Category: Culture – Others

Urhobo people

Culture – Language, Culture – Others, Language, Social – Tradition, Tradition – Customs

Urhobo is the main tribe in Ughelli North of Delta state, Nigeria, occupying the southern part of the Benin lowland and the floodplains swamps of the petroleum-rich Niger Delta. With a population… read more
Charles Phillips

Culture – Others, History – Civilization, Religion

Charles Phillips was the 19th Century Head of the Church Missionary Society in Ondo, whose parents were Yoruba Sierra Leonean returnee. At Ijaiye Charles’s father, known by same name, was a church… read more
Ayo Opon

Culture – Others, Social – Relaxation

Ayo opon, or Jonda, is a two-player African board game of strategy, popular among Yoruba people in the Western part of Nigeria, and Igbos in the East, where it is called nchorokoto.… read more
Gerontocracy

Culture – Others, Government

Gerontocracy is a government consisting mostly of elders. This system was prevalent in antiquity, in the southwest of Nigeria, where much credence is paid to the belief that maturity and wisdom comes… read more
Idejo

Culture – Others, Tradition – Customs

Idejo chiefs are according to Lagos tradition, the original land owners of the island of Lagos, being descendants of Olofin who first colonized Iddo Island of Lagos. Some members of the Idejo… read more
Intelligence Report

Culture – Others, Linguistics, Literature – Non-Fiction

Intelligence Report in colonial Nigeria was a document outlining the history and the administrative culture of the people as constructed from oral traditions and in some cases, other trusted written accounts. The… read more
Isaac Oluwole

Culture – Others, Religion

Isaac Oluwole, Bishop of the Anglican Church, was born June 5, 1852 in Abeokuta to Ijesha parents.With the nomination of J.B. Wood, Bishop Oluwole was among the first batch of three students… read more
Ìwòfà

Culture – Others, Social – Welfare

Ìwòfà, translated as ‘pawning’, was the system of constrained labour used in offsetting debts of different kinds in the 19th and 20th Century south-west Nigeria. In ancient times where a family had… read more
Gender

Culture – Others, Philosophy – African, Social – Tradition

Gender as a concept is described by Marjorie Mclatosh as the differing roles and expectations a given society imposes upon women as opposed to men. It has been argued by one Oyerone Oyewunmi… read more
Jaguna

Culture – Others, History – General

Jaguna was an Egba military rank that existed prominently in the pre-1827 times. This was before the tribe fell under the influence of the Oyo/Ibadan army under the warlord, Maye who acted… read more