Omo Yoruba Dallas | Yorubas DFW

A Lively People

"Original textiles of the ever-spirited Yoruba people"

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Looking To Recover Our Culture

Head of the Yoruba race - Ooni of Ife

Our Ancestry

The Yoruba Family

Spread all over the world, these descendants of Oduduwa form a great core of the West African sub-continent.

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chronicle of Yoruba history

Museum of Yoruba culture and heritage in Dallas Texas

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Coming Together

A meeting of Yoruba people convened at the residence of Dr Oladele Olusanya on Sunday, June 21, 2015 resolved to reconstitute the local chapter of ‘Egbe omo Yoruba’ with national headquarters in the Dallas Fort Worth area. ‘Omo Yoruba of Dallas Fort Worth area,’ was formed as a local chapter under the constitution of the national body.

Objectives

To promote and to disseminate Yoruba language, culture, traditions and heritage of the Yoruba people
Serve as an umbrella for various Yoruba socio-cultural groups in the Dallas Fort Worth area
To promote unity among all persons and families of Yoruba origin in the Dallas -Fort Worth area
To protect the interests of members and other persons of Yoruba heritage in the Dallas - Fort Worth area
To foster the economic empowerment of Yoruba people
To promote and support democractic governance exemplified in Yoruba heritage and to foster individual freedom

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Creed

“O ti dara, o si ti dun to fun awon ara lati jumo maa gbe ni irepo”

Membership

Membership of Egbe Omo Yoruba Dallas-Fort Worth is open to anyone who is of Yoruba extraction by birth or marriage. Such a person must be above 18 years of age before applying and becomes a member once admitted to the organization.

Any member who completed payment of the $250 annual dues three months before a meeting of the organization has voting rights. These are called paid-up members.

Associate Members are people associated with the organization by their affiliation with a paid-up member such as family connection and similar connection and admitted to associate membership. Associate members are not required to pay any dues, may be of any age, and may otherwise enjoy all the benefits of the organization.