The Yoruba believe

 The Yoruba believe The Yoruba believe that a baby may come with pre-destined names. For instance, twins are believed to have natural-birth names. Thus the first to be born of the two is called Taiwo, a shortened form of Tayewo, meaning the taster of the world. This is to identify the first twin as the [...]

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts   in my opinion, this is the BEST book i've read on the tradition hands down. not to say that there aren't other books out there that are good reads…but this one does not take 40 pages to get to a point, and it's not anecdotal like so many [...]

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