From the picture it’s obvious this is misinformation and it shouldn’t be allowed to be stay.

First, Yoruba women don’t even look like this. The hairstyle is not yoruba. Yoruba women don’t make their hair this way. And the mode of dressing is obviously not yoruba.

Anybody can take pictures and caption it with anything doesn’t make it true.

If they are yoruba, please what is the name of their hairstyle called in yoruba?

Yoruba hairstyles

If you compare those women to the Zulu or Congolese women, you will see a lot of similarities

Nigba ti oju dudu ni now

If they don’t have big ass then they aren’t yoruba women

illicit:
Nigba ti oju dudu ni now

Those are not Yoruba women. Yorubas don’t look like that nor carry that kind of hairstyle

For many reasons, the first picture appears to be that of members of a traditional Yoruba temple.

To ascertain, the following must be put in perspective.

1. Date/Age when this picture was taken.
The picture is of course grainy and appears to have been copied and recopied many times and that has somewhat degraded its quality. First generation of photography in Africa was in the 1890/1900 timeframe, and the film is developed by varying and controlling exposure of lights to a photoplate They were called negatives, had a shiny reflective surface. Looked like a oxidized paper. The process improved as the years went by, and images appeared sharper and the oxidization is no longer there. The timeframe for this would have been around 1920s.

This picture style suggest it was taken in that era.


2. The subjects and their status.
They are arranged in a symmetry, and sorrounding a central figure seated on a ornamented machine crafted wooden chair. Her feet on a footrest. This would simulate a throne. There is heirarchy and rank judging by their arrangement and image appearance. They wear a symbol round the neck, bared breasts and each of the women in the front flank had a long length of their loin clothe resting on the ground. The bare breasts and grounding of their clothings symbolize fertility and renewal.

This is a cult with membership in a spiritual temple. Their adornments include the Star of David.

The chair is a imported item, and there is reason to believe that this photograph is a rare opportunity for archives. Yoruba in that age carve their chairs, and elements of their spirituality is usually represented in the motifs. This chair is very plain, except for the turned, polished legs.

Typically women cult are never revealed for public eye. This instance would have been a persuasion to allow to be photographed so public can gain knowledge of them. It would have been presented as a goodwill to public. In that case, they displayed themselves in formal dress mode of the Temple.

The formality shown here is extra-ordinary, in the sense that same women would probably be fully clothed when conducting mundane routine away from sacred duties in the Temple.

3. Cultural identity.
In similar cultic display, Zulu and South African women wore animal skins, not woven clothes.

The Ijebus have been known for centuries as the origin of woven strips and lengths in Nigeria.

The clothings in this picture are woven strips, they are not animal skins.


My opinion is that this is the cult of Bilikisu Sugbo, their picture taken around 1920/25, and dressed formally as they would in their Temple.....energizing life with fertility and growth!

Omoawoke2:
From the picture it’s obvious this is misinformation and it shouldn’t be allowed to be stay.

First, Yoruba women don’t even look like this. The hairstyle is not yoruba. Yoruba women don’t make their hair this way. And the mode of dressing is obviously not yoruba.

Anybody can take pictures and caption it with anything doesn’t make it true.

If they are yoruba, please what is the name of their hairstyle called in yoruba?

Back when Yoruba women served as Kings' protective guards, they would wear a certain style of hair to distinguish them from general public.

The women in this photograph are not in Kings' service, but the ethics of their cult may nonetheless demand their easy identification in public. Their hairstyles appear significantly associated with ranking, if you pay close attention.