I am a musuem docent- I am interested in the Yoruba peoples increased
incidence of twinning and the sociologic aspects of Ibeji figures.
What is the genetic-biological basis of twinning?
What is the sociology of Ibeji figures?

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Request for Question Clarification by leli-ga on 28 Sep 2002 12:45 PDT

Thanks for your question. After a preliminary look at some websites
discussing Ibeji figures, I think I need to find out a little more
about what kind of answer you're looking for.
As for your first question - there are one or two theories about why
the Yoruba have such a high incidence of twin births but no definite
answer. Would this information be of interest to you?
For the second part - there's some material online about how Ibeji
figures fit into Yoruba culture, but I'm not sure it's strictly
'sociology'.
We'd like to help you get the information you need, so please feel
free to go into more detail about what you're hoping for.

http://www.lewiswara.com/resources/yoruba.html