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The Yoruba culture of passing down knowlege

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It is important to understand that: The Yoruba style of passing down knowledge is VERY DIFFICULT for the average westerner to understand, myself included, although I’ve gotten better, lol.   Our mentality is that if we are not taught the most detailed version of some ceremony, ritual, message, song, medicine, etc, from the beginning, then it’s incomplete, and therefore won’t function how it should, or is wrong. But, Yorubas teach everything in pieces and in layers. This in no way means that what you’ve been taught won’t work, or is somehow not effective.   The Ase of your elder, who does know all the details, and who passed this knowledge onto you, will help insure that what you’re doing is effective, despite you not knowing the complete details. This is called Iba and Ase! Even songs are taught in layers, not just rituals and ceremonies.  Your elders’ Ase and those who came before him or her, will insure that what they’ve taught you will be effective.  This is ...
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Autobiography of Awo

At the same time, the admission of foreign capital into the country must be well regulated, if our future is not to be mortgaged for the satisfaction of present needs. P312 Awo
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Walking barefoot

Africans have been walking around barefoot for centuries. We will be in beautiful traditional attires but barefoot even though we had shoes.  There's a reason, possibly because it was a way our ancestors remained in tune with nature and with the universe. In their ignorance, the Colonials mocked us and called us names.  Now the colonials have discovered the benefits of walking barefoot, they have given it a fancy word🤣 "grounding" Africans need to be careful to keep our culture and traditions. Our ancestors were wise. #yoruba  #proudlyafrican
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A verse in Ogbe Otura explaining the importance of women in Yoruba culture

In a world where gender equality seems impossible, the stand of Ifa as we’ve seen in many odu shows that as long as men still think they are superior or could sideline and do without women, the world will not know peace.  Here’s another verse in Ogbe Otura that explains how important it is to recognise and realise the importance of women in all that we do.  Men believe strength and power is all that it takes to rule but a woman just need her silence, energy and inner strength to deal with men.  Here from this verse:  Akoto ni boro Akoto ni boro Akoto ile abenu boro-boro Agbalagba senu kankanjan wiran Koo ma baa se’tan kankanjan gbejo Dia fun Ogun Dia fun Sango  Dia fun Orunmila Dia fun Osun Won ngbogun lo ilu atokeere-dokeere Ebo ni won ni ki won waa se Won gb’ebo, won ru’bo Nje o too ki, nbi o o too ki Moro-l’Efon Translation: Akoto ni boro Akoto ni boro Akoto ile abenu boro-boro Let the elder speak out against misdeeds now For him not to find himself facing li...
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D'ÒGỌ̀ ỌKỌ AJIGBÈSẸ̀

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D'ÒGỌ̀ ỌKỌ AJIGBÈSẸ̀ In the olden days, Yorùbá people had a legal system of forcing payment out of debtors. When the creditor has exhausted all effort to recover the debt, he would hire a professional called "Ògọ̀" (debt destrainor). The job of the ògọ̀ is to "d'ògọ̀ ti ajigbèsè" (sit on the debtor's neck). The Ògò are recognised or licensed by the Oba and as such they do the meanest things to recover the debt.  The Ògò will move into the debtor's home and makes himself intolerable, he would make himself a nuisance in the house, he would adopt any measure he desire to inflict his presence and attention on the debtor, he would follow the debtor everywhere and anywhere he may go, he may decide to shout at the debtor - "ará àdúgbò e wà wọ ajigbèsè ooo" (everybody come and see a debtor!!!), "ajibèsè!!!", such are the foul words of the debt destrainor, they are men with even-temper but yet mannerless and disrespective. And being a reco...
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Yoruba incorrectly designated North

NORTHERN YORÙBÁ: WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE DESIGNED TO BE CANNON FODDER When a Northerner is in power, they can't be given leadership positions because THEY ARE NORTHERNERS too. When a Yorùbá is in power, the can't be considered for a meaningful position because THEY ARE YORUBA too. These antagonisms from the true northerners will count for something when the usefulness or otherwise, of the "Northern" tag is to be determined, because if contradictions like this don't surface, some of our people whose ancestral lands were arbitrarily included in Sardauna's North by the British might feel there's nothing too bad about it.
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Union

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Scotland and England have been in a union since 1707 through the act of union. Both England and Scotland were present when the union was formed. 318 years of the relationship has made the Scottish and English to live an interwoven life. Inter-marriage was very common  between the two nations, despite this, Scotland still seeks an independent  state. These people are only 5million people. It's very disturbing when a Yoruba person  argument for supporting one Nigeria is because  of "inter-marriage."What does marriage have to do with building a nation state? If Marriage  is the reason for building  a nation state, France and England  will be one country, Scotland would not be trying to get out of the 318 years old union. Thinkers  #YorubaNation
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