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How To Curb Herdsmen Menace With Technology? by cocolacec(m): 1:10pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
HOW AFRICAN TRADO - TECHNOLOGY SOLVED THE HERDSMEN'S MENACE IN A TOWN IN NIGERIA THIS LADY of Yoruba extraction by name Fáfúnké ( Our own modern day Moremi) is a GENIUS. Her brilliant solution to the farmers / herds problems is worth sharing and if this technology developed by her is properly deployed then the No Grazing Law by the southern states may not be necessary. Am sure this technology deployed to stem smuggling or other trans borders crimes. Written by Olobe yonyon Fáfúnkẹ́ - The modern day Mọ́remí… Fáfúnkẹ́ Awóníyì was a child prodigy in her formative years. She graduated with straight A's from her secondary school at the age of 9 and became the youngest Nigerian to be admitted to the prestigious Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ University. At the university, Fáfúnkẹ́ did not disappoint. She bagged her BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in just two years and was awarded a full scholarship to pursue a PhD degree in Electronics and Computer Science at the same university. Fáfúnkẹ́ Awóníyì graduated with honours and was headhunted by CERN - The European Organisation for Nuclear Research and offered a position as a senior researcher. All was good with Fáfúnkẹ́ until unknown herdsmen murdered her father on his farm for challenging them not to destroy his crops. Fáfúnkẹ́ was devastated and inconsolable for weeks. After her father's funeral, Fáfúnkẹ́ decided to relocate back to Nigeria to solve the herdsmen problem once and for all for her community in Gìrímìsí. As part of her PhD research, she had explored Bioacoustics - a cross-disciplinary field of study that combines biology and acoustics. She also did pioneering work in acoustic deterrents. "Why not create a virtual fence around the town of Gìrímìsí?" Fáfúnkẹ́ asked herself. Then she remembered the Odù Ifá her father chanted during their last conversation and the penny dropped: Iná gbé inú igbó, iná yọ rere Àràbà gbé òkè odò, a yọ tiyẹn rere; Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ gbé ọmọ pọ̀n ṣe bí Egúngún Awọn lo da fun Alantakun Ti iṣe wọlé-wọ̀de Ooṣa. Alantakun, wọn ni ki o rubọ Kini on yio ha ru? Wọn ni ki o ru ẹgbaawa Ki o ru àgbébọ̀ adiyẹ funfun Wọn ni ki o ma tọ Ooṣa lọ Wọn ni Ooṣa ni ki o ma lọ sin Ooṣa o sa fun Alantakun, o fun ni ire Gbogbo ibiti Alantakun ba de, o nṣiṣẹ lọ na nùu Ẹnikan ko ri kẹ̀kẹ́ òwú Alantakun Ẹnikan ko si ri ibiti o ti nmu kẹ̀kẹ́ òwú yi wá; Alantakun bi idan ṣa ni nṣe O wa bẹrẹ si jo, ni nyọ Ni nyin awọn awo, ni awọn awo nyin Ooṣa Pe bẹ ni awọn awo ti on nṣe ẹnu rere ti wọn nki Ooṣa pe: Iná gbé inú igbó, iná yọ rere Àràbà gbé òkè odò, a yọ tiyẹn rere; Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ gbé ọmọ pọ̀n ṣe bí Egúngún Da fun Alantakun Ti iṣe wọle wọde Oriṣa. O ni bi idan, gbogbo ohun ti mo nṣe bi idan; Alantakun Oriṣa ni mo dà; Bi idan ni Alantakun nṣiṣẹ Ooṣa wipe gbogbo nkan ti ẹni yi yio ma ṣe Bi idan ni yio maa ṣee Ọ̀fùn ni jẹ́ bẹẹ. “Even in the forest, fire is conspicuous”; “Even at the riverside, the silk-cotton tree is conspicuous”; “Banana carries its child on its back, acting like Egúngún”. They were the ones who cast for Spider, Who was the messenger of Oriṣa Spider, they said he should offer a sacrifice. What should he offer? They said he should offer 20,000 cowries; He should offer a white hen. They said he should go to Oriṣa; They said Oriṣa was the one he should serve Oriṣa did not avoid Spider, he gave him blessings; Wherever Spider goes, he works as he goes. No one sees Spider’s spindle And no one knows how he spins his thread; Spider is making it like magic. He began to dance, he was rejoicing; He was praising his diviners, and the diviners were praising Oriṣa That his diviners were speaking the truth. Even in the forest, fire is conspicuous”; “Even at the riverside, the silk-cotton tree is conspicuous”; “Banana carries its child on its back, acting like Egúngún”. Cast for Spider Who was the messenger of Oriṣa He said, “Like magic, I am doing everything like magic”; “Spider, I have become a deity”; “Like magic, Spider is working”. This is where Oriṣa say that everything that this person will do Will come to pass like magic. Odù Ọ̀fùn is like this. Fáfúnkẹ́ decided to take the fight to the murderous herdsmen and beat them at their own game using modern technology by becoming the Spider - the one who does things by magic! Armed with the knowledge that cows are agitated by high frequency sounds but calmed by low frequency sounds, She decided to create ultrasonic devices capable of emitting frequencies above human range of hearing but within the hearing of cows. A cow’s hearing is between 23 - 35,000 Hz. For humans, it is 64 - 23,000 Hz. Fáfúnkẹ́ picked 34,000 Hz for her electronic “pest” control device and quickly deployed some prototypes on her father’s farm. The result was phenomenal! Whenever cows come closer to the farm, hidden sensors activate the ultrasonic devices. The sounds emanating from these devices agitate the cows causing them to go crazy and flee. With this spectacular result, Fáfúnkẹ́ ramped up production and covered the entire perimeter of Gìrímìsí town with the devices. Three herdsmen who tried to force their cattle into the town were gored to death by their own cattle. Obviously they could not understand or hear what was causing the agitation. Another five herdsmen were recently trampled to death by their own animals when they were being forced to go through the town of Gìrímìsí. This was how Fáfúnkẹ́ delivered her people - reminiscent of what Mọ́remí did for Ifẹ̀ centuries ago albeit without losing a son like Oluorogbo. Ire o. https://www./126228241224973/permalink/1167596080421512/ |
Re: How To Curb Herdsmen Menace With Technology? by Joromi1: 1:12pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
Everything boils down to their religion. Islam. |
Re: How To Curb Herdsmen Menace With Technology? by DaCharis2016: 1:27pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
This sounds like a fiction. |
Re: How To Curb Herdsmen Menace With Technology? by HONESTFACT101(m): 1:58pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
DaCharis2016:.my point exactly.....signing out |
Re: How To Curb Herdsmen Menace With Technology? by cocolacec(m): 2:03pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
DaCharis2016: https://m.timesofindia.com/city/nagpur/acoustic-device-to-scare-away-birds-animals/articleshow/30428115.cms
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Re: How To Curb Herdsmen Menace With Technology? by 2elliot: 2:18pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
Bravo! Yoruba Amaka |
Re: How To Curb Herdsmen Menace With Technology? by EdoDefence: 2:32pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
This hasn't totally solved it as the herdsmen can go into the farm and remove the device |
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