A Yoruba Mythology: the Twin Context in a Place Called Igbo Ora

The Twin births among the Yoruba population of the southwest part of Nigeria are usually considered as having one of the highest occurrences of twins in the world, and the trend has become so ingrained in the cultural, spiritual and social life of the people. Twins, who locally have become known as Ìbejì, exist in a position that rises above biological considerations and gain interpretative weight in the spiritual and the cosmological realm. The paper relied on both primary and secondary sources. The primary sources would be based on oral interviews and archival materials. Secondary sources on the other hand, were included in literatures such as books and newspapers. The oral interviews would be recorded and transcribed for analysis. The documentary data would be subjected to internal and external criticism for authentication and then to textual and contextual analysis The paper contributed to knowledge through concepts such as ‘Ibeji’