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Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by MrMaestro: 10:32pm On Feb 26, 2017
I've been doing research and I've been uncovering some awe inspiring Yoruba structures that are mindblowing. I just wonder why we don't incorporate more of these in modern architecture. See them below.




[img]https://arcanussinistra.files./2015/10/tumblr_n3ezs0bkpt1s1t2z5o8_1280-1024x682.jpg?w=1024&h=682[/img]



more pics incoming.

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Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by eezeribe(m): 10:33pm On Feb 26, 2017
OK
Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by MrMaestro: 10:34pm On Feb 26, 2017
Very abstract.

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Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by MrMaestro: 10:41pm On Feb 26, 2017
Look at the amazing detail on the pillars. And the curviness of the sculptures. It's absolutely amazing. Looks very alien.


Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by Blue3k(m): 10:44pm On Feb 26, 2017
Put down locations as well.
Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by MrMaestro: 10:49pm On Feb 26, 2017
Blue3k:
Put down locations as well.
Most (if not all) that I posted are from Osogbo in Osun.
Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by MrMaestro: 10:52pm On Feb 26, 2017

Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by MrMaestro: 11:01pm On Feb 26, 2017
This looks VERY alien! Just look at the contours. If they were grey or white, and not reddish, they would resemble all the futuristic alien architecture seen in various sci-fi movies.



This next second one is my favorite. And its HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD!!! Ah! My people! Proudly Yoruba!!!

Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by Ayomideen(m): 12:24pm On Feb 27, 2020
Wow
This is fascinating
Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by Nobody: 1:01pm On Feb 27, 2020
Wow
Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by RedboneSmith(m): 7:24am On Feb 28, 2020
"Ancient"?
Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by macof(m): 4:03pm On Feb 28, 2020
RedboneSmith:
"Ancient"?
grin

I'm curious, in relation to African history or more specifically West African history what time would you say is "ancient"
Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by nlPoster: 4:05pm On Feb 28, 2020
The sculptures I believe are by Susan Wenger the Osun priestess of Osogbo who was from Germany (correct me if wrong).

So they were probably made around the 1960s or so, not sure.

Osun Osogbo groove (sculptures featured by the op) is a UNESCO World Heritage site and national monument.

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1118/

https://zodml.org/discover-nigeria/heritage-and-culture/osun-osogbo-grove

It is also a fertility symbol.

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Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by macof(m): 4:21pm On Feb 28, 2020
nlPoster:
The sculptures I believe are by Susan Wenger the Osun priestess of Osogbo who was from Germany (correct me if wrong).

So they were probably made around the 1960s or so, not sure.

Osun Osogbo groove (sculptures featured by the op) is a UNESCO World Heritage site and national monument.

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1118/

https://zodml.org/discover-nigeria/heritage-and-culture/osun-osogbo-grove

It is also a fertility symbol.

From Graz Austria

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Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by RedboneSmith(m): 8:57pm On Feb 28, 2020
macof:
grin

I'm curious, in relation to African history or more specifically West African history what time would you say is "ancient"


That would be for historians to decide. We certainly can't use European periodization which says ancient times ended in 476 AD with the fall of Rome as that is irrelevant to us.

But since some historians are already calling the period between about 1400 and 1800 the African Middle Ages, I guess that makes the period before the 15th century ancient.

Quick question though, do the twisted sculptures at the Osun grove in Oshogbo that I see on this thread date earlier than the 20th century?

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Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by RedboneSmith(m): 8:59pm On Feb 28, 2020
nlPoster:
The sculptures I believe are by Susan Wenger the Osun priestess of Osogbo who was from Germany (correct me if wrong).

So they were probably made around the 1960s or so, not sure.

Osun Osogbo groove (sculptures featured by the op) is a UNESCO World Heritage site and national monument.

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1118/

https://zodml.org/discover-nigeria/heritage-and-culture/osun-osogbo-grove

It is also a fertility symbol.

Oh. I didn't see this before my response to macof.

I guess that answers my question. The sculptures struck me as belonging to the 20th century. Which was why I didn't think "ancient" describes them.

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Re: Groundbreaking Ancient Yoruba Architecture by nlPoster: 9:32pm On Feb 28, 2020
I'm not sure why the op called them ancient architecture.

Or why someone bumped the thread.

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