Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Centre for Yoruba Cultural Studies and Elusope Temple of Deities
    • Postal Address:

      P.O Box 1048, O.A.U. Ile-Ife
      Ile-Ife
      Nigeria
    • Location:

      24B Obalufon Street and 7, Yomi Omisore Ave. Parakin L/Out
    • Telephone:

      234-36-232-295, 233-965
    • Facsimile:

      234-36-232-295
    • E-mail:

      elurisa@yahoo.com
    • Director:

      Dr. Omotoso Eluyemi, Founder/Director
    • Year founded:

      1980
  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum
    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Manuscripts
      Maps
      Newspapers
      Oral histories
      Photographs
    • Size:

      Very large, about 2,000 artifacts made of wooden, ivory, terra cotta, beaded and shell materials.
    • Holdings:

      1. Artifacts representing each of the cultures. 2 Archival records in form of manuscripts and pre-colonial records. 3. Books published on the three cultures, both of local and foreign sources. 4. Maps, photographs, and newspapers.<br> The Museum is conveniently located at two sites about one kilometer apart. The "Academic and Administrative" Block is located on 24B, Obalufon Street, while the museum proper containing ancient artifacts is housed on 7, 'Yomi Omisore Avenue, Parakin Obalufe Lay-out, off old Ede Road, Ile Ife. They are two-in-one active museums.

    • Receiving new material?

      No
    • Languages:

      Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and English
  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      On voluntary donation.

    • Access restrictions:

      Books can be consulted in the Library. Short-term loan of books are available. Artifacts can only be inspected in situ.

    • Finding tools:

      Card catalogs
    • Copier available?:

      No
  • Repository publications:

    • CYCS-Aims and Objectives.
    • CYCS-Information Guide.
    • Oba Adesoji Aderemi: 50 years in the history of Ile Ife.
    • Sixteen Principal Odu of Ifa.
    • The Living Arts and Crafts of Ile Ife.
    • This is Ile Ife.