Courses

Language

1st Year Yoruba I [YOR 506}
1st Year Yoruba II [YOR 507]
2nd Year Yoruba I [YOR 312K]
2nd Year Yoruba II [YOR 312L]

*All language classes are taught by Dr. Mosadomi Classes must be taken in sequence to obtain Foreign Language credit. Restrictions apply for upper level courses.

History & Politics

Afro-Caribbean Diaspora [SPN 349 /SPN 375] - Dr. Arroyo Martinez
This course examines themes such as gender, sexualities and identity politics, socio-political agency, resistance and negotiation in the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Haiti. The course is taught in Spanish (SPN 375) one semester and in English (SPN349) the next.

Nigerian History [HIS 350L] - Dr. Falola
This course examines the Yoruba as part of the conglomerates of Nigerian ethnicities.

Culture & Religion

Yoruba Religious Studies [AFR 317C} - Oloryia Olomo
Learn about the spirituality of the Yoruba people and how this religion is continuing to flourish today in the Americas and the Caribbean.

Yoruba Performance [T D 387D] - Dr. Jones
Study praise poetry, Egungun masquerade and Yoruba Popular Traveling theatre through readings and productions.

Yoruba Women in Historical Context [AFR 317C] Dr. Mosadomi
This course will explore gender construction in Yoruba -land. Through the analysis of religious, linguistics, and socio-political discourse and practices among the Yoruba, the course will examine the variables between the realities of African gender perspectives and current gender theories.