Yoruba
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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One of the most famous of the Yoruba states was Ile-Ife.
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Ile-Ife produced bronze and terra-cotta portrait heads-usually of their leaders.
They were very realistic and were seen to be one the most esteemed for a of African art.
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They also worked with wood and ivory. Most of their art were associated with kings.
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They were a very agricultural society.
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Their government:
The peasantry was at the bottom but created a large portion of the population. An aristocracy or a ruling family was at the top.
They were the original culture center.
People traces their beginnings back to them.
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Ile-Ife was seen as the holiest city of Yoruba.
It was seen as the Yoruban birth place.
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They made large brass figures, also known as- onile
Many statues were made.
A statue called an- ibegi was made if there was a set of twins and one of them died.
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Yoruba is the largest nation in Africa
Two-thirds of Yoruban people are farmer, and the merchants and artisans controlled the markets
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They were blacksmiths, copper workers, embroiders, and wood sculptors
They made many masks.
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The origins of the Yoruba people are obscure.
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They spoke a non-Bantu language.
They were organized in small city-states that resembled medieval city-states in Italy and Germany.
They were ruled by regional kings.
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