Yoruba Studies Review

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2026)
Published April 3, 2026
Spring Issue

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Articles

Niyi Afolabi
1-27
Against Feminine Erasure in Yoruba Ritual Archives: Theorizing Oya, the Mystical Deity Across the Black Atlantic World
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Yunusa Kehinde Salami, Ejitayo Olayemi Salami
29-43
Àṣùwàdà Principle and the Concept of Ọmọlúàbí as a Yoruba Ethico-Metaphysical Foundation for a just and Equitable Polity
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Taiwo A. Stanley Osanyemi
45-57
Aesthetic Portrayal of Food in Contemporary African Poetry
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Shalom Ibironke
59-82
A Semiotic Analysis of Orin Ọ̀tẹ̀: Yorùbá Performance Art in Song-Lashing
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Wale Ogunyale, Eno-Abasi Urua
83-105
Ààlè Signs and Uses: A Documentation Study
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Azeez Akinwumi Sesan
107-126
The Genres and Audience of Yoruba Film Industry
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Tosin Success Abolaji
127-146
Ọ̀ṣun as a Primordial Divinity: Gender Roles in African Yoruba Eco-Spirituality in Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo Grove in Nigeria
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David Victor Ogunkan
147-167
Who Founded Ogbomoso? A Reevaluation of the Founding Origin of a City-State
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Olufunmilola Adedayo Ogunbunmi
169-180
Tracing the Origin of Twins’ Birth Through the Yoruba Oral Tradition
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Ajigbade Ikuejube, Raliat Olusola Adu-Peters
181-192
Benin-Nupe Imperial Influence on the Economy of Ondo Province, Nigeria, 1800-1900
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Emmanuel Dele Ajeleti, Adeola Adijat Faleye
193-210
Engaging Artificial Intelligence in the Promotion and Preservation of Yorùbá Cultural Festivals
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Adewale Lukman Ademuyiwa
211-226
Before DNA Test: A Literary and Cultural Exposition of Paternity Test in Yoruba Folklore
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The Yoruba Studies Review is a refereed biannual journal. The journal embraces all disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and the basic/applied sciences in as much as the focus is on the Yorùbá affairs and the intersections with other communities and practices worldwide. The journal will foster and encourage interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches dealing with a wide range of theoretical and applied topics including, but not limited to: cultural production, identities, religion, arts and aesthetics, history, language, knowledge system, philosophy, gender, media, popular culture, education and pedagogy, politics, business, economic issues, social policy, migration, geography and landscape, environment, health, technology, and sustainability. The journal seeks to serve as the platform for a new generation of transformative scholarship that is based on cutting-edge research, novel methodologies, and interpretations that tap into the deep wells of Yorùbá epistemology and ontology. The journal will also publish critical review essays, book reviews, and scholarly debates on topical issues. The Yoruba Studies Review will publish research and review manuscripts in the five languages that are primarily used in the Yorùbá world—English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Yorùbá. Where possible, abstracts of papers will be translated into English.