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A study of 8,000 year old elk teeth discovered at the Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov burial site in Russia revealed the unusual dancing practice, say researchers from Finland.
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On Saturday, May 8, Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology and History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, United State, Akinwumi Ogundiran, read his new book, ‘The Yoruba: A New History’ in Lagos. Veteran culture journalist, ex-Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture and publisher of The Culture Newspaper, Steve Ayorinde, engaged him in a stimulating conversation for over three hours at the event. Arts & Culture presents excerpts from the conversation.
The Oduduwa and Obatala we encounter in this book, were they people? Were they real?
I know Obatala was a person. That is not in doubt because we know where he lived in Ile-Ife. His. His original home is Idita. It is an archaeological site; it is a spiritual site that is still there. If you dig through the Ora tradition, Ifa literature, the ritual narratives, Obatala was a person. He was the Chief Priest of Ora; Oramfe. Ora is the avatar of Orisa-Nla in Ile-
May 8, 2021
How did human uniqueness first evolve among our ancestors, setting us apart from other animals? That is a question many archaeologists are grappling with by investigating early records of art, language, food preparation, ornaments, and symbols. How our ancestors treated and mourned the dead can also offer crucial clues, helping to reveal when we first developed the abstract thinking needed to fully grasp the concept of death.
Now we have discovered a 78,000-year-old human burial at a cave in the tropical coast of eastern Africa, which provides tantalizing evidence about our ancestors’ treatment of the dead. Our new study, published in Nature, describes the burial of a two-and-a-half to three-year-old child, nicknamed “Mtoto” (Swahili for “child”), at the Panga ya Saidi archaeological site in Kenya. It is the earliest known
What the Oldest Human Burial in Africa Tells Us About Our Ancestors 06/05/2021
A virtual ideal reconstruction of Mtoto’s position in the burial pit. Image: Jorge González/Elena Santos
How did human uniqueness first evolve among our ancestors, setting us apart from other animals? That is a question many archaeologists are grappling with by investigating early records of art, language, food preparation, ornaments and symbols. How our ancestors treated and mourned the dead can also offer crucial clues, helping to reveal when we first developed the abstract thinking needed to fully grasp the concept of death.
Now we have discovered a 78,000-year-old human burial at a cave in the tropical coast of eastern Africa, which provides tantalising evidence about our ancestors’ treatment of the dead. Our new study, published in