Panelists' Database

This database will contain the pertinent info for all panelists. Each participant will have his or her own page, containing abstracts, bios, contact info, links, graphics, or whatever else you would like to post.

If you would like to add something to your page, please contact the webmaster, Sam Saverance.

A

Ààabò Òrò: The Indigenous Language of Education in Yoruba

Adamu Orisha Festival on Lagos Island: Implications for Economic Growth

The African American Omo Àyàn: A Yorùbá Male Drumming Society

Age Stratification and Marital Relations among the Yoruba

Agriculture in Yoruba Society and Culture

The Akoko as a Factor in Yoruba-Edo Relations

Appropriation and Transformation: A Study of Black Nationalism Among Orisa Devotees

Aroko: The Traditional Means of Communication among the Yoruba People


B

Back on the Road Again: Soyinka's Professor and Voudu's Baron Samedi

Benin-Ife Relationship: Contextual Issues in Historical Writings

C

Change in Marriage Ceremonies among the Yoruba: A Case Study of the Aworis in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State

The Changing Pattern of Relations between the Traditional Political Institutions of Benin and Lagos

A Charming King and Frightening Hero: Contradictory Representations of the Deity Sango in Yoruba Oral Poetry

Checks and Balances or Balance of Power? A Revisitation of Pre-colonial Statecraft

Chieftaincy Structures and Decolonization in Yorubaland

Christianity in Nigeria Culture: A Historical Analysis

The Circle of Shango or The Political Role of Traditionin the Making of a Transnational Religious Community

The Collapse of African Values: Autochtonous Epistemological and Communication Modes to the Rescue

A Comparative Examination of the Panodu Ceremony and Its Implications for a Multilocal Approach to Constituting the History of Orisa Worship

Conflict and Demographic Configuration in South-Western Nigeria: Data from 19th Century Yoruba Warfare and Power Politics

Confronting the Future: Yorubas at a Crossroads

Connecting the Past with the Present: Yoruba Culture as a Continuum

Conservatism and Modernism in Islamic Propagation in the Post Colonial Yoruba Land

Contextualizing Causes of Contemporary African Migration: Extra-Economic Factors in Transnational Practices of Yoruba-Nigerians in Toronto

The Cowrie of the Yoruba: A "Modern" International Monetary System

The Cradle, Rich Cultural Heritage and Religious Belief of Yoruba

Crisis of Governance in Africa: Lessons from Pre-Colonial Yoruba Constitutionalism

Crossing Over, Passing Over: The Link between Two Worlds

The Cultural Festivity in Oyin Akoko

The Cultural Politics of Oyo-Sango Aesthetics in North American Orisa Revitilization

Culture and Demography: Understanding Demographic Events through Yoruba Proverbs in Nigerian Societies

D

Dahomey and the "Constant Exercise of Body" in the Shadow of Oyo and Egba, 1727-1890

Death and the King’s Horseman: Soyinka’s Defense of Yoruba Cosmology and Culture

Den Festival Songs: Historical Reconstruction from Ceremonial Re-Enactments in Eastern Yorubaland

Diaries as Intellectual and Cultural Histories: Some Examples from Twentieth-Century Yorubaland

Dispute Settlement under the Yoruba Culture: Lessons for the Criminal Justice System

Drama and Theater as an Integrated Approach to the Study of Yoruba History and Traditions

Dual Residence Patterns in a Yoruba Community

E

Embodied Orisa Worshipping: The Importance of “Physicality” in the Yoruba American Socio-Religious Movement

The End of Slavery and the Emergence of Child Labor in Colonial Lagos, c.1861-1900

Eniyan: To Bring Goodness into the World

The Evolution of Yoruba as a Written Language

F

Fela Ransome Kuti: Black Icons and Issues of Representation

The Founders of The Yoruba Nation

From Cacophony to Harmony: Odogbolu Traditional Headship in Historical Perspective

From then till Now: Yoruba Religious and Trado-Medical Responses to the Abortion Problem

The Future of Yorùbá Language and Culture in 21st Century Europe

G

Gender, Household sex roles, Work and the Contemporary Yoruba Family

Got a Home in Dat Rock: Memory, Orisa, and Yoruba Spiritual Identity in African American Literature

H

Historical Background of Oranfe: God of Wind, Thunder and Lightning

Historiography of Western Yoruba Borderlands

The History of the Northeast Yoruba: Some Research Directions

A History of Rich Tradition

History of the Rise and Collapse of the Ancient Oyo Empire in Nigeria, Pre-Colonial Period

The History of Yoruba Newspapers 1859-2002

I

"I of the Valiant Stock": Yoruba Brides' Songs and the Autobiographical Genre

The Idea of African Philosophy in the 21st Century: A Yoruba Example

Idofin, Otun-Ekiti and Ile-Ife Relationship

Ifa Texts: Diversity and Discourse

ILA: The Igbomina Kingdom of the Yoruba: Recent Investigation

Ilewe Ofe: Socialist Epistemology in the Service of Awolowo’s Reconstruction of Yoruba Nationalism

The Impact of US Funding on Yoruba Studies

The Importance of traditional Oral Poetry in Yoruba Culture

Islamic Culture among the Yoruba: An Historical Analysis

Isomoloruko-Yoruba Naming Ceremony

Issues in Yoruba Oral Performance

J

Jinxed: A White Girl’s Life in Yoruba Land

A Jolly Bad Fellow: Soyinka's Activities in 1960-1961

K

"Kosi Problem": Code-mixing, Urbanity and the Yoruba Identity

L

Lagos, Yoruba and Nigerian Politics: 1900-1960

Law Making in Pre-Colonial Yorubaland

Les Oba ne Survivent Pas, ils Existent : Les Effets du Nationalisme Yoruba

M

The Masking Traditions of the Nigerian Yoruba Egungun and the New Orleans Black Mardi Gras Indians

Masks and Masques in Yoruba Ritual Festivals: Unmasking the Past for the Present and the Future

Medicine and Cultures: A Study of Yoruba (African) Traditional Medicine in the Age of Globalization

Mythology and Socio-political Dialogue in Yoruba Literature

N

The Nature of Yoruba Intonation: A New Experimental Study

The Nigerian Railways and the Socio-Economic Development of Yoruba Land: A Historical Perspective

The 1993 Denial of Chief Abiola's Presidency: A Betrayal of the Democratic Rights of the Yoruba People

O

The Okun Yoruba and the Nineteenth Century Crisis in Nigeria

Oral Tradition and the Reconstruction of Yoruba Dress History

The Original Religion of the Yorubas

Oro Pàtaki Aganjú: A Cross Cultural Approach Towards the Understanding of the Fundamentos of the Òrìsà Aganjú in Nigeria and Cuba

P

Peoples and Cultures of Ekiti, Kwara, in Northeast Yorubaland, Nigeria: An Ethnoarcheological Perspective

The Perception of Beauty in Yoruba History and Culture

Philosophy of Law in Pre-Colonial Yorubaland

The Place of Culture in a World Dictionary of the Yoruba Language

The Place of Talking Drums (Ilu Gangan) In Yoruba Land: A Socio-Cultural Relevance and Overview

The Political Dimension of Regional Security in Yorubaland

The Phenomenon of New Idioms in Yoruba Literary and Routine Communication

Precolonial Yoruba Urbanism: Old Oyo and Ile-Ife in Historical-Archaeological Perspectives

Q

R

Real Taboos and Prevention

Reporting Lagos: The Place of Eko Akete in Colonial Media

Re-story(ing) Yoruba Cultural Myth to Unify the Double Conscious of Black Females in the United States

Rising Crime Wave in Lagos, South West Nigeria: Yoruba Traditional Crime Control to the Rescue

Revisiting Yoruba Ethnogenesis: Atlantic Ideas and the Cultural Politics of Development and Social Reform in Nigeria

Ritual Centers, Historic Peripheries: Shango Worship in Ekitiland

Ritualizing Social Identity and Globalizing Themes in Cuban Santeria: Yoruba Imageries and Creole Paradigms

Road Traffic Accidents in Yoruba States of Nigeria: Historical and Spation-Temporal Perspectives

The Role of Yoruba Women in Economic Development (A Case Study of Ojo Local Government)

S

Sango: Beyond Male and Female

Sango and the Elements

Sàngó in Òyó: Essence, Worship and Continuity

The Scattering of Odudwa's Children

The Social Uses of Yoruba Folktales

A Sociological Analysis of Eyo Festival in Lagos State, Nigeria

Some Yoruba Social Realities in Selected Songs of Haruna Isola

Spirit Possession, Music, Dance and Drama in Historical Perspective in the Annual Egba Festival at Ikakumo Aworonke, Akoko North-East, Ondo State, Nigeria

The State of a Seeming National Day in Yorubaland

Statistical Inference in Ifa Divination: A Dummy Variable Approach

Storage of Grains: The Nigerian Perspective

A Study of Conflict and Displacement

Sweetness!: A Trap or Freedom in Zulu Sofala’s The Sweet Trap

T

Towards a New Perspective On The Powers of the Orishas

Towards an Understanding of Yoruba Cultural History: The Contributions of Archaeology

Trade and Indigenous Beliefs among the Yoruba

Traders and Entrepreneurs in Yorubaland: Reflections on the Rise of Razaq Okoya

Trading and Economic Transformation of Epe since 18th Century

Traditional Marriage-Igbeyawo Ibile

Traditional Marriage in the Yoruba Culture

Transitional and Transformational Trends in Contemporary Yoruba Art

Transnational Identities, Modernity and World View of Yoruba Americans in Sheldon, South Carolina and Alachua County, Florida, USA

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V

Vowel Lengthening in Standard Yoruba

W

When Patrons are Longer Patrons: Yoruba and Hausa Communities in a Lagos Suburban Area – Mushin

Wither Sango?: An Inquiry into Sango's Prominence in the Caribbean

Workshop on Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication

X, Y, Z

Xangô in Afro-Brazilian Religion: Aristocracy and "Syncretic" Interactions

Yoruba and "gbe" Speaking Peoples: Mirroring Images of a Classicism

The Yoruba and Party Politics in Nigeria 1951-1999

Yoruba-Based "Identity" in the New World

Yoruba Cultural Influence on Middle School Social Science Curriculum

The Yoruba Culture: Endangerment and Empowerment

Yoruba Culture and Identity in a Second Language: A Sociolinguistic Reading of Yoruba Literature in English

Yoruba Culture in Ile-Ife

Yoruba Diaspora in West Africa: Trade, Politics, Education, Law and Culture

Yoruba Factor in Nigerian Politics

Yoruba Identity and the 419 Scam

Yoruba Indigenous Calendar for Time Reckoning

The Yoruba Marriage

Yoruba Muslim Women

The Yoruba Popular Traveling Theater: A Repository for Culture

Yoruba Power Elite and Contemporary Politics in Nigeria: The Challenge of Obasanjo's "Yoruba Presidency"

Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organizations and Politics in Nigeria (1960-2003)

The Yoruba Tragic Epistemology and the Christian “Dramatic” Ideology: a Cross-cultural Analysis of the “Carrier” Motif

Yorubas and the Concept of Oludumare

Yorubas and Creation of Lagos State

Yoruba Use of Herb