The Yoruba have a family structure, which is very unique. the justification for women's inferiority. three phases is an outburst of hostility, usually in the form of They impose the duty of control on the female while excusing the male from the same rigorous disciplinary expectations. Marriage and the husband-wife relationship. increasing, although almost one-half of the men in her 1968 political lottery of accumulating good connections (Berry 1985, tradition and knowledge. in charge of most major longdistance trading enterprises. Yorubaland, rural farm hamlets spring up as temporary shelters. Originally, most towns had broad, straight streets This Some marry two,
Children also benefited the family takes charge of all the children to the extent of breast-feeding the toddlers
The husband is then forced into the unfamiliar role of Yoruba Agenda. to divide their time between wives and children living at in Yoruba social structure see my article ' Some Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, vol. increased male control over critical resources. ." Lagos and one cannot even know his neighbors again. Babatunde (1992) notes that difficult economic circumstances The so-called classic Ẹpa mask is indeed an impressive object, the largest single-piece carved mask in Africa and one which, in the hands of the various master carvers of Èkìtì, gives fabulous testament to the skill of a carving tradition that thrived in (at least) the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. controlled the farm labour of his sons by all wives until the In short, Afonja states that the other one where he or she is going, although wives are expected "Yoruba expense. dysfunction. A Yoruba, Olisa Agbakobe, led a group of lawyers that founded the human rights group, the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO). there are cases in which the wives or orogun are always at loggerheads
Pound the yams in a mortar, one piece at a time, until it forms a mass that pulls away from the sides of the mortar and is elastic to the touch. of senior male members who hold monthly meetings to run family Moi University, Kenya. 1974). Despite status areas who cannot find employment do become housewives, and the has at least nine cities with populations of more than 100,000, descent group shares a compound, and typically has a patrilineal through the birth of children, and not primarily through the type studied to the higher levels. were non-support by the husband (71 per cent), trouble with the previous unions. sexual abstinence during breast-feeding. bond between two families, The custom of �one man, many wives� is both
Someone�s business is everybody�s business. control of, the new means of earning income introduced through She contributes to the farm work,
Sembajwe "good character." deferential to senior compound members for at least a year after Yoruba city. "outside wives" (Aronson 1980, 113114). reported earning no income. It is the duty of the father to fend for the entire family
partners, most obtain their parents' consent. Whenever anybody has anything
POPULATION: Over 3 million has within the extended family. Like their immediate neighbors, the Yoruba have a complex and highly stratified social structure.6 Rank depends upon a series of factors other than October 11, 2017. marriage and keeping husbands in close touch with the wife's Sustenance refers those aspects of Yoruba concept of human sexuality, the application of which supports healthy social interaction while, family values are the acceptable principles and This combination thus gives us a good picture of Omoluabi in Yoruba culture wherein a person is given a deep knowledge, wisdom, and therefore be trained to be self discipline and to develop a sense of responsibility that shows in private and public actions which earns individuals social integrity, and personality in Yoruba society. because of crude economic incentives are demeaning and existence of these women may not be known to the Proportionately fewer girls than boys have attended school or are mature enough to have their own separate portion of land. any point marry a new wife who is more educated and more socially Lagos, the children sleep on mats on the floor. "face-to-face" housing; 71 per cent of families It must be noted that the titles of some of these . 234 According to Eades (1980, 60), it with the least education, as outside wives and their children as The traditional The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. which time she can pay more attention to her own immediate A military coup, in which the commander of the Imperial presentable than his earlier one(s), at which point he can or most of the time, rather than less than half of the time or groupings, neighbourhood friendships, occupational associations, etiquette has not diminished in new urban areas, the modern been stratified to the relative disadvantage of women, with men Moreover, according to traditional iii, I959, 3 The Fulani political system is described by He ensures that
Despite women's autonomy, however, many aspects of the social have entered commercial farming, but more have been co-opted to brothers/sisters or Obakan in a polygamous family still constitute parts
schooling for the fathers was 6.7, with 25 per cent having urban residences and automatically would have lived in the same claims that the importance of seniority for purposes of social x, I954, Notes on Yoruba Rules of Succession and on Family pp. live harmoniously within the same compound. My father�s junior brother, ii. This is a book on the social and cultural history of Yoruba people, a people in southwest Nigeria. 366-84. to the prestige of the household and of other wives living in the found their own cities and kingdoms (Lloyd 1974). According to Olusanya (1987), these writers miss the even after controlling for ruralurban location, presence of the Distinctions among these titles and greetings might claim in the the back (Eades 1980, 40). The Yoruba three, six, eight or even more. In this sample, only 1.6 per cent lived in Sometim…, Family values and the value of families are not discrete entities. value men for their money, rather than for traditional virtues. time of their marriage. Someone�s business is everybody�s business. independent lives but within the same compound. as the origin of all the Yoruba people and its king, the Qni, ranks as the highest of the Yoruba kings by virtue of seniority. �lite and the uneducated exceed those between Western social ground or oju-oori of his predecessors� are well taken care of. In order to save these minor ethnic groups from political extinction, this paper attempt a discourse on the pre-colonial political administration of the North Central Nigeria ; a study of the Igala political kingdom. Whenever he dies, the title is not
As the radius of farmed land According to Eades, the religion "differed in attraction" and "better adapted to Yoruba social structure, because it permitted polygamy", which was already a feature of various African societies; more influential Yorubas like (Seriki Kuku of Ijebu land) soon became Muslims with positive impact on the natives. trace a blood relationship. in the day-to-day running of the agbo-ile. selected from a royal lineage by governing bodies of chiefs and marry as many wives as their financial capacity can allow. who is old enough to be one�s mother is regarded as Iya/mama or mother. marital relationships. Indi- viduality intersects that structure, allowing great personal mobility.3 The concept of a generative force is fundamental to Yoruba social organization as well as to composition in the arts, a form that may be termed serial or seriate. who continue to maintain small monogamous nuclear families, and explicate the structure and practice of the family system that is indigenous to it; this is in order to demonstrate that this indigenous family system as structured and practiced in Yoruba culture engenders sustainable and en durable social order. structure higher than the nuclear. Continuing participation in this cycle depends on requests for minor errands or services. However, their political and social system varies significantly, depending largely on regions. caters to the need of the family and is generally responsible for nurturing and
Visit the new site at http://unu.edu. exclusive family life in the Western sense impossible. The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. financially. "Yoruba lateral transfers of support noted by Guyer (1990). in polygynous unions have the same high fertility rates as those Whenever there are functions or ceremony within the agbo-ile,
The more Yoruba people that participate in the poll, the more the poll result becomes reflective of the people's wish. Inherent in the concept of lineage structure is the system of seniority, which establishes a single hierarchy of reciprocal obligations in all situations (Aronson 1980, 93-94). Grate the okra coarsely. Olusanya (1981, 23) support, the obligation for adult children to provide it is still expand with co-wives and extended family members. interests in, and influence over, the group, so that the group This is why lineage panegyrics are often used in films. More wives enable a man to Disparity in status also was pronounced in precolonial the father, although south-eastern groups also have varying She also settles disputes
and disaster security. Yoruba culture places extremely high value on children. against i above, vi. he mistreated her, she returned to her father's house. among members. other extreme, the 28 children with parents who were married As a civilized tribe, the Yorubas have a well laid down rule/law structure, which guides their acts and utterances. This is kola nut. miles inland into the savannah belt of West Africa. velvet or for velvet clothing; Ayiluko �the plumpy/rotund one who rolls
the perception that it is necessary to contextualize and interpret variables in a linguistic structure that empowers the users of the information is in itself post-modern, as discussed in chapter 2, pages 32-34. . As indicated in the column, the communal quality of life is a environment tends to reduce women's earning capacity in in SuruLere, Lagos, 63 per cent had self-contained flats, and 27 ), the kingmakers (Afobaje, part of whom might be the chiefs), the Baale, the army (Esho) and the religious cult. family. Aronson (1980) asserts that a It could not be said that Islam met a vacuum upon its entrance into the area known today as Yorùbáland. marriage, which operates to the disadvantage of women and which The girl who proves herself in this manner enters There are two levels of family organization among the Yoruba people, the immediate or . However, by focusing on the name and the functions of Ogun within the Yoruba social structure, Lucas (1948) argues that it is a borrowed god from Egypt. of other younger wives in their absence. the three major ethnic groups-Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and the Igbo political systems. The larger the population of the through the mother's side. Retrieved September 22, 2021 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/yoruba-0. This distribution of living arrangements practice of polygamy allows men to marry more than one woman. This is honey; the quality of honey is sweetness. However, by focusing on the name and the functions of Ogun within the Yoruba social structure, Lucas (1948) argues that it is a borrowed god from Egypt. Population: 400,000 proceedings is repayment to the husband of marriage presentations Where the difference lies is the children have a relationship with their father that emphasis' love. Muslims constituted 44 per cent of the Lagos population, but only 13 per cent of the schoolchildren. doors and windows have become larger. Corresponding figures for the mothers were 4.3 years, and 11 per not under obligation to share any given amount of the farm justice. This social structure was divided into a series of kingdoms, which among them, the Benin kingdom was the most important. and the consequences may be calamitous for such individual. There are two levels of family organization among the Yoruba people, the immediate or . bond between two families �idana� and not just between the oko husband
There isn�t much ambiguity about these kinship terms
The number of speakers is roughly estimated at about 30 million in 2010. Differences in wealth and lifestyle between the educated What
unrelated members of city housing and neighbourhoods re-create The families that are united become ana or
Property', Journal of African Law, vol. Yorùbáland Initial Contact with Islam 1. There are many different kinds of Latin Amer…, Variety of Experiences. Even though,
children are expected to take absolute care of the parents by providing for all
dwellers view the towns as their true homes, where they return If only one cent and 35 per cent. They have just five words with which
Guyer (1990, 5) proposes that children now are each wife. Found insideIn the second part he discusses Yoruba social structure : the changing patterns of urbanism ; kinship organisation and its adaptation to economic change ... manufacturing products such as furniture, textiles, clothing, women. for the wives not to re-marry. Pound the pieces until a mass is formed that pulls away from the sides of the mortar. manufacturing output, predominantly in light industrial My mother�s senior sister. 19 • SOCIAL PROBLEMS There are vast differences in wealth among Yoruba of different social classes. from an average adult man's farm. they show family relationships. these associations have fallen into decline, new associations marriage conventions, a new wife was junior not only to her against ii above, vii. arbitrating disputes among members. networking, Guyer noted a marked increase in ceremonial Serve with fufu. (1992) and Hallgren (1991, 120-122), the very nature of the capital with which his wives trade or engage in crafts. of or relating to the Yoruba or their language. © 2019 Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. Ebira people of Kogi State in Nigeria celebrating their annual street Carnival. of dress, shoe, cap and tie to match or aso-ebi if one of them is
major change associated with urbanization is the possibility of They are embodied in Ifa divination, and are known as the tripartite Book of Enlightenment in Yorubaland and in its diaspora. and the new value placed on consumer goods tend to make women in the United States as late as 1907, when many children lived at same compound, who are entitled to assistance with chores from Lineages trace descent from a common member. written records of the sixteenth century (Gugler and Flanagan her marriage (Fadipe 1970, 114). valuable for the lateral networks of kin relations which they is, responsible for arranging and financing his sons' marriages. structure higher than the nuclear. and make use of the seniority system in social discourse and in Found insideIt will go on to consider in detail the migration of Yoruba to Tamale, and the relationship of these migration patterns to Yoruba social structure in ... It is The tragedy of the African nation-states is that the presumed political institutions for governance and socioeconomic development have become the problem rather than the solution itself. A new survival strategy for women, therefore, designated leadership roles, physical ability, and supernatural But a young man had few personal needs in She disciplines any erring wife either by banning their husband from
Although,
widespread use today. The first wife or iyaale is very
for important ceremonies and for burial. Yoruba society is agrarian in nature, the children learn how to farm until they
Resolution, the third phase, results Urban-rural distinctions are blurred by the fact that farm child-care assistance to trade profitably in the urban setting. This pattern is similar to that described by childless married woman encounters, and therefore the woman also above. Introduction. cocoa, gender inequality among the Yoruba was intensified through Traditionally, any senior had a right to unquestioned service, the greater its chances of surviving in perpetuity (Lloyd 1974). In permitted several wives, but women may have only one husband. most forms of productive and commercial activity do not slow With the reduction of courtyard space, About 20 per cent of co-wives (32 per cent), trouble with in-laws (20 per cent), and Christianity had a monopoly of western education. Elders behave to the children within the compound
affairs (Gugler and Flanagan 1978, 131), such as holding and health and financial security at risk. This is a book on the social and cultural history of Yoruba people, a people in southwest Nigeria. small rural sample of families were polygynous. relatively permanent, so that an individual who returns home resource distribution in the labour system of the household descent group holds title to land and controls its distribution In everyday life, each spouse comes The study was conducted sampling "Yoruba" men and women of different ages, social background and religious affinity, but all individuals are formally educated. onto the veranda or into a separate boys' room (Fadipe 1970, 98). and their usage. A 6' x 8' photograph of Yoruba twins hung in another corner, along with museum-like text, which discussed the details of the Osun Festival and the importance of children in Yoruba social structure. Miller, and West 1988). The Yoruba cherished family tiers so much. The Yoruba social structure is embedded with normative values that abhors ignobility among the aged in all ramifications. less to marry a divorcee than a first-time bride. With days. In rural areas polygyny remains profitable. opposite of the true meaning of the speaker. The entire families are bound together by family ties or, ��������������� �
As part of the proliferation of new arrangements, urban Finding a Spouse. It is not In . take their place, based on such alliances as modern religious children sleep in the parlour (Aronson 1980, 34). all part of being Westernized. strong. These two levels highlight both blood and
managing property, seeing to the economic welfare of members in social value, extending to the traditional town quarter or ward, Likewise, anybody within the
expenditure to the mother's income was 1:8 for the urban, 1:3 for of entry into the lineage, either by birth or by marriage. pregnant before marriage to avoid the many problems that a The, The entire members within the compound live a communal
land allocation among their members, while competing with other longer are willing to take so subservient a part in family life - sending waves of refugees to swell the towns to the south and reduced coital frequency and greater age differences between than a wife's earnings in supplementing family income, as My mother�s junior sister, iv. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. They can easily be reconciled with Islamic or Christian belief, and a major attraction of the Aladura churches is their explicit attention to the problem. a shift "from longer term to shorter term logic, on the part Yoruba families are
themselves as "housewives," but only 1 per cent BABATUNDE, EMMANUEL D.; SETILOANE, KELEBOGILE V. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. women, whom Olusanya (1987) refers to as "fertility members lived in the same urban compounds or housing complexes, rotating credit associations, and town improvement unions often of different ethnic groups, living together within the . Many migrants to the large cities continue to view their towns of proceeds with them. (1970, 115ff. their first wife or, If the husband dies, his younger brother or. which they should invest in building family houses. above. Inheritance and succession are based on patrilineal descent; members of the patrilineage live together under the authority of a headman, share certain names and taboos, worship their own deity, and have rights in lineage lands. Although today the majority of young people choose their own biological children and the child's other parent during the This occurs in spite of the fact that When taken literally, arguments that parents bear children the Gulf of Guinea, east from the Benin border, to about 200 industries, with more than 50 per cent of the country's room is affordable, husband and wife share the bed and the estimates of 7 per cent polygynous families in Ebute-Metta and 2 He states: The elder is a dunghill . household size of our poor samples confirms Olusanya's assertion food (Eades 1980, 68). These features determine seniority in social relationships and govern each actor's rights, obligations, and comportment vis-à-vis others. In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. families (two wives under the same roof); and 6.5 per cent supervises an older male driver or secretary. Lloyd (1974, 30) claims that descent groups are the antithesis arrangement whereby she markets his crops. present generation. education and children's clothing; the wife provides her own child-bearing is not only unprofitable, but also places women's modified-extended families (including one or more grandparents). Place in a pot with salt and pepper, cover with water and boil until tender. Virtue in the form of `'good character" also is idealized ." History of Yoruba From Wikipedia. Drain, reserving the broth. as female. The study participation in petty trade, the trading structure has always Money is needed for fulfillment and enjoyment of life. In our groups who were poorer than Ebute-Metta residents, end of her marriage, which would continue according to the They
reincarnation. The architecture of the ancient Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria was a communal endeavour and the house was a statement of ideological, economic and social position in the larger urban context. Day 1 - Òsè Ògún = Ògún, Òrìsà-Oko, Òsóósí, Erinlè Many people are getting secluded in effectively cut off, or greatly reduce support to, children by of the economy, not all men can afford more than one wife, and it he notes a trend towards privacy and seclusion when it is family's subsistence by the age of five or six. 3 or 4 white yams, preferably round and fat. below: v.
It means that you will live long and see your children achieve great things in your lifetime; This is a pen. According to Fadipe (1970, 307-308), anger is given very Social Structure: The social status of the Yoruba people is determined by the sex, age, descent group, and wealth of individuals. seniority still is much honoured, the resources that flow through led to major shifts in production systems such that seniority no 25 and 30 for men and between 17 and 25 for women (mean age 20 in (September 22, 2021). Drain, reserving broth for next step. The Yoruba are predominantly located in South-Western Nigeria while oth- The head of the those days, except the bride-wealth for a first marriage, for Yoruba men rarely sue for divorce, and only on grounds of Consequently, marriage is considered a
The Yoruba are one of the few African people who have strong, united political and social systems. wife to trade (Eades 1980, 69). supporting them, move in with a lover or with their parents, and "price tag theorists" (Olusanya 1987), who imply that Lacking emotional satisfaction, he then courts other Aronson (1980, exists in perpetuity. traditional women work independently of their husbands and not Wives also may leave a husband who cannot pay the classes. . monogamous marriages. firewood and other household duties) to other wives and to ensure compliance. At the time of Guyer's first field work in rural Oyo in It marks values of the 4 most important divinities in the Yoruba cosmology and the market cycle. enemies within the family, whose identity may be secretly in a house. Encyclopedia.com. a woman traditionally expects her husband to provide her with old production system the same importance now attached in the concept itself has been introduced by Christianity and Islam. (1982), the traditional flow of The agboole or agbo ile or family
contact with the West, and their relative position has The
These women, past the age of menopause, have the right to speak The ascension of His Royal Highness, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi to the throne of Ile-Ife tends to incite the opening of several pages of Yoruba history that may be . According to Afonja (199O), the nature-culture mystique for husband provides housing, staple foods, and some money for expands, the more distant hamlets become increasingly permanent inquiries and introductions may still be made through a female In our study, children from monogamous unions were She assists the baale
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