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IFA CONCEPT OF SOCIOLOGY.
The structure of Yoruba nation was a federation of city states. Each city was ruled by an Oba. In ancient times, the Oba was never seen by his subjects, so he became the invincible nucleus of the circle that formed the city. He was surrounded...

by a female council of elders called Odu and a predominantly male council of elders called Ogboni.The city itself was supported by male and female work parties who tended to divide their labour along gender lines.The men traditionally were farmers and the women
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traditionally controlled the market place. Both men and women participated in the crafts guild that preserved the techniques used in the arts. The cities were built in a circular formation with the compound of the Oba at the centre.
There is some archaeological evidence

in the Yoruba cities of Oyo and Ile Ife that suggests that this design was used as the basis for the actual layout of those cities. The extent to which this occurred in other cities has not been thoroughly researched. It does appear that this structure was used in pre-colonial

times as the basis for establishing political and religious institutions both of which were built upon the cosmological found in Ifa.
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Excerpts from African traditional religions: Ifa
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