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Adornment and Cosmetic Allurements Among the Yoruba Women in the Past and Contemporary Time in Ifa
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Author(s): Samuel Kayode Olaleye (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 9
Source title:
Evaluating Indigenous African Tradition for Cultural Reconstruction and Mind Decolonization
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Oluwole Olumide Durodolu (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa), Collence T. Chisita (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa), Ngoako Solomon Marutha (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa)and Olumuyiwa Olusesan Familusi (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8827-0.ch008
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Abstract
Adornment is an additional accessory or decoration worn to enhance the beauty of the wearer. It may also define cultural, social, and religious status of a community, tribe, state, or country as a whole. As a result, every human, particularly Yoruba women of Southwestern Nigeria want to look beautiful and attractive. It is an age-long issue that cuts across every part of the body. Among many natural materials that were used in the past for this purpose are BuÌjeì-Randia Maculata, OsuÌn-Camwood, etc. However, in the contemporary time, adornment has gone beyond imagination. It has become a fashion to bleach the skin with skin-lightening creams of all kinds that are injurious to the skin all in the name of beautifying the body. One may then ask, What are the factors responsible for this? The study made use of data gathered through rapid research approach in Ibadan City, Nigeria, where Facebook, WhatsApp, phoning, and quick in-depth interviews of 10 Babalaw-Ifaì priests, 10 men, and 10 women, and their responses were analyzed.
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