Oyotunji African Village is a village located near Sheldon, Beaufort County, South Carolina that was founded by the late Oba Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I in 1970, as part of a "New World Yoruba" initiative.

Oyotunji Village covers 27 miles. During the 1970s, the era of greatest population growth at the village, the number of inhabitants grew from 5 to between 200 and 250. (Goldstein, Hunt, and McCray) The population is rumored to fluctuate between 5 and 9 families as of the last 10 years. It is promoted as an authentic Yoruba village and as a successful example of Pan-Africanism in the New World, and receives tourists from time to time, many of whom are African-American. It was originally intended to be located in Savannah, Georgia, but was eventually settled into its current position after disputes with neighbors in Sheldon proper over drumming and tourists.

Historically, residents of Oyotunji Village joined twentieth-century black nationalist ideology with aspects of Yoruba and Fon cultures to form an innovative community. It can be asserted that Oyotunji villagers consciously excised “European” characteristics from certain Cuban and Haitian traditions. In turn, they intertwined elements of the Yoruba and Fon cultures upon which these traditions were based with black nationalist ideology. In this way, the villagers helped to develop a unique brand of Orisa (or deity) worship, rich with black nationalist concepts. The villagers also made an effort to build an independent nation based on West African cultural values. (McCray, 1-3)


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Lovely, I'd so love to go there sometime(s) during my lifetime.

interesting, most nigerians have never heard of it before.

shouldnt this be in culture btw.

One of the reasons my leg will never touch there. Na so dem don turn Texas to Ajegunle

they're americans though, not nigerian.

what of adelaide in australia? can someone shield more light on this

ok


i hope their amebo is reduce there, because that is the norm in nigeria. Nigerians can gossip eh!. Most especially the south west region. Number in amebo and backbiting.

Mscheeew

*drives my ferrari with speed*

lakeside025: what of adelaide in australia? can someone shield more light on this

Durh,that is so not nigerian neither is it anywhere near yoruba.

THIS IS INTERESTING.

YORUBA CULTURE CAN ALSO BE FIND IN BRAZIL, CUBA, TOGO, BENIN REPUBLIC.

IdiAmin1: One of the reasons my leg will never touch there. Na so dem don turn Texas to Ajegunle

And who wants your awodi there? Who wants an accursed iboe loser anywhere near the Yoruba Town? If only Nigeria will capitulate and all Igbos will be chased out of our Yoruba country in a single day!

Now the flat headed Nigerians from the eastern region will die of gellousy.

IdiAmin1: One of the reasons my leg will never touch there. Na so dem don turn Texas to Ajegunle

Ever since you left your home town they did not miss you, talkless of Biafra/Nigeria, so you not going to Oyotunji Village tantamount to noting . In short this your post is hatred/jealous.

Nice it is good to export our culture.
BUT they should not encourage their smelling way of living
they should be force to take their bath at least five times a day.
Any body with claw face should be tie to the stake and be shot 66 times.
Eating of amala and ewedu should be discouraged.
Sweeping of their sourrounding shold be encourage at least once in ten years.

Omexonomy: Nice it is good to export our culture.
BUT they should not encourage their smelling way of living
they should be force to take their bath at least five times a day.
Any body with claw face should be tie to the stake and be shot 66 times.
Eating of amala and ewedu should be discouraged.
Sweeping of their sourrounding shold be encourage at least once in ten years.

try again next time