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Women and Spirituality: The Case of Yoruba Indigenous Oro Cult and Pentecostalism

This paper is a comparative investigation of the Oro cult and the Ikoyi Pentecostal prayer mountain, both in Southwest Nigeria. Among the indigenous Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria, women are not allowed to be part of Oro cult and the attendant rituals. Women are not also allowed access to partake of the spiritual activities in Ikoyi