Ile Ife Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/ile-ife/ Your #1 Educational center Sun, 14 Aug 2022 14:45:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/african-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-AREC.png?fit=32%2C32 Ile Ife Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/ile-ife/ 32 32 194781668 Origin of The 700 Year Old Osun Osogbo Festival http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival/#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2022 14:45:31 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=2109 The sacred Osun Osogbo Festival is an annual cultural event held in Osun State (Of Yoruba Kingdom) in Nigeria. The event attracts spectators and worshippers from all over the world in the month of August every year. The festival (which is organised in first 2 weeks of August) usually commences with a rite called “Iwopopo”, [...]

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]]> http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival/feed/ 0 2109 The Origin of the Powerful Yoruba People and The Mystic of Oduduwa. http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/the-origin-of-the-powerful-yoruba-people-and-the-mystic-of-oduduwa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-origin-of-the-powerful-yoruba-people-and-the-mystic-of-oduduwa http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/the-origin-of-the-powerful-yoruba-people-and-the-mystic-of-oduduwa/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:08:59 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=531 The legendary ancestor of the Yoruba people is considered to be Oduduwa who is believed to have descended from above! The Yorubas are numerous and well known in Africa, they originated from Ile-Ife, arose and became quite popular by their trading with the Portuguese, which gave them a large supply of guns. The Yorubas are [...]

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