More than any other member of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's early bands, drummer Tony Allen can be said to have co-invented Afrobeat. Kuti provided the funk/jazz/Yoruba folk music themes and arrangements—plus ...

Almost two decades later, artists like Brymo, Asake, Kizz Daniel, and others continue to borrow from Yoruba indigenous music whose modern utility was greatly popularised by the exploits of Jesse King ...

Papers originally presented at an international conference on Perspectives on Yoruba History and Culture, held at the University of Texas at Austin, Mar. 26-28, 2004. Contents Back on The road again: ...

This paper explores the role of African women, especially the Yoruba women, in literature by looking at the songs that form an integral part of their nuptial poetry (epithalamium). Music plays, ...

The term Jim Crow, reputedly, has its origins in West Africa, based on a Yoruba folk tale of a crow called Jim, who appeared lazy, yet was clever and lucky. This story was brought to America by the ...