Who Are The Yoruba People?
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Yorubaland is the homeland of the Yoruba people. With a population of 46 million the Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.
The Yoruba built one of the largest empires in West Africa and crafted some of humanity's finest art. Their artists are famous worldwide and no other African culture has affected the Americas and Caribbean as much as the Yoruba who left their mark through people, dance, food and the religions of Santeria, and Candomblé.
So who are the Yoruba, what is their history, and what does it have to do with a Galactic Universe Creating Chicken? Well, let’s find out.
This video was researched and written by Deborah Oliveira.
The illustrations were created by Chico De La Historia, / chicodlhistoria
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how is this one day ago and the vid 18 seconds ago?
@@RobProb-X you can have a video be up before, and not have it be public
@@RobProb-XVideos can be private before upload.
Please please please make a video about the Bemba people of Zambia if not then anything about my country Zambia. I beg
Hi Cognito, I happy signed up for Curiosity Stream, how do I access Nebula? Thanks a mil
I’m from Brazil and Cuba. 80% of my Dna is from the Yoruba people. My great great grandfather was a babalawo, his father was enslaved from Oyo by Dahomey. He was also a writer so he wrote about his life. He’s slave record shows his name was Adewale Adeniran but was changed to Manuel Dasilva. My mom is from cuba and tested her dna, most of her dna was for Yoruba people and Mbundu people from Angola/ Kongo.
BA wo ni o?
@@olajidethomas7453 Mo wa dada, ese
You are a Prince in Yoruba land.
@@tdasilva6381 A da fun e omo iya!
im in the usa mines is igbo
Yoruba are indeed the jewels of african Tribes, their history and culture is unique. Shout out to Our Yoruba brothers and sisters from Eritrea in East Africa :)
You just made my night
I love you my brother for saying this I'm from Nigeria
Please just say ethnic group :)
@@seismicvertigo345 I am proudly Nigerian from Yoruba speaking state of kwara
Thank you
Right back at ya...
I’m a Yoruba Princess from three ruling houses in Oyo, Ogbomosho and Ibadan. I’m very impressed with the efforts put into this video. Well done for this.
I'm in Ibadan rn from the UK
kabiesi ooooooo
Im a Yoruba prince from Ilesa. Nice to meet you
@@thatdudee5344 I’m also from a royalty family not princes but my cousins are it from ijebu Igbo if u know where tht is
I'm from Trinidad. waz de scene famalay?
Thank you for introducing me to many diverse cultures.
This video is very well made and documented. I am truly impressed as a yoruba person
Epic man
Simply epic
Thank you for this ❤️✊
...But The pronunciations though 🌚
Yoruba culture is very beautiful and rich.
This is a really well done video.
Hey! I adore your chunky version of the people! It’s what drew me to your channel but that awesome accent & quality content made me subscribe. Love from SW Missouri 🇺🇸
Yoruba drum system is one of the most advanced in the World.A Yoruba man named Fela Kuti invented what is known today as Afrobeat from Yoruba Gbedu drum system mix with Africa n American Jazz etc & that’s why 90% of Afrobeats Superstars in music industry today are of Yoruba origin
WIKID,DAVIDO,OLAMIDE,BURNA BOY,,TIWA SAVAGE,ASAKE,MR EAZI,KISS DANIEL,TENI,MAYORKUN & PORTABLE 🤣
YORUBA Land starts from Jebba by the Oya river aka river Niger. The Yoruba map in this graphic has excluded that in the beginning but later included it in further explanations. Yorubaland starts from a town called Jebba which is 85km north of Ilorin and The town is called Jebba. But Good presentation and beautifully done graphics.
This is how you come to confuse people abi,,, if you get problem now you go say na devil
@@changjong9566 OBIDIOTS. Prove me wrong. Give evidence
@Chang Jong yet your name is a chinko name. Who's the confused one now? 😆😆
@@changjong9566 What is the confusion so that I can address it?
beautiful video... i'm a proud yoruba. 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
I read that in the US, slaves were banned from using drums because they were using them to plan revolts (which is why African American music doesn't really use drums). I never understood how that could work but seeing this, it makes sense
Thank you very much great job
love these videos
A very interesting fact about the influence of the Yoruba language in Brazil: As in most places, the lgbtq community, especially trans folks, was vastily persecuted in Brazil since colonization, and in recent history the place where they were welcomed was in the candomblé, from that interaction the marginalized trans folks created a language to communicate with eachother heavily based in youruba, but also Nagô, and it still exists to this day and is called Pajubá. :)
Nago is a dialect of Yoruba, not a separate language.. The Anago are a small subgroup of the Yoruba people, based right in between the borders of modern day Nigeria and Benin.
Nago or Anago is a Yoruba ethnicity.
Nago is another term for Yoruba. It is what Dahomey called us. As already said, Nagos are probably a preservation on the dialect level of the same language. It's a form of Yoruba
I am a Yoruba from Ilorin. I regard this coverage of Yoruba history as close to accurate. The illustrations really brings so much context. However, I would like to point out one thing. If you say 'pele' to me, I would assume you meant to say sorry. The other ways to say hello in Yoruba is "enle o"; pronounced as "hen leh ooo". Alternatively, you can say 'enle nibe un' or "e pele nibe un" which loosely translate to hello there. How are you is "bawo ni"
Solid knowledge!
I do think it's funny that the euro guy tries to say hello and says "I'm sorry" instead.
Are you campaigning for Yoruba to be medium of instruction in schools and universities and for Yoruba TV etc, official status? If not, these things are trivial. Your language will be effectively dead by the end of the century.
Funny some people actually used pele. Especially the older Yagba people from omi
@@SionTJobbins
Dumbest take I’ve heard in a while.
What are your basis for this bold statement?
For a language to be extinct the people plus the knowledge about the language would have to be extinct.
Now you’re watching a foreigner breakdown the language and this is the best take you could come up with.
Olodo.
“E pele” could be used to greet too.
Sometimes we the Yorubas don't know how valuable is our culture and tribe. thanks to this video for shedding more light through this and telling the world what our culture and tradition is all about.
Some of us know, trust me. At my church, you are almost sure of having a yoru a proverb or adage coming with every scripture
@@johnawosika8311 that's really awesome ❤
Amazing
As an Afro-Latina in America I am so tired of my stories told by Caucasians. So damn tired. I want to go home. Learning Yoruba so I can never look back America is not it.
The reason is that they forsake the ancestors and call them evil,and pray to foreign ancestors that is why Yoruba land is not great, because we forget awon Onile.
It's crazy how successful yoruba culture has been despite all of the suffering its people have endured throughout history. I'm from Bahia, Brazil and I have to say, we LIVE the yoruba culture. It's tangible how much it has influenced our culture over there and it's beautiful to see it. The religion of candomblé is present in everyone's lives in Bahia and even catholics will engage in Yoruba's tradition every so often.
Hey Cuh 🙋🏾♀️👋🏾😉
Which suffering? Or am I not aware?
@@Iseoluwa eh😂 colonization and slavery please do research I know most of us don't know much about those times but we should learn about this things
@@Iseoluwa colonization of Nigeria and Slavery
@@connortraynor2408 Yet many of the people that left returned. Do the math
It’s actually kinda wild that Nigeria archaeological findings changed how African art was globally viewed
When the sculptures from Ife were discovered many Europeans refused to believe Africans had made them and came up with a bizarre Greek origin for them 😂
It was not Nigeria archaeological, it was Yoruba archaeological dude. Nigeria is a revision
@@seismicvertigo345 Nigeria is the name of the current geographical region it’s like saying france is a revision
@@tyronechillifoot5573 It is actually a political union. Yorubas still have their own geographical region it's just locked into 3 countries. No need to lock the non Nigerian Yoruba out of their own history and glue others who have nothing to do with that history into it. You know, like the kurds
Stop saying Nigerian, Yorubas are outside Nigeria too
Am a Nigerian yoruba, shout out to our brothers and sister in South America and the Caribbean,Cogito 🙌🙌 100%
Please tell your people out there about yoruba nation coming out from Nigeria soon yoruba sovereign nations soon 💯❤🌏
yes lots went to Jamaica... Along with Igbo and Ashanti
@@Amidat Yeah. it was so interesting to read that there is a place in Jamaica called Abeokuta. Like, how obvious is it? That is a direct carry over of the name of a Yoruba city
@@seismicvertigo345 seriously that's that's the name of a very old city in Nigeria
I would visit other countries in Africa except Nigeria and I would visit every Carribean islands except Jamaica both Jamaica and Nigeria are very hostile people you cannot be nice to them without them having a nasty attitude toward you
Most of the Afrobeats are in Yoruba! The best ones especially are in Yoruba, the language is tonal and very good for music.
Yes nigeria dominates afro beats
@@THEONLYOBA The northern groups have about 0 afrobeats. This is a comment specifically about Yorubas
@@seismicvertigo345 I know I’m just saying that the Yoruba’s run Nigeria’s music indsutry
In fact, most genres of "pop" music over the past HUNDRED years or so were invented or influenced by people of Yoruban descent, especially in the Americas. From ragtime, to rock, to jazz and blues and hip hop. Without the Yoruba, there would be no Beatles, or K-pop, or modern Latin music, or Scandinavian metal. Global cultures have changed because of the Yoruba's cultural influence, which have shaped the world as significantly as the zero from India and tea culture from China.
Afrobeats is a combination of Fuji music a yoruba genre music and blues. It was even created and made public by a yoruba man. his name was fela anikulapo kuti. a legend 🇳🇬
My homeboy married a yuroba woman. I had to lie on the ground to to help him convince his soon-to-be father-in-law that he had enough money to take care of his daughter. It was kind of cool that I got a chance to give their firstborn son a name
yeah, us Yorùbá have many names. every one close to the parents contributes a name to the child.
@@cokertimilehin2504 Interesting... I had a Nigerian friend who is now in USA, his name was so long with many other names in there.
@@makteko yeah, that's common. i have 15 names myself. some even have more in the most extreme of cases.
😂😂😂😂
The leing on the floor (prostrating) is not to show that you have money to take care of her (that’s what bride price is for and even that is later returned to the couple as the daughter is not for sale) … the prostrating is to show that you pleaded or you’re begging for her hand in marriage and also seeking for the father’s blessings….
@@cokertimilehin2504 15????? BRO WHATTT
As an outsider, it's interesting how the Yoruba people, along with other ethnic groups of Sub-Saharan Africa, influenced the cultures of countries in the Americas. I do think they deserve recognition for shaping the world into what it is today, at least culturally and linguistically, and I think this video has done them justice because it's been overlooked by many all around the world. Anyways, hope y'all have a happy holiday! :)
Yoruba Nation is long overdue!
Very well said. Thank you.
As a Nigerian I never knew this and I’m sure there are many like me who didn’t 😂😅
Thanks for this video, I won’t forget this 😊
Thanks for watching 🙂
What ethnic group are you from?
Yes that's true. I didn't know much about West African and Nigerian history, its truly amazing to learn about it. Much love from South Africa.
Clap for yourself
Wich's sad! because that's what our kings are representing! It's sad to see that we need foreigner to tell our history for us before believing In it! If this was told by one of us it would have being translate to (olorisa) wich means diety warships. Omo Yoruba eje kagbe asa wa laruge ire o.
I'm African American and recently did a dna test and found out I'm 43% Nigerian majoriy of which is Yoruba descent, so all of this very interesting to learn of some of my ancestors
You should try learning the language!
So, do you want a cookie for your discovery or just a pat on the back. Why're you black Americans so bloody stupid? Smh
@@kingofpendragon Nope just showing appreciation for someone making a video on the history of some my ancestors. Why you get mad at that or feel the need to insult is what's really strange. There's plenty of other people that are not Americans in the comments discussing their connection to the Yoruba people, you might as well go insult and call them stupid too then?
Hi @topdigga.
Feels good you're linked to this superb ethnic group. We're more than interesting. If you'd like to know a thing or two more about us, I'm willing to be your friend and help you through it.
Peace.
That's good to know while I unfortunately know nothing about my African ancestry.
As a Yoruba historian, i can say it is obvious a lot of research was put into this and not mere google/wikipedia or relying on popular but uninformed narratives about the Yoruba people. I have been following this chanel for a over a year now and i'm glad a video on the yoruba was made
I'm sure the scriptwriter is a Yoruba student of history.....the details were fairly accurate.
I'm really impressed, I'm currently reading Adebanji Akintoye's A History of the Yoruba and this summary is very accurate and quite comprehensive.
But Yoruba people did not know cassava/yam before the Europeans introduced it during colonialism. This is a false information, still I agree the video is good
Who told you that we don't know yam and cassava? Do you know that there is a festival that every yoruba tribe celebrate every year that it's a yam festival? There are a lot of things that we use yam for spiritually that's in history of our fore fathers before the 16bcs so we know the two before the colonial arrival
@@lasseb5612 Yorubas are even part of the wider proto-culture that discovered yams. So you are so off on that
Yam and Cassava are totally separate things
I am a Nigerian Yoruba girl. Greetings to my brothers and sisters. Love you all... "Oluwa a tunbo ma bukun wa"(God will continue to bless us). Amen
that's a very amazing phrase, thank you and amen to that!
Amen 🙏
Amen!
Axé 🙋
@@peter_gwp Thank you
I’m Haitian and there’s tons in Yoruba words used in Haitian Vodou. Ogun, Oshun & Chango especially
Zoe cousin! 🇭🇹
Pou Ayiti!!! 😁😁 Much love from Barbados and best wishes in advance on your upcoming national day!
Chango and Ogou, but Oshun isn’t in Haitian culture
I was told Yoruba priests who were captured and sold as slaves build the foundation of Voodoo religion as we know it. And it is a different religion compare to George Romeo Voodoo the outside world know about from Living Dead films in the 70's.
@@thanakonpraepanich4284 This is true in a lot of ways. When persons were taken from West Africa to the Caribbean they were forbidden from practicing their own religions. And the enslaved persons were not from one religious area or even one tribe. So Haitian Voodoo and its cousin Louisiana Voodoo are descended practices from many of the west African practices. It even ended up becoming syncretized with Catholicism as the enslaved persons found ways to hide their practices by pretending it was Catholic. But its pretty globally understood the t.v. and media versions of Voodoo seen in Romero movies or movies like the Skeleton Key are super incorrect and meant to scare instead of inform. Voodoo/Vodou is actually a beautiful religion born out of struggle, a need for survival, and persistence of the sprit of the enslaved persons.
I really like that you included a model of how palaces, houses and cities looked like. When it comes to other cultures I can imagen how they lived and thus I feel I have a better understanding, but I can picture close to nothing when I think of West African cities. Now I have an image in my head.
He paid a LOT if attention to detail. The houses were built in exactly that way with inner courtyards which the Yorubas trademarked and when he talked about the cities with the Palace of the king built in the center, the largest market nearby and the rest of the city built around it, he his giving an accurate depiction. All that not to even mention the Yoruba emblems used every now and then like when the Alaafin cogito was on a throne and there is an emblem right behind it at the window and the division of power of Oyo was spot on
As a Caribbean man of Yoruba lineage and a practitioner of Ifa/Lukumi this is a very accurate video made by an Oyinbo (Yoruba for a white man). This Oyinbo really did his research im impressed. The animations of Oduduwa, Obatala, Ogun and Olodomare made me smile lol. Also unfortunately many Yorubas (Islamized Ilorins) did backstab each other and sold their brothers to the Spaniards and Portuguese hence why Ifa(Santeria/Candomble)is so huge in Cuba and Brasil Also I'm happy to see the Cubanos and Brasileiros claiming their ancestral heritage in the comments. Ashe O.
You seem quite vast in the Yoruba language and culture yourself.
@@oluwoleolalekansolomon7480 Yes I practice Isese/Ifa and I have a Yoruba name in my Ile..
Ashe wa
You’re the embodiment of our ancestors as they live and breathe through you! They are alive because you made a conscious effort to ensure the survival of their culture.
Oduduwa ati awon alale ile Yoruba a gbe wa o!
I hate when insanely detailed, researched and incredibly animated videos like this got ignored by RUclips algorithm and attract less views you deserve more and you will get it in future I hope :)
It's interesting how they produced iron before bronze. It makes you really think about how geography, chance, etc. can REALLY change how history unfolds.
Quite apart from their heavy historical influence on the cultures of the Americas , especially in countries like Brazil , Cuba , Trinidad and Tobago and others , the modern -day Yoruba are the dominant African culture outside of Africa especially in the U.K. and USA where there have been a lot of immigration by Yoruba-Nigerian people .
This heavy contemporary Yoruba influence can be found in three main areas :
1. Christianity : the largest and most vibrant churches in the U.K. are Nigerian / Yoruba churches .
2. Music : Afrobeats music with songs sung mostly in Yoruba or Pidgin is all the rage across the world with Afrobeats stars like Burna Boy, Wizkid , Davido , Asake and others regularly staging sell-out concerts . Many non-African fans of Afrobeats in the U.K. sing songs in Yoruba and many do in fact know sone of the language .
3. The fields of Medicine and Healthcare industries : there are thousands of Nigerian medical doctors ( and also nurses ) in the U.K. and USA and most are Yoruba .
4. Heavily Yoruba districts of London such Peckham , Woolwich where it is common to hear Yoruba spoken and it is often joked that most people - even non-Africans understand a little bit of Yoruba .
5. The sheer numbers of Yoruba Nigerians in the U.K. and USA means that they are the most likely African ethnic group to intermarry with other ethnicities and cultures . This results in many mixed race and part -Yoruba people .
6. Sports : The Yoruba are very prominent in sports in both the U.K. and USA . Yoruba sports stars include the top Nigerian / Greek/ American basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo, the former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Anthony Joshua , the Arsenal and England footballer Bukayo Saka just to mention a few .
Add Dele Alli, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Adeleye, Omos and Tobi Amusan to that list
@@johnawosika8311 UFC Adesanya
Add Sade Adu, Seal (kiss from a rose)
Proud to be part Nigerian! My grandmother was from Lagos and she was Yoruba!
As a Yoruba person, you did a very good job on my people. Èkushe!
Sorry to be that person but get rid of the h at the back of e. Coz we have the sh sound which Is this ṣ the dot at the bottom makes the sh sound. And also there should be no sign or a dash on E because it’s a rē sound So it should be Ē̩kúṣẹ o. This might come across as rude but I just wanted to correct that 😅
Hey, Cogito.
I'm a fan and a Yoruba Nigerian. This is the second video in seeing in 2 days about Yoruba (the other one being from LangFocus).
You're doing great work and this is largely in-depth and accurate. The mispronunciations made it a bit funny to watch though.
Great job.
Lol 😆 🤣
Thank you for including the fact that Sopona/Sopono is both the Orisha of disease and healing. I wrote a paper on western conceptions of disease dieties, and they always portrayed Sopona followers as disturbing and terrorinducing disease spreaders, when they were probably native innoculators. It's such an important nuancing, and it is incredibly impactful that you don't just retread colonial stereotypes about terroristic priests spreading disease on purpose.
I actually read your paper! It was really interesting. Thank you for sending it to me, it was a huge help.
I just heard a podcast on mythology and came across sopona priests portrayed as psychotic disease spreaders. Where do i find your paper?
@@romacon6295 it has not been published, but I can send it:))
@@CogitoEdu I put so Much work into it, so I'm glad it could be used for something other than a grade.
Great video btw, the 3D animation is amazing.
Sopona (Babalu-aye) duality of positive and negative serves a purpose. You might need to invoke sopona to rain down diseases (often small pox) to weaken an invading army. You see a lot of duality in other orishas too
1:03 Geography
1:55 Language
4:05 History & Mythology
5:36 Building of city states
8:17 Ife expands under Oduduwa
9:58 *OYO EMPIRE*
14:37 Colonialism
15:32 Diaspora
17:54 Food
18:38 Religion
20:45 Fashion
Thanks. Fantastic
Not all heroes wear capes
What about the chicken? Where is that part?
I really love the Africa videos. You cover the region and it's various groups so well.
Thank you, there's more to come.
@@CogitoEduthank you so much for this. We are all tired of the Slavery rhetoric when it comes to Africa, we were and are so much more
@@CogitoEdu hey why did you decide to show yourself in this video presentation? is this how you’re going to be doing your videos from now on
@@CogitoEdu or just something you want to try out
19:48.. Yoruba will throw a party to celebrate the success of a previous party... that got me 😀😀😀
Wild - "Hey, this party is so good that I'm gonna make ANOTHER party to comemorate this one!"
This is amazing. Ever since I found the music of Fela Kuti, I’ve been fascinated by the Yoruba culture. I hope to visit Nigeria one day to see their history and art myself. I like spicy food by American standards, but we’ll see how I do with any Yoruba dishes I’m lucky enough to try 😅
As a sort of palette warm up for yoruba food, you can familiarize yourself with mexican and Indian spicy foods.
Honestly, nothing really prepares one for real Yoruba spice.
Yoruba food is extremely spicy like on whole new level 😂😂😂
Be sure to visit the John Randall Center for Yoruba culture and History in Lagos. It is literally being commsioned this week and will blow your mind.
Try Pounded Yam and Egusi soup... You can get it anywhere❤️
@@ayo9703 You mean, John "Randle" Center, not Randal.
I am Yoruba, and for the good job you did about my people..only way i can reward you is to subscribe to your channel.. which i just did.
I'm Yoruba Canadian (born here, parents immigrated) and I'm so thankful you guys decided to cover Yoruba people :D
Keep up the good work!!
Alot of the beats and percussion instruments of r&b and rock music and hip-hop are of Yoruba culture also
Am a descendant of the great Yoruba tribe in Sierra Leone we are called Creole. Great Video
I hope you are fine. Greetings from Nigeria.
The Yoruba have really kept a lot of their culture alive. I speak the Yoruba language though not Yoruba. They are sometimes unbelievably accomodating to other tribes. A yoruba woman actually made it her duty and keenly so too to introduce me at least to her lovely daughter on finding out that I was still single and I am not even Yoruba!
When is the wedding… I’ll come 😂
Me too 🤣
Yeah. That is very common lol
Thanks for the video! Here in Brazil you can see the Yorubá influences in our food, music, religions, words.
One of their inheritance keep growing here where I live, the palm tree called dendê. It's used to make the oil used in the acarajé and others foods. We also hear a lot of yoruba words in capoeira and some cultural groups.
I am Yoruba and I am happy about this.
Hope you enjoy the video 😁
@@CogitoEdu 100%
@@CogitoEduHow do you say Mallard Ducks in Yoruba?
Solid Yoruba history video. I leaned some things. But if I may… impart some facts, too.
1. Olodumare is god. The Orishas are god-like but not gods. Orishas are “Orishas”. Limitations of translating the Yoruba language into a European language, like English.
2. Olodumare technically has no sex/gender.
3. While there are a 401+ Orishas. Not all Orishas are categorized the same, only a few Orishas are indispensable to the religion & structure of the universe. Obatala, Yemoja, Orunmila, Oshun, Oya, Ibeji, etc.
4. While Obatala is usually represented as male, Obatala is traditionally sex/gender fluid.
5. While Obatala & Oduduwa are considered Yoruba Forefathers, Yemoja is traditionally considered the Yoruba Foremother. In traditional Yoruba-land creation-myths, according to Baale Olukunmi Egbelade Yemoja "gives Obatala water".. "Yemoja is the Orisa (deity) that brought water for Obatala-the creator, god, during the time man was molded with clay by Obatala". Can’t have clay without “water”. Thus her title as “the mother of (all) humanity”. As in one of the traditional creation myths, being one of the 16 Orishas sent from Orun to create/prepare creation.
6. Yemoja is also "the metaphysical mother of ALL the Orishas".
7. It’s confusing but technically few humans (if they were even normal to begin with) have been “defied” as Orishas, apart from the fact that not all Orishas are in the same class, type or importance. “Primordial Orishas” or inhuman-Orishas in traditional myths/legends have descended upon Earth in human forms before, only to return to Orun later.
8. In-spite of the Yoruba being patriarchal societies, Yoruba women traditionally have been powerful market women, independent land owners, Iyalawos (priestesses on par with priests), queens & queen-mothers. And even female-kings, “Oba Obinrin”, etc. Your video graphics eluded to this, but I wish your video/audio discussed it further.
9. At 16:17 you show Yemoja in a on-screen illustration, yet the audio doesn’t speak about her. Was that an error? Anyways, Yemoja’s dominion is over all rivers, & everything that has to do with pregnancy/motherhood. Such as, but not limited to the Ogun river, the largest river in Yoruba-land. The reason Yemoja (Creole: “Yemaya”) is considered the co-ruler of the oceans/seas within Latin American Yoruba derived religions, is because it’s traditionally said that she followed enslaved Africans across the Atlantic. As well as her general association with water & being Olokun’s “metaphysical mother” as well.
10. I appreciate that you mentioned “Omoluwabi”.
11. Oshun is not the Orisha of fertility, she is far far more important than that. Neither is Shango the only god of lightning. I don’t understand how female Orishas continue to be disrespected, so much in mainstream history discussions & popular sources. What sources are you using? Lol.
12. Oshun like her mother Yemoja is associated with rivers & motherhood. Oshun like Eshu is also considered a divine messenger to Olodumare (a savior of humanity in one myth), the mother of Ibeji (Orishas of multiple-births), women-s3xual autonomy, & the enabler of Iyalawos. Etc. Wow!
13. Oya is another key-Orisha! Oya is the female-warrior Orisha that guards the “gates” of the after-life, graves & cemeteries. She guides the spirits of the departed including one's ancestors (“Egungun-Oya” mother of the Egun). Oya is often attributed to the last breath of human beings before said person departs from this Earth to the other-world. Oya is often called “mother of the ancestors”. Oya in many traditional myths is said to have been the one who awarded/taught Shango his power over lightning (or stole it from him). Oya’s name translates to “she tore”.
14. The Gẹlẹdẹ is a celebration were Yoruba men honor Yoruba Mothers, it has a strong association with Yemoja.
PEACE.
Edit: “…the pyramids”. What does that mean? Egypt wasn’t the only African civilization with ancient pyramids. Do you mean, the Nubian pyramids or Egyptian pyramids?
I'm a son of the Candomble, with my best friend being a woman from Umbanda. I can honestly say Brazil's most beautiful things, which make up our identity today, were given to us by the Yoruba people. We will never forget their struggle and their pain, and will forever honor their sacrifice. Asè ♥
As a Yoruba person from Africa and a direct descendant of île Ife, I had a feild day with Cogito butchering every single Yoruba word he said 😂. Great video, pretty accurate ❤
Amazing video! The whole Yoruba civilization is really cool and fascinating. BTW, have you seen the video about the Yoruba language that Langfocus made recently?
Thanks. No I haven't seen it but I'll check it out I enjoy Langfocus
This is certainly one of the most accurate RUclips content out there on the Yorùbá people’s history.
Well-done!
As a Yorùbá Chief I say with alacrity that this video was superb.
Well done!!
Thank you!
Are those ancient gods still worshipped today?
@@desiderata8811 Very much so…..Even as far from Nigeria as Brazil and Cuba
@@Baajiki-e9x . I lived in Brazil for a while and Orishas and Yemanjá were common in Rio de Janeiro, although I didn’t know they came from Yoruba ancestry.
But what I meant is if the Yoruba people in Nigeria still celebrate the old gods the same way as their ancestors did before Christianity and Islam arrived.
@@desiderata8811 We who worship in the Old Ways are sadly in the minor minority. The Abrahamic religions are well entrenched in people’s minds. Traditional worship is sneered at and derogated. The effects of Colonialism and Religious Colonialism are pervasive. I come from a very Traditional family so, for me I venerate the Old Ways ✊🏾
As a Moroccan I am naturally biased towards my Senegalese brothers but because it's you I'll let that Jollof rice remark slide.
lol...do you hate the truth? Just admit that the jollof isn't spicy enough along that coast.
@@seismicvertigo345 As an African American from New Orleans, yall should try our form of Jollof rice Jambalaya
@@deshawnmoore1731 Lol.. I cooked jambalaya rice few days ago. It's always nice especially with the shrimps, peas, sausage and chicken. Jollof rice on the other hand is a different hit altogether, just amazing 😋
@@deshawnmoore1731 lol.. I've had jambalaya and you can't even call that rice spicy. In fact, I don't even think Jambalaya has even ever crossed the New Orleans border, unlike jollof
What about Ghana's jollof rice?
It's amazing how similar it is to Chinese culture: deep respect for elders, important heroes can become deities, tonal language, etc.
That's most West African languages and culture
At least pre-Abrahamic
I’m of African descent and have been learning Mandarin since I was in high school. I see so many similarities between our cultures but it is sad that this information is not generally known.
@@maazi.naaniya9158 but Yoruba just seem to be the ones to do it the most we are just like that
South China culture has Yoruba people and in fluency
I'm from Salvador, the capital of the Bahia state in Brazil. It's amazing how the culture here is heavily influencied by the Yorubá people!
From food to religion, we've had inherited a lot from our ancestries in Africa!
Fun fact: Every year, in the 4th of December, we celebrate the St. Barbara's day, which is an example of the religion syncrethism, because in the same celebration, Candomblé people celebrate Iansã, which is the wife of Shango, cited in the video. She is also linked to thunders and storms like her husband and people also wear red in her honor in this day.
P.S.: By coincidence, 4th of December also happens to be my birthday 🥳😁!
Fun fact: I’m heading to Salvador for Iemanja’s party on February 02 !!!
Interesting. On December 4th in Santeria, Changó himself is celebrated.
I have vary fond memories of saint cosme and damião, when i would go on getting candy. this festivety is heavily influenced by the candomble cult of ibeji
Happy Belated Birthday!🎉🎊💐🎂
Lansa? In Yoruba land , OYA is wife of SANGO
Irish/Nigerian here, this was such a great watch! Recognized your accent straight away which was a pleasant surprise too ❤️. 🇮🇪🇳🇬
Don't forget their GA brothers in Ghana ivory coast
seriously ga are yoruba didnt know
LOL, I'm from Nigeria, the Yoruba part. You can see it in my name.😃😁
I'm from a smaller tribe called the Urhobo and I'm surprised by how many features of my ethnic group's culture have strong influence from the Yoruba culture.
Itshekiri to have yoruba in their language and dress like yoruba
I believe your ancestors came from Ile Ife too according to History
@@adedamolamartins3810 I'm half shekiri and okpe
You're not a smaller tribe You're part of yoruba's .
@@samuelawokola9636 No, they aren't. Stop trying to be slick
Why don’t we learn this in black history month in the uk instead of American black history. Would’ve loved to learn about African achievements before Europeans instead of a yearly reminder of our humiliation
They don’t want you to connect with the motherland
Why are you just learning about African American history in the UK are not most African-descended people in the UK from Africa and the Caribbean? Also, black people have been in the UK since Henry the 8th. Should you not be primarily learning about those cultures and histories. I was under the impression the African American community in the UK was extremely small.
Because black history month is about African American history. It’s black American history month. If you want to lean about African history take an African history class.
@@lokkomotive8153 . Yeah, that only makes sense if you live in America. Meaning the United States of America. If you do not live in America then it makes absolutely no sense to be learning about African American history, it's germain to a non-American experience in no way at all. If you live in a country that never had Jim Crow then how is learning about Jim Crow going to inform you about the experience you and your people are having in say the U.K.? Also, African American history does not start in America, we were people long before we came here and we had a history in Africa first. So teaching African American history should always start with African history. Our history in Africa came first. AND, it's not black American History Month and it never has been. It's black history month period.
In Trinidad and Tobago..it's called Accra..and yes we need our ground provision like cassava..and taro.( Dasheen)...and we love our Spices..
And yeah..we're big on partying..
True I am a nigerian living in Trinidad you are 100% on point
Cogito, I want to add one more thing to this video, the Christian missionaries that brought the latin script to the Yorubas were actually once captive Yorubas who never made it to the new world in the west but were rerouted and released at Freetown Sierra Leone where they were tutored into the European missions. After that, they came back to Yorubaland, from Freetown, and reformulated the Yoruba language into written form according to how they had learned. Two names to credit are Samuel Ajayi Crowther who created the first Yoruba-English dictionary in the 1800s and translated the entire Bible to Yoruba, in that same period, and also Samuel Johnson who wrote the book "A history of the Yorubas" in the 1800s to document our history
Great
And then some hadda disguise Yorba gods with Christian ditties to practice..therefore santeria
Thanks for sharing and thanks to watt this brother has done
you should know the latin script was not invented by europeans but corrupted from the phonecians who were caananites of Ham and the phonecians themselved corrupted it from the ancient egyptians. that is why the latin script is mroe than sufficent to house the yoruba language.
@@adrien1623 That's cool. He learnt it from the English Europeans nontheless.
This was a great video. I enjoy learning about cultures I'm not familiar with. They have a beautiful language. The rock sculptures are incredible.
Learning about other cultures is just the best! There are so many interesting and different peoples out there.
Where I'm from..in the Caribbean..we are definitely Yoruba..and there is still a heavy orisha practice here...
Where is that in Caribbean?
The culture of the Yoruba people is among one of the most interesting and fascinating cultures in Africa, period. An excellent worldbuilding inspiration for anyone wanting to create a unique African-inspired culture. Thanks a lot for this video!
my writer brain definitely got some ideas from watching this ngl
Yoruba boy, from ekiti here but currently lives in Asia, I never forget where I'm from, greeting to all yoruba around the world.
Really interesting. I would love to hear more about other African cultures. As a European, I don't know much about this part of humanity.
That's a great documentary. As a West African , I learned a lot watching it. living in the Western hemisphere , and coming in contact with lots of Blacks from the diaspora, I always tell them that African history is very rich. There is so much to learn, so there is no need to call ourselves Israelites and Hebrews , and take from other cultures.
Brother I agree, it’s sad, I try to be nice to people like that. They keep calling me a foreigner even tho it’s my land😂and use pictures as evidence or what white people who were racist said. It’s so sad because I am learning about my culture because governments commited genocide on its natives 1930 ( the most recent large scale one. So many of us weren’t taught our culture in fear of being killed . So now I’m learning the culture and even found out more about my father lineage that decent from upper North America
Also where are you from my gf is learning about her african roots and she is Nigeria and liberian I been looking for groups that she could join to learn more about her culture
As an African American descendant of slaves, this information is absolutely fascinating; much appreciation for making this video, I plan to be studying this a lot more!
Wow! and colonizers lead us to believe that africa was undeveloped before they came.
The reason colonisers went to Africa was because it was rich. Underdevelopment was a result of colonisation it didn't precede it.
@@CogitoEdu exactly cogito, the west saw the riches in africa and exploited them in the most horrendous of ways, killing millions of africans in the processe, glad to see somone sharing african history using brilliant captivating animations. love from algeria 🇩🇿 🇮🇪
@bahaa9907 Africa was underdeveloped or not developed as Europe, whichever way makes u feel comfortable, so it's not wrong to say they were not as advanced as Europe its quite simple, and anyway the Europeans first came to Africa looking for slaves becuasw there was already a market for it...*cough* Arab slave trade, anyway, and after slavey was ended, they carved up the continent so the Europeans' power wouldn't fight over land, prestige, and resources simple really
@@kacgb5315 Europe was never developed. The African continent has the oldest empires ever established by human beings. Europeans learnt about Gold, Iron, Salt and Cocoa from Africans. That's why the richest man in history is African. Africa had it all.
@@kacgb5315 I think we were advanced in different things. If you're talking about theory and technology, I will say Europe. If you are talking about value systems and being more socially democratic, I will have to give that to Africans. Also, Europeans didn't come to Africa because there was already an Arab slave trade; this is because Africans were not the only ones they used as slaves in the new world. They used native Americans, Africans, some other Europeans (indentured servants, etc), and later on even the Chinese built the railroads under harsh circumstances, though not slavery. However, as a matter of dehumanization and perpetual slavery for the person and their entire lineage, they did that with Africans. It is clear that they were looking for unpaid work and also looking for justifications for it. The knew what they wanted. You don't need to bring the Arabs into it. The Arabs were not trading from the Congo/Central Africa. So why did Europeans go there?
Hello all, I'm a Cuban American and I'd like to say that Yoruba culture is also extremely prominent in Cuba as it is in Brazil. It's interesting that the culture has been maintained so well in Bahia but in Cuba there are still many religious services conducted in the Yoruba language, especially by the Abakua order. Many Cubans (I imagine this is the case elsewhere) denounce the Yoruba religion and culture as barbaric but I strongly advise against this mentality. While the Europeans gave us many good things, we would not have the vibrance and life in our culture and music without the Yoruba soul. To all the Yoruba of Africa today, continue to bless the world with your rich traditions and never let anyone delegitimize your nation, you are a great people!
My Nigerian ancestry traces back to the Yoruba.
Bro you tried.
We have Yoruba people in Port Novo ( Dangbo) Benin.
I'm from Edo State Nigeria we share a border with the Yorubas. The British ruined everything by the Yorubas and other tribes to coexist as a nation. Now all we have in Nigeria are just curupt politicians from different tribes.
White men are crazy
Yeah.. just go ahead and exclude Yorubas from that "tribes" language. Everything else you say is good
Guess which video is being added to my World History class's West African Civilization Unit?
4000 years later the European said Africans was living in jungle 🤣🤣 rewrite their his-tory
They claim Africans lived in jungles yet 90% of their museums are full of Looted African artifacts. The fools even tried to destroy the Pyramids
The comments show this video has really struck a chord, and deservedly. For us gringos there are great Yoruba and Brazilian authors (esp. Jorge Amado from Bahia ) who illustrate the creole culture resulting from the diaspora, and there are English translations available in many US libraries. The Santana song "Jingoloba" is for the Orisha Shango and is probably the most recognizable chunk of Yoruba culture for (at least olderfolk ) US. Kinda funny that what many Americans think of as "Latin music" has plenty African roots, but it shows that the slave trade wasn't just to "El Norte."
I am from the Southern Caribbean, and I recently noticed on a video by Langfocus how similar Ebe Yoruba grammar is to our local dialect, though as I understand it, Igbo played the biggest role. I also noticed how close the traditional wear here is to Yoruba clothing, though I don't know how much is passed down versus how much is copied post-colonialism. Watching this makes me just want to deep dive into my own family history though ofc I don't know how far I'd get 😅.
I knew the Yoruba culture had a huge influence in Brazil, and was already very excited for the video because of that, but reading the comments, apparently they influenced a whole lot of different countries!!
Even in Africa. There seems to be something pervasive about our culture. Even one video, the one with Luptita Ngoyo where she visits Benin, shows how Yoruba captives in neighboring Dahomey influenced the local community with their dance customs and spirituality under less than ideal circumstances
There is a large Brazilian quarters in Lagos Nigeria, Yoruba people are in Brazil taken away by the Europeans. Some came back and are in Lagos
Yoruba culture was a building block of Haitian culture as we know it, and so do Brazilian culture?
I wish that the African continent was allowed to progress naturally. So sad!
Yea. We did not sell ourselves till a Civil war orchestrated by the Colonizers!
No they sold enemy nations.
I love this. As A Yoruba, Nigerian Woman, Thank You. But, The Greeting" Pele" is mainly for when one is Sick, Hurt Bad or something bad happened to someone like An Accident. The Proper Greeting is 1. The time of the day you are greeting, Let's Say It's Morning Time, We say " É Ka róó ó, Bawo ní" Bawo ni means "How are you" as a form of "Hello".
Ẹ nlẹ is the word.
I am Yoruba and yes greeting is important and if you don't their indeed trouble
It makes me happy to see Yorùbá culture so respectfully portrayed here. Thank you, brother.
18:12 so that's why bahia food is so spicy! very enlightening to watch this as a brazillian.
Love my people my father try to teach me the language I know a few things but I never really caught on like I did with English. But if there’s one thing, I know there’s 1 million different ways to greet someone.😂
"Just bead it"
-Yoruba
Yoruba language is one of the earliest examples of modern language standardization in the world. Literary Yoruba was standardized through the works of native missionary Samuel Ajayi Crowther who published a grammar book, the first Yoruba dictionary and a fully translated Bible between 1840 and 1880.
Yes indeed-but it was Oyo dialect he “standardized” right? As someone who lived in Ondo (Ode-Ondo) for many years, I was always reminded of that fact by my neighbors!
@@elizabetheames1333 Yes that is very correct. Oyo is classified by linguists as a Western dialect and has a simpler phonology compared to the Eastern dialects like Ondo. A feature that appears frequently in the Eastern dialects but rarely in the Western dialects is the letter U being at the start of a word.
@@elizabetheames1333 If I remember correctly, it was a mixture of the Oyo and Egba dialects. He lived in both places
And he made errors like translating èsù as satan which terribly wrong èsù and satan are NOT even nearly the same entity.
We forgive your mispronunciation ☺️
Honestly I'm the only channel that ruins the culture in question's pronunciations alongside ruining English pronunciations.
Bruh the Vawulence was intense 😅
The level of detail is amazing.. I like how this guy points out the religious tolerance of the Yorubas and we never miss a chance to throw a party. And then that humongous guest list. Every wedding is like a carnival.
I was about to say that Pele is often used to say sorry, but I realised you indicated it below the text (I was listening via my earbuds while doing something else) (I'm Igbo BTW, I only know bits of Yoruba from conversations I've had with friends)... And yessss, the greeting is no joke 😂, it's so elaborate that it could seem excessive sometimes, but it's beautiful...
I'm not done watching yet, but good stuff so far (and I've seen your other stuff and I'm confident you'll do a good job with this one). Also, if you're interested in more Nigerian history, I think "Bisi" (Yoruba name BTW) would be a good researcher (here on RUclips) to work with.
(It's also the first time I've seen your face, nice!)
I've seen so many videos that purport to tell Yoruba history. With all modesty, I say this is the most appealing of them all. It shows that your references are authentic. Your presentation also caters to our sensibilities. Good job.
Cogito, ẹ ṣeun.
Well done. Thank you for a very accurate and respectful presentation. Congratulations to the wise Yoruba people who still honor their ancestors by practicing their culture, especially spritually.
Absolutely 👏👏👏
Thank you for featuring our people! I left my homeland at the age of 14 for a better education in London. However I still visit my family who loves my souvenirs, but honestly the gift of seeing my grandmother still alive at the age of 87 who can still sprint is the greatest.
Shoes in Europe create deformities to our feet. The best way to run is to be as close to barefoot as you can with our toes splayed out along with a zero drop in the heel.
None of my family have bunions except for me.
Thank you for the video!
Fun fact: They are the ethnic group with the highest birth rate of twins in the world. They even have towns were it is weird to see a woman who has never had twins. Please tell me you mentioned this fun fact. Otherwise, do a simple online search to confirm this, then pin my comment for others to see.
Yes, the town of Igbo-Ora is what you are talking about.
That’s true, most prominent in Oke Igbo.
Okay awesome video as always Cogito! West Africa has always fascinated me mostly due to figures like Mansa Musa and Carthage etc, but the Yoruba are such a fascinating diverse group I didn't even know 5% of this info. PS Are we all gonna ignore the fact that Cogito looks nothing like his pudgy little avatar...aka he's hot 🧐