INDEX: Ife and Benin Magnificent terracotta objects have been found in Nok, in Nigeria, dating back to a period some time between 500 BC and 500 AD. These are the earliest known s ...

The Osun goddess, according to Yoruba mythology, was one of the many wives of Sango, a powerful deity in Yoruba folklore. Every year, thousands of people attend the Osun Osogbo festival ...

Ogundiran brings the Yoruba mythology–inspired Guardian of the Gods duology to a satisfying close (after In the Shadow of the Fall) with this taut story of outnumbered heroes. In the first book ...

In Yoruba mythology, Ife was founded by a senior deity Oduduwa, acting on the order of the supreme deity Olorun (also known as Oludmare). Oduduwa became the first ruler, or Ooni, of Ife.