"Aboru Aboye!"

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 "Oba" to the beginning of their names to make reference to their Orisa.

So I'm not so surprised when I saw many people saying Àbọrú Àbọyè is an ordinary Yoruba way of greeting. That statement is ignoramus.

Aboru aboye Abosise originated from an odu Ifa Ogunda Meji. It's a way of greeting among the Onisese. We Say Aboru Aboye Abosise and the reply is Ogbo Ato(Asure Iwori wofun).

Aboru aboye is also used by a student of Ifa to apologise to their BabaAwo.

You can also say Aboru Aboye when your ifa master asked you a question relating to knowledge of Ifa and you do not know it.

It's also used as Thank you.

You can also use Aboru Aboye to request a favor from an Onisese.

Aboru aboye is also the first statement made when we want to learn new Ifa verse from our BabaAwo and it's also used at the end of the learning section.

Aboru aboye is not just an ordinary Yoruba word, it's a command, words of respect and authority.

Many Christians including Tope Alabi only remembers they are Yoruba and Yoruba belongs to all of us whenever they have something to benefit from it. Once their aim is achieved,  "Hallelujah Somebody, all praise to the lord of Israel, Pilgrimage to Jerusalem!"

            ~Owomide Ifagbenusola Popoola