ERODED REVERENCE OF YORUBA ROYALTY: PROGNOSIS TO MORAL BANKRUPTCY IN YORUBALAND
Abstract The Yoruba, as a people, culturally have great respect for their kings. The kings were taken to be the representatives of the gods until the advent of the Westerners. The respect the Yoruba had for their kings was primordial. The kings were the executive heads of government as well as the spiritual heads of the traditional religion. However, civilization has diminished the role and importance of kings in the Yorubaland. The kings who upheld the moral values of the people are no l...
THE ROLE OF IYA KAA IN THE YORUBA PRE-COLONIAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: A TEMPLATE FOR DAY CARE CENTRES IN NIGERIA
Abstract The Yoruba educational system has provisions for the care of the young ones even before the advent of western education or formal education. An experienced woman is placed in charge of the young ones, she is known as Iya Kaa. Iya Kaa is the title given to a woman who is a specialist in the care of children, she is in charge of the children until the arrival of Parents from farms. In recent times, the number of full-time housewives in Africa’s urban areas is on a rapid decline, un...