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The Fascinating Legacy of Yoruba Culture, Gods, and the Genesis of Civilization

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The rich variety of oral traditions and the cultural philosophy of the Yoruba and their descendants have influenced and contributed tremendously to modern music and worldview in the Americas and the Caribbean. Much of their traditional culture is still preserved in Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, and the United States. To that end, ancient Yoruba mythological stories of gods, myths, deities/heroes, meliorism, and great emphasis on family are still vital and appropriate to the current time. That Yoruba culture of that time was of particular and unprecedented impact that left traces, some of which remain visible to this day.

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  2. Dublin Business School and Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden

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  3. Kennessaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA

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  4. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Akande, A., Akande, T., Adewuyi, M., Williams, K.A. (2022). The Fascinating Legacy of Yoruba Culture, Gods, and the Genesis of Civilization. In: Akande, A. (eds) Handbook of Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism. Springer Handbooks of Political Science and International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13559-0_26

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