{"id":4469,"date":"2020-08-20T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=4469"},"modified":"2023-03-04T22:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T22:46:36","slug":"mythologie-oyo-yoruba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/","title":{"rendered":"Oyo-Yoruba mythology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4469\" class=\"elementor elementor-4469\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3275a60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3275a60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65c5776\" 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href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/#Mythologie-Oyo-Yoruba-textes\" >Oyo-Yoruba mythology (texts)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/#Livres-sur-la-mythologie-Niger-congo\" >Books on Niger-Congo mythology<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mythologie-Oyo-Yoruba\"><\/span>Oyo-Yoruba mythology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e63da0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e63da0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60095b34\" data-id=\"60095b34\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9343818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9343818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">mythology<\/a> Oyo-Yoruba deals with the Oyo kingdom and the people <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/hausa-fulani-mythology\/\">Yoruba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>the\u00a0<strong>kingdom of Oyo<\/strong>\u00a0is a former African state, founded in the xv<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0century by the Yorubas, in present-day Nigeria. This kingdom was limited to the west by the kingdom of <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/dahomeenne-fon-mythology\/\">Dahomey<\/a>, to the north by the Noup\u00e9 and to the east by the river <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-niger-congo-1949\/\">Niger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The kingdom was created by Shango, the first king of Oyo. Oyo State was the most powerful of the Yoruba city-states. Il\u00e9-If\u00e9 is considered the city of origin of all the Yorubas. Here, the Yoruba religion is practiced as in all Yoruba states. In Oyo the deity\u00a0<em>Ogu<\/em>\u00a0was revered. The king bore the title of\u00a0<em>Yalafin<\/em>. The kingdom was divided into provinces all ruled by a\u00a0<em>Oba<\/em>, who remitted taxes and duties to the king. The\u00a0<em>Oba<\/em>, had at their orders a council, made up of war chiefs, spiritual leaders, heads of the various villages of the province, who together ensured the management of the territory. THE&#039;<em>Oba<\/em>, was chosen by the council.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Oyo-Yoruba mythology\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e2eeb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e2eeb7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a086433\" data-id=\"a086433\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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rel=\"noopener\">OSHUMARE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor04.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">okay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor04.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSHOSI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor04.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE SUN AND THE MOON<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor04.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OLORI-MERIN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/the-yoruba-religion\/\">Yoruba religion<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor06.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba priests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor07.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egungun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor07.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gold<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor07.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abiku<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor07.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba spirit trees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor08.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ori, Ipin ijeun and Ipori<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor09.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Yoruba calendar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor10.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba ceremonies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/afr\/yor\/yor11.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba proverbs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2242\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2242\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Oyo-Yoruba Free Book<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2242\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2242\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:0px\" src=\"https:\/\/books.google.fr\/books?id=SkM5AAAAIAAJ&#038;lpg=PP1&#038;hl=fr&#038;pg=PP1&#038;output=embed\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2243\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2243\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Oyo-Yoruba Myths and Legends<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2243\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2243\"><ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-1\/\">The Kingdom of the Yoruba<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-1\/\">How Tribal Marks Came to Be Used<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-1\/\">Akiti the hunter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-1\/\">Wires of sticks<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-1\/\">Why women have long hair<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-1\/\">Why do people shout &quot;long live the king!&quot; \u00bb when thunder follows lightning<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-1\/\">Olofine and mice<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-2\/\">The iroko tree<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-2\/\">Orisa oko<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-2\/\">Moremi<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-2\/\">The bat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-2\/\">The Leopard Man<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-2\/\">The water bird<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-2\/\">The ants and the treasure<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/yoruba-tales-3\/\">The voices of the birds<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/yoruba-tales-3\/\">The three magicians<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/yoruba-tales-3\/\">Isokun and the baby<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/yoruba-tales-3\/\">The twin brothers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/yoruba-tales-3\/\">How leopard got his spots<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/yoruba-tales-3\/\">Another story of leopard spots<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/yoruba-tales-3\/\">The head<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-4\/\">Ole and the ants<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-4\/\">The boa-constrictor<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-4\/\">Oluronbi<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-4\/\">Oranyan staff<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-4\/\">elephant&#039;s trunk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-4\/\">The secret of fishing baskets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-4\/\">The ten goldsmiths<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-5\/\">The Cook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-5\/\">The parrot<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-5\/\">The ghost catcher<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-5\/\">The Turtle and the King<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-5\/\">The turtle and m. fly<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-5\/\">Erin and erinomi (land and water elephants)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-6\/\">The Three Turtle Deaths<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-6\/\">turtle and the rooster<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-6\/\">turtle and crab<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-6\/\">turtle and pigeon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-6\/\">Turtle and the whip tree<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/tales-yoruba-6\/\">turtle and the rain<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ad4404 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ad4404\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b61c71\" data-id=\"2b61c71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a89465c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a89465c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Livres-sur-la-mythologie-Niger-congo\"><\/span>Books on Niger-Congo mythology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27980c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27980c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b7dffa\" data-id=\"4b7dffa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecacf9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecacf9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Comics \/ Illustrated:<\/p>\n<p>In French :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/201340414X?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=d5b8887cf18a7cfa02ad93af916ac815&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The ancient kingdom of Dahomey, mores, religion, history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2845866232?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=11762ff4f8c1306d435a19d0df251bfd&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tales and legends of Benin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2372490621?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=a0f6a7429baecbcbdfeb5c9d9c80a6fb&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water god<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2266230735?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=af3ec2f9438cc350c2a09e75790c9d5e&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There is no small quarrel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2266095501?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=a9394ef1d01b802735a2e08f3d380214&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulani initiation tales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/274819828X?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=0db1afe8ca5a75b3a97ae302f3e9daef&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tales and legends in Serer country<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only in English:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/0805003118?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=8467497c53cdcb2f19c500bbaf3cde05&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1952228018?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=73064ee14327ce575d29f192e75998a3&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Akan, Other Africans and The Sirius Star System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/199933633X?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=dd29acafa74501c491cdb150f22d14e6&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children of the Benin Kingdom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1594771340?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=ca1c6d940008fc55622dea1ac73d6a54&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacred Symbols of the Dogon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1981166270?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=43d1586e3a9618fcab1a777d95f45e53&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Efik Moonlight Tales, Calabar Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1592218091?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=7c9dcc959eef4cb06cb8f091a6d44f88&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Timbuktu Chronicles, 1493-1599<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1432913409?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=d6f7852a5d4e338b7e3d1922a7515f16&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancient West African Kingdoms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Legend-Walking-Dead-Igbo-Mythologies\/dp\/1631359347?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=ca926601d80f9a051a3cae47d325f6a7&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legend of the Walking Dead: Igbo Mythologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/0803218435?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=4345366d88ae3f754876465e88b069ab&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba Proverbs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/0872866300?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=dc7396111d0ebbb36ac05bd62fdab37e&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forest of A Thousand Daemons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1605060178?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=68aa8bd1ad2804b60acae2259fcd0254&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba Legends (Forgotten Books)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/159143145X?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=b6aa27aebd2668685c4e32cbc13ad718&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lost History of the Little People<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retour au Groupe Culturel Boutique D\u00e9di\u00e9e Wiki Mythologie Oyo-Yoruba La mythologie Oyo-Yoruba traite du royaume d&rsquo;Oyo et des peuples Yoruba. &hellip; 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