Culture (Yorùbá) as a Means of De-Escalating Conflict and Maintaining Peace   

Abstract

Most works in peace studies concern interventions in conflict situations – such as conflict management – or projects seeking to sustain peace after a conflict, such as conflict resolution and peace education. However, using a peace lens, this study affirms culture as one of the means the Yorùbá utilize to sustain peace in their community. The paper ascertains the presence of conflict and proceed to discuss how some features of Yorùbá culture facilitate harmony. This article is based on a primary research among the Yorùbá within 2014 and 2020, the bulk of which is taken from chapter 5 of the dissertation.

Culture (Yorùbá) as a Means of De-Escalating Conflict and Maintaining Peace

“…[3] Orlando Owoh (Owomoyela). [4] Kayode Fashola and Ogundare Foyanmu on social and ethics while Fla Kuti concentrate on justice and politics, (Kuti;Olaniyan, 2001). [5] Fla Anikulapo Kuti is a well-known Yorùbá artist, a humanist and a musician who often confronts exploitation, injustice, and other forms of maladministration in politics and religion in Nigeria and across Africa and globally.…”