Fact about Yorùbá people (A mini Yorùbá Empire in the USA) The ÒyóTúnjí village.
I n a world where culture and tradition seem to varnish quicker than a gaseous spray, Africans in South Carolina have found a means to preserve one of the continent’s oldest and most popular culture, the Yoruba culture. Predominantly, the Yoruba people are found in the Southwestern part of Nigeria with few numbers in other West African countries like Togo, Benin, Gambia etc. Perhaps, Urban migration and slave trade might have been the causes for the displacement of the Yoruba people across the globe. Far from home, these expatriates find it difficult to continue with their usual African life; culture and religion.
This is no longer a cause for concern for the Yoruba people living in South Carolina in the United States of America. For more than four decades now, these people have been practicing and preserving their culture in a home far away from home.
This is all to the credits and giant efforts of a man known as Walter Eugene. He singlehandedly founded the Oyotunji African Village (OAV) that operates like a mini version of the great Oyo Empire Oyotunji village is named after the Oyo empire, and the name literally means “Oyo returns” or “Oyo rises again”. To be continue next week.... Ire ó
This is no longer a cause for concern for the Yoruba people living in South Carolina in the United States of America. For more than four decades now, these people have been practicing and preserving their culture in a home far away from home.
This is all to the credits and giant efforts of a man known as Walter Eugene. He singlehandedly founded the Oyotunji African Village (OAV) that operates like a mini version of the great Oyo Empire Oyotunji village is named after the Oyo empire, and the name literally means “Oyo returns” or “Oyo rises again”. To be continue next week.... Ire ó
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