Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

Biographic Data

ID4046308
NAMERaheem Oluwafunminiyi
GIVEN NAMESRaheem
FAMILY NAMEOluwafunminiyi
SIGNATUREOLUWAFUNMINIYI R
AFFILIATIONSObafemi Awolowo University
ORCID0000-0001-9512-1021
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • African Identities

    Raheem OluwafunminiyiARTICLEAfrican and Asian Studies2026

  • Indigenous religious practice versus Islamic dominance

    Rasheed Onagun, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi et al.ARTICLEAfrican Identities2026References: 11

    Ilorin was indisputably the nineteenth-century capital of Islam in Yorubaland, yet, the new Fulani hegemony encountered difficulties in stripping people of their traditional religious practices. Despite the fact that Ilorin Emirate became guided by Islamic principles, some peoples’ healing and spiritual lifestyles continued to be shaped by heathen practices. Bountiful harvest, triumph over enemies, protection and good health prolonged the surviva…

  • Water in Yorùbá (Southwest Nigeria) religious belief and practices

    Open AccessRaheem Oluwafunminiyi, Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu RaheemARTICLEDiscover Global Society2024

    Among the Yorùbá, one of the three largest ethnic groups primarily based in southwest Nigeria, water holds several meanings which are usually demonstrated in its capacity as a regenerating and degenerating power. To draw upon its affirming quality and elude its caustic powers, the Yorùbá exhibit strong reverence for water and, therefore, give critical attention to it. This reverence manifests through various ritual observances and religious rites…

  • Controlling the Boundaries of Morality

    Open AccessRaheem Oluwafunminiyi, Oluwafunminiyi Raheem et al.ARTICLEYoruba Studies Review2021

    The worship of deities has always been a major religious preoccupation among the Yoruba. Among these deities is Ayelala, a water goddess, who is not only worshiped with pomp and pageantry but also highly revered and respected for its judicial powers. As a deity of retribution and justice, Ayelala is believed to possess great powers which she uses against varying forms of social vice, such as armed robbery, sexual offences, and witchcraft to menti…

  • Folk Liturgies and Narratives of Holy Wells among the Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria

    Open AccessRaheem Oluwafunminiyi, Oluwafunminiyi RaheemARTICLEEtnološka tribina2021

    Building on Celeste Ray’s extensive research on Ireland’s holy wells, I show how folk liturgies underlie meanings that are closely related to some of the practices that manifest around holy wells among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria – meanings that are often neglected in the holy wells literature. I adapt some holy wells terms as they appear in existing studies for illustrative as well as for comparative purposes. Their interpretation and analys…

  • The Ulli Beier Archives at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Nigeria, and a Summary of Holdings

    Open AccessRaheem OluwafunminiyiARTICLEAfrica Bibliography2019Cited by: 1References: 6

    The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) was established on 7 January 2009. Located behind the Osun State Secretariat, southwest Nigeria, the CBCIU prides itself on being the inheritor of the archival estate of Ulli Beier, the late German connoisseur and African culture enthusiast. Housed in its Archive and Documentation Room/Unit, this repository contains very rich archival materials that include over 700 photographs …