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  Yorùbá "Ẹ kú/A kú" Greetings... In the beginning, the people called Yorùbá today used to call themselves Ọmọ ilẹ̀ káárọ̀ o jíire (Children of the land where they greet you “Good Morning, Hope you woke up well”). Káárọ̀ is a diminutive of Kú-àárọ̀ (Good morning). For this reason, the Yorùbá are also called The Akú from their salutations. "Ẹ kú" or "A kú" is a reoccurring phrase in Yoruba greetings and when it comes to greetings, the Yorùbá go the extra mile! We have greetings for every situation you can think of. In fact, we have greetings for someone who farts - Ẹ kú ìtàdí and for someone messing around - Ẹ kú òṣì or Ẹ kú ìranù! We have greetings for different time of the day/night: Ẹ kú àfẹ̀mọ́jú (dawn): 4 a.m to 5 a.m Ẹ kú ìdájí (very early morning): 5 a.m to 6 a.m Ẹ kú ìdákọmu (early morning): 6 a.m to 7 a.m Ẹ kú àárọ̀/òwúrọ̀ (morning): 7 a.m to 10 a.m Ẹ kú ìyálẹ̀ta (mid morning): 10 a.m to 12 noon  Ẹ kú ọ̀sán [Ẹ k...

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 ...

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

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

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...