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African Mythology: The Yoruba Gods

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Chidumebi Ikechi Njoku-Browne
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Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(822)
In this one time class, students will learn about the gods of the Yoruba people

Class experience

US Grade 4 - 7
Students will learn about the Yoruba gods, the history of their worship and some stories about them.
I have been a researcher of African history since 2011. I am also a researcher at the African Art Museum at the Smithsonian for the past 2 years. Furthermore, I have taught and given lectures on African History and Mythology outside of Outschool for several years. In addition, I myself am Nigerian and while I am Igbo, I grew up in an area that had a lot of Yoruba people so I got to experience Yoruba culture and Orisha festivals first hand.  
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Some of the stories involved cover topics such as death and war, since there are gods of death and of war.
Capone, Stefania. “The ‘Orisha Religion’ between Syncretism and Re-Africanization.” Cultures of the Lusophone Black Atlantic, 2007, pp. 219–232., doi:10.1057/9780230606982_11. 
Gleason, Judith, and Susanne Wenger. Orisha: the Gods of Yorubaland. Atheneum, 1971. 
Oruene, Taiwo. “Magical Powers of Twins in the Socio-Religious Beliefs of the Yoruba.” Folklore, vol. 96, no. 2, 1985, pp. 208–216., doi:10.1080/0015587x.1985.9716349. 
Oserjeman, Ofuntola. Orisha: a First Glimpse of the African Religion of Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad and Now U.S.A./by Ofuntola Oserjeman. Shango Temple? 
Peel, J. D. Y. “Christianity, Islam, and Orisa-Religion: Three Traditions in Comparison and Interaction.” JSTOR, 1 Jan. 2016, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ffjng5?refreqid=search-gateway:2fc13b7a0e55e3b6ed1cdd267dde67f0. 
Trotman, David V. “The Yoruba and Orisha Worship in Trinidad and British Guinea: 1838-1870.” African Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 1976, p. 1., doi:10.2307/523560. 
Tutuola, Amos. Yoruba Folktales. Ibadan University Press, 1986. 
Yoruba Mythology. Books LLC, 2011. 
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1)I teach Classical Western Civilization History. Pre-colonial West African history with more specifics on pre-colonial Nigerian history and mythology. I also teach prehistory. 
2)I am a volunteer at the Natural History Museum. A tax professional,... 
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$12

per class
Meets once
55 min

Completed by 47 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 9-14
1-9 learners per class

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