no 1 lie: Yorubas encourage having children out of wedlock.

This is the biggest lie being peddled at the moment. Yoruba culture DOES NOT encourage having kids out of wedlock.

Question you are asking: but I see a disproportionately large number of out of wedlock kids born to Yoruba men and women. How is this possible if the culture does not approve of it.

Answer: what you are seeing is a result of a combination of many factors. Some of these are:

-Targeted families where someone puts the daughter in the family way but does not marry her. This reduces a family's status socially (even if you have money). I am wondering if this is more common in families with some element of mixture, compared to those who are not, but I am not sure. Same applies when a woman targets a man with an out of wedlock pregnancy in order to hook his destiny and future.

These are instances of pre-planned scenarios, not inadvertent ones.

-The effect of globalization: people get alienated from their culture and take on the cultures they see abroad.

-Sexual liberation: also related to globalization. Yoruba culture traditionally encourages responsible sexual habits, not wanton ones.


- Cultic reasons

-Background: if a person's background makes it seem out of wedlock babies are the norm and you want to continue the cycle. This is an individual thing, not a cultural one.

-Role models: if whoever you consider a role model tells you to have kids out of wedlock.


etc etc.

if, in your area, out of wedlock children are the norm, then that is your area, not general Yoruba culture.

It might also be peculiar to your family but in no way should be considered general.