Predating the infiltration of Western education, religion and culture, the Yoruba people of West Africa have developed a highly sophisticated and well-organized system of educating members of their society. These succinct, witty, laconic and subliminal verbal and semiotic communications are decodable by every legitimate member of the society. This identifiable pattern of oral and physiological discourse among the Yoruba could be classified as a cannon of indigenous education in its own right. It transcends the realm of modern epistemology. From womb to tomb, the Yoruba are exposed to this system of learning to the extent that it is no exaggeration to claim that the average Yoruba is an educated person. In this essay, examples will be drawn from traditional oral literature and non-verbal communications. They will include proverbs, aphorisms, songs, traditional poetry and other sources of knowledge.