges and Alternative Futures” […]
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Amber Murrey Department of Sociology, the American University in Cairo, Egypt Edith Phaswana Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa. The Toyin Falola @65 Conference brought together scholars […]
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Oyekan Owomoyela University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska African proverbs have, for good reason, attracted considerable attention from scholars, both African and non-African. One notable testimony to such attention is the […]
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Fúnṣọ́ Aiyéjínà is professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago where he served as the Dean of Humanities and Education. He is a […]
Major Focus Yorùbá Studies Review is devoted to all aspects of the Yorùbá transnational, national, and regional presence, both in their West Africa’s homeland and in diasporic spaces, past and […]
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