HIST 3535 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Oyo Empire, Igbo People, Arochukwu
12 Jul 2020
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The people of oyo, presently known as the yoruba people and the people of the inland of the. Bight of biafra (the ibibio and igbo people) do share a common culture of outwardly expressed forms of worship (religion) as opposed to the asante (ashanti) people. The pouring of libation is a practice which is not peculiar to the asante or ashanti people, as most west african groups do practice the pouring of libation. In totality, during week 4 there wasn"t a sense of heavy reliance on a central religious system by the. Asante people as opposed to their reliance on their strength and "manpower". On the other hand, during weeks 5 and 6 where we looked at the bight of biafra and the oyo or yoruba people respectively, one can notice the extensive nature in which forms of worship are expressed. During the past three weeks of studying the asante"s or ashanti"s, the people of the inland of the.
