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Braima alias Abraham A Study in Diffusion

canons of their morphology became clearer and plainer. The part played by diffusion is coming to be regarded as of more and more importance. Thus the distinguished anthropologist, Lord Raglan, (1939, 15) has laid it down that: '... no invention, discovery, custom, belief, or even story is known for certain to have originated in two separate cultures.' With this rule let us examine a Yoruba story of origin and see whether the rule applies. The Yoruba are a Sudanic speaking group of Nigerians who inhabit the south-west corner of Southern Nigeria. The earliest written history of the Yoruba of Nig…