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Oduduwa Republic

In the not too distant future members of  Oduduwa Republic nation will attend a UN General Assembly meeting as one of the newest nations to join the community of nations. The world eagerly awaits the new nations formed after the dissolution of the old colonial Nigeria. Following the formation of these new African successor nations, West Africa has experienced unprecedented peace and prosperity with economic growth at an astonishing 15%,pa. The Oodua members have advised they will be speaking in Yoruba so the UN has made arrangements for translators. Yoruba Nationalists are here to stay. May Olodumare continue to guide us. #Oduduwa Arabirin Sola

Marriage in Ifa

 In IFÁ, marriage is called both spousal and transactional relationships that demands commitments from all parties involved! Ogbegunda identified the ingredients of commitment as the 3ps namely,   Patience   Persevere   Persistence If the above 3 ingredients are garnished into any relationship then success and breakthroughs are both assured and ascertained

Gelede

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  According to Gelede in the Yoruba tradition, it is believed that older women have powers that are equal to or greater than those of the Orisa. These women are referred to as "our mothers" and are elders, ancestors and forces that have special spiritual powers that can be both beneficial, by providing fertility and health, and harmful by causing disaster, which is why the Gelede performances occur. The great grandmothers are also called Orisa Egbe, which means "gods of society." The term egbe also refers to the society of women who can turn into birds and hold secret meetings or observe secret meetings, whether it be secret male initiation rituals or people in the community. This concept of "our mothers" is fundamentally important in Yoruba society, because without "our mothers," the Yoruba community would not exist in the world. Also, because of their ability to give birth, it is believed that women are the secret of life, the secret of the wor...

Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey was one of the greatest black leaders we ever had. Marcus Garvey said that black people will never become successful depending on whites or other races of people, he said that as black people we must come together and do for self. I'm going to list some of Marcus Garvey's achievements.  1. Marcus Garvey built factories, and his factories made clothes and they also made black dolls for black kids to play with.  2. He built a hotel.  3. He built a chain of grocery stores.  4. His organization had their own trucking company.  5. He built schools.  6. He built restaurants.  7. His organisation had their own printing press.  8. He started 3 newspapers.  9. His main newspaper was called the Negro World, and that newspaper was published in English, Spanish and French.  10. His organisation bought 3 ships and they started practicing international trade and commerce.  11. Marcus Garvey's organisation owned office buildings. ...

Meanings of some places in Eko

THIS ARE THE YORUBA INTERPRETATION FOR SOME AREAS IN LAGOS STATE.... Agbotikuyo means one who hears the sound of death and rejoices. That’s the name of an area in Agege. Surulere means there is reward for patience. That’s the area Gbaja represents where the National Stadium is located in Lagos. Alagbado means the corn owner. That’s where one herdsmedia, AIT has its headquarters. Olorunsogo means God has done us glory. It’s a popular location between Oshodi and Mushin. Alausa means the owner of walnuts. It is the seat of Lagos state government. Abekoko means under Cocoa trees. Odi Olowo means the boundary of the rich. Mushin Oloosa means the gods’ area of Mushin. Olowogbowo means the owner of the money has collected his money. Shomolu means wizardry took an important personality. Egbeda means a thing contributed by a group. Akowonjo means one who brings everyone together. Alapere means one who owns baskets. Fadeyi means the oracle turned to this. Onipanu means the owner of roofing sheet...

Congratulations to Africans

We have endured 1400 years of Arab Islam enslavement during which they took untold millions of our men and women of working age . They took our scientists, our healers, our educators, in fact they took our most valuable asset our human resource. This slavery continues today. Yet we are still standing. We then endured another 500 years of Western enslavement, again they took our most valuable resources our people. Unimaginable things were done to our people. Yet we are still standing. The West followed the slavery with over 100 years of colonisation, a system where they took our resources to build their nations. They killed our people who objected and exiled our leaders who fought them. The colonialisation continues to date. Yet we are still standing. Both the West and the Arabs gave us anti personnel mines called Islam and Christianity. Yet we are still standing. Africans have many challenges including getting out of the 1884 and other colonial  straight jacket mistakenly called co...

1960s Yoruba women fashion

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