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Concerning The word "Aboru Aboye!" One of the major issue here is ignorance. Many Yoruba people of today do not even know their identity anymore. They rely on the crumb of information they see roaming the internet and make use of it as authentic. That's why you will see many with the name Obadare(the king has created blessing). Such person will automatically thinks they are from a royal family but instead it's one of those names given to children of Obaluaye 😅😅😅. I have a friend whose name is Adegboyega(The crown had uplifted the title). He said he had never heard in their family that they are from a royal lineage or anything of such. Most Yoruba lineage with names that start with Ade(crown) are from Orisa-Oko family. Some even changes their name from Esudare to Oludare thinking the "Olu" is a reference to Jesus not knowing you changed from "Esu" to "Sanpannan". Children of Sampannan are mostly those who add "Olu" and "O...

The Arewa led by the Foreign Fulani, assisted by the Abuja appointees called Yoruba and other Southern politicians, will learn that by virtue of this article, they have lost the war. They will learn that this is not 1966. #everygenerationisanewpeople #Oduduwa

AGO , first salutation in approaching a house , indicating that the inmates should keep themselves tidy so that they may not be taken by surprise.. Saying hi or Hello isn't Yoruba   legitimate greeting while you are about to enter someone's house. It's not Salam alaekum, we say ago. "Ago onile o"  and the other person will reply "Ago ya" And they will both say "Aya gbo, Aya tọ, Aya gbaye se rere.". "Aya gbo, Aya tọ, Aya gbaye se rere".- It's still very common among onisese. The popular saying: " ewure to wole ti ko kago, o deran amuso. Agutan bọlọjọ to wọle ti ko k'ago, o dęran amuso, adie to wọle ti ko kago, o deye a muso. Awa k'ago ka to wọle, ayọ ni won fi pade wa." Thinkers 

Most people do not know the meaning of babalawo. Babalawo means professor. If anyone says babalawo is coming, people will run away because they think he’s a witch doctor. In Yoruba land, Baba means father, while awo has two meanings: it may mean a secret or a knowledge that is not common to everybody. Babalawo are a group of people that has esoteric knowledge By Late Sophie Oluwole, a Professor of Philosophy.

So many artists have used the word "Gbedu" in their lyrics. We see artist like Yemi Alade in Shekere -Waka enter where the "gbedu" dey happen uh yeah Come see small pikin ati iya arugbo dey dance  Burna boy in Gbona When the "gbedu" dey enter body (Jeje) Enter body (Jeje) All the gyaldem go shake their body (Yeah yeah) Likewise in "Ye" This one na "gbedu" wey dey ja pata Me, I no get time, I dey da pada Dada cover my face, calling me Lagbaja Biggie man, wey no dey wear agbada Ahn ahn (tell me, tell me) These are just a few I can remember. But what exactly is "Gbedu"? Gbedu is a type of drum beaten in ancient Yoruba in honour of the king or great men.  Among the Yoruba, the Gbedu drum signifies royalty Thinkers 

Know these simple things about YOUR CULTURE!!!! Don't be deceived into self-hating. 1. IFÁ - A Divine, Coded, Scriptural knowledge with Chapters and Verses known as Odùs. It is a guidance for mankind to take him through life and it talks about every single subject under the sun; the things that have happened thousands of years ago and those things which will happen tomorrow. EVERYTHING is mentioned in the IFÁ corpus including Medicine, Religion, Philosophy, Art, Mysticism, Mathematics etc The Odùs of IFÁ come in multiples of 16 and enquiries to its revelations obtain by an arithmetic combination of binary outputs. It is the voice of Olódùmarè, the SUPREME and PROFOUNDLY UNSEARCHABLE GOD ALMIGHTY It has NEVER been known to fail. It is ALWAYS CORRECT. 2. AWO -  It is a body of knowledge which is kept secret to those to whom the knowledge is revealed. It is also  a CULT because it is opened to only a few people who are initiated into it and who keep a measure of secrecy about it....

  𝟳𝟬 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 But - Ṣugbọn Except - Ayafi Nevertheless - Sibẹsibẹ Whatever - Ohunkohun Precisely - Gangan Very much - Gidi gaan Unless - Afi Likewise - Bakanaa Then - Lẹhinaa O 'right' - O tọna O 'wrong' - Ko tọ/Ko tọna Because (of) - Ni'tori (pé) Mo 'Like' - Mo fẹran, Mo nifẹ Even - Paapaa Although/Though - Botilẹjẹpe Especially - Agaga Worry - Iyonu Ma 'worry' - Ma ṣe'yọnu Sincerely - Ni Tọkan/ Tọkantọkan So - Tori naa Ṣe 'mistake' - Ṣe Aṣiṣe Most especially - Paapaa julọ A must/Compulsory - Pon/Kan Dandan Mo 'pass/succeed' - Mo yege Mo 'fail' - Mo Kùnà Ma 'rush' - Ma 'kanju' Of - ti | Alaafin 'of' Oyo - Alaafin Oyo/Alaafin ti Oyo How come? - Bawo loṣejẹ? Need - Nílò Force/By force - Ipá/T'ipá Help - Iranlọwọ/Ìrànwọ Anybody - Ẹnikankan O 'pay' mi - O san mi Whoever - Ẹnikẹni Mo '...

DÚ = TO DO, RO = TO STAND, OR UP DÚRÓ = STAND, STILL, STAY, WAIT, STOP, DON'T MOVE DÚRÓ NÁ = WAIT A MINUTE OR WAIT FOR A MOMENT DÚRÓ DÍẸ̀ = WAIT A LITTLE, OR WAIT A BIT DÚRÓ SÍBÍ = WAIT HERE DÚRÓ SÍ Ọ̀HÚN = WAIT THERE, OR STAY OVER THERE DÚRÓ TÍTÍ = STAND OR WAIT FOR A LONG TIME DÚRÓ ṢANDI or TANDI (Expression/Adjective) = STAND SOLIDLY, DÚRÓ DÉÉDÉ = STAND FIRM, UNWAVERING, NOT ASKEW, EQUAL DISTRIBUTION,   DÚRÓ TÌMÍ = STAY WITH ME, STAND WITH ME, BE WITH ME DÌDE DÚRÓ = STAND UP, RISE UP, ARISE, OR STAND UPRIGHT Adeboye Adegbenro

There is an old Yoruba proverb that says “The child insisting that his mother must not sleep will also not get any sleep.” (Ọmọ tó ní ìyá òun ò ní í sùn kò ní fojú ba oorun). Women who nurse babies know the challenge of getting enough sleep while a baby is still unable to understand the difference between night and day. The baby keeps waking up to feed, cry, poo and pee. The mother must attend to all the needs of the baby during the night. Typically, for the mother, therefore, it is a long, wearying night. The poor mother gets up in the morning having caught almost no sleep, exhausted and drained physically and emotionally. Yet she must face another day of sleeplessness and ceaseless labor until the baby grows up. Now think of the story of Ijapa. Ijapa is seated with his child with a bowl of food, from which he is expected to feed his children. Normally, when a responsible parent is eating, there is an unwritten contract: the first morsel that the parent takes from the fo...

 

 

  THE YORUBA ORIGIN OF THE GA - ADANGBE PEOPLE IN GHANA  These are pictures of the recent visit of of the Ga Mantse, [Taki Teiko Tsuru II], the traditional King of the Gã ethnic nationality of the Accra region in Ghana during his visit to Ile ife, the ancestral home and source of his people to confirm their Yoruba/Ife origins and strengthen traditional ties. According to the history of the Ga people, they originated from Yorubaland before migrating further west into the region now known as modern day southern Ghana led by the powerful Ayi-Kushi.  The Yoruba people, also known as 'Alata' in Southern Ghana have another traditional stool dating from the 1600s in the Greater Accra Region as the 'Alata Mantse' of Osu. The people of Osu Alata in Southern Ghana today are Yoruba descendants. Highlights of the re-union event... - The Ga Adangbe people emigrated out of Yorubaland. - They are the people of Ga Mashie (Accra), Osu, Labadi Teshie, Tema, Ada and other towns in the gre...