Importance Of Yoruba Traditional Culture

Western form of civilisation has so afforded, possibly every corner of our world the opportunity to witness unimaginable advancements in various facets of life, followed by orientations, which destroy local and traditional efforts i.e. practices in various societies, family systems etc. thus with ever improving technological advancements today, the quest for social order in our modern day world is more pronounced than before. This paper focuses on the Yoruba traditional culture with a concentrated view on the role of the family system in the Yoruba culture in achieving social order. Thus, it embodies a critical analysis of the meaning of the family and the family system in Yoruba traditional society. This paper examines the notion of social …show more content…
In order for the to achieve the set objectives presented above, this paper makes use of the trio methodology of translation, interpretation and critical analysis. Translation and interpretation methods are employed as stimulating approaches to investigate oral texts that will be partly dealt with in this paper; and the critical analysis method is used to achieve the Siamese goals of simplification and clarity of both oral and written forms of literature used in doing research on this very topic. In the light of the above, this paper galvanizes a discourse on the Yoruba traditional culture, and it unveils the importance of the family system within the culture in achieving social order. This paper strives to bring into focus on the impacts of the family in society within the scope of the Yoruba philosophical traditions, and how this matters in the engendering social …show more content…
This is most common in the modern day world. For instance, government institutions of naked forces such as the police and the army or legal tools are used to enforce social order within the enclaves of a modern states. However, modern states’ apparatus of any kind has failed in ensuring sustainable and endurable social order in a large number of modern states. Hence, the ongoing conflicts as seen and witnessed by many societies today. As an alternative, this paper interrogates the Yoruba traditional culture with a view to analyze in detail the structure and practices of the family system that is indigenous to it: so as to reveal how this indigenous system as structured and practiced in Yoruba culture endangers social order. That is, the Yoruba traditional family system primarily promotes the existence and persistence of social order and this can be also done in contemporary societies in order to address current social disorders in many parts of the world. In order to provide an adequate discourse on the stated supposition, this paper is structured into five sections various sections: ‘Introduction’ which introduces the problem, content, and objective that the paper contends with; ‘The Family