thread addendum... a few states over in south carolina is a Yoruba village.

Oyotunji African Village




http://www.oyotunji.org/


http://www.oyotunji.org/island-packet.html


40 years later African Village still stands.




More than 35 years later, Iya Oba Adaramola still remembers the night in 1975 she turned off U.S. 21 to begin a new life with hundreds of others in the woods in Sheldon.




"We came in the middle of the night," Adaramola said. "The road was not as wide as it is now, and the trees hung over the road and met in the middle. I thought to myself, 'I'll be leaving in the morning.' When I woke up the next morning, it was so beautiful and peaceful. I didn't leave."

Adaramola is one of about 25 people still living at the Oyotunji African Village in Sheldon, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
The village was founded in 1970 by Oba Adefunmi I -- a Detroit native born as Walter Eugene King -- and fashioned for African-Americans around the West African Yoruba culture that originated in Nigeria.
Adaramola, who is known as the village's queen mother and taught in the village's school, said a chance to re-connect with her heritage brought her from New York City to the remote 10-acre compound in 1975, and that keeps her and others there now.
"I was looking for peace and contentment and just gravitated toward this place," Adaramola said.
The village has long been a place of curiosities -- animal sacrifices, ritual facial scarring and the polygamy of Oba Adefunmi I -- and once drew national attention, including a crew from "60 Minutes" in 1986.
Oba Adefunmi I's claim that his village was an independent nation, not part of the United States, further fueled speculation the Oyotunji community was evading taxes or harboring a cult. Adaramola scoffs."The traditions we have, the customs we practice, this is an African village. This is how we would be living had we not been taken from Africa," Adaramola said. Adefunmi died in February 2005 at 76. His son now serves as the village's oba, or king.
At one point, Oyotunji was home to about 200 people, but the population has dwindled in recent years. Adaramola said the rigors of life within the self-sustained village were largely to blame for the decline."At first, it was a thrill," Adaramola said. "Like, 'Wow, this is an African village where we can practice African customs, take African names and speak an African language.' But it wasn't easy. We didn't have electricity for a while. You had to chop wood, heat your home and feed your children."Oyotunji suffered another setback last year after the death of Chief Adenibi S. Edubi Ifamuyiwa Ajamu, a Chicago native who was the second man to arrive at the village. Ajamu was a chief and elder priest before his death in December.Adaramola said Oyotunji has rebounded from Ajamu's death, and those living there continue their mission of keeping the Yoruba culture alive in the Lowcountry.
"It's always difficult to lose a member of the community, but we're taught that there is a line of communication between the living and the dead," Adaramola said. "We can keep that line of communication open by making offers to them. They're buried here, so they're always a part of us and with us."











https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbb4SeX6f-g

hayoakins:
I am first a Nigerian before being called a Yoruba man hence I celebrate this feat.

Naija(Nigerians) rule everywhere we go

Yeah man I support you. This is a Nigerian feat not just Igbo.

Even it is more broadly an African thing.

scholes0:


Are you sure you are AA?
looool

Yea.AA. Don't see the humor in that, but I know where this could go. Don't push it there.

A hu la m na ndi anya ufu abata wo na thread a. Onye shi ndi igbo ariya nma, osuko osu nwa mkpi su gbuo ya. Mtcheeew!

That man on red cap is the traditional ruler of Awka a.k.a the Smith city. HRH Eze Uzu 11 ( king of Smith) showcasing how black-smithing is done

THE JEWS OF AFRICA! They will always conquer, its in their blood.

mavinc4u:


My dear, is not photoshop. I have seen it on cnn severally so is real, that place have been there for years no bi today's stuff. Let's minimise hatred, is not good for our health okay. Thanks

Thanks for your education and civility, my dear.
I respect you.

sabaeh:
They'll start saying they help in developing Virginia very soon...

U need common sense but we gat a problem becoz common sense this day is not common to hv

alcmene:



You lots are so predictable...envy and jealousy kills faster than the otapiapia AWO drank in detention

no one is jealous or envious, an Igbo said on this thread that y'all lead which fine but then proceeded to call southwest a Waste, so let me burst your bubble. That's a museum, there's an actual place called Oyotunji, in South Carolina, south of Virginia with an Oba. mind you this is not a museum, people live there.

[quote author=247notire post=39376050] Hehehe. How will u believe? When u knw nothing about ur culture and heritage. Ur bigotry will lead u to nowhere but one timid village in osun state. Oponu oshi...[/quote


Foool...am proudly akwa ibom
A people of great culture and good mannera
Akwa ibom people don't steal
Dey don't run baby factories
Dey have never been caught trying to smuggle drugs outside d country
Akwa ibom is better than all igbo states in dis country simply because we ain't stingy and sself centered
We don't fight 4 biafruad
We don't try to dominate and covert other people's. Goods
If I list some u mite end up wanting to b akwa ibom...just get a. soap go to the back of ur hut nd Bleep ur self




Am proudly akwa ibom

kayce911:
the pix in ur dp look as beautiful as an Igbo girl but your comments says a different thing.

Lol. So only Igbo girls are allowed to be beautiful? Funny guy. It shows you haven't lived in a 'mixed environment' before.



@Op, Beautiful. I love village settings, dunno why. What I wouldn't give to have lived in the era where villages like this are the norm.

nightmile:

See this mumu, you guys are recognized as slaves. Slave at home and abroad. Yoruba's rich history and tradition are celebrated abroad. Since yanmiris do not have history so they have to be remembered as slaves.

the Igbo speaking Biafrans are still fighting in Nigeria because they have refused to be conquered still defending their pride but the COWARD yorubas have willingly surrendered to their Hausa/fulani slave masters without putting up a fight kwara state to start with.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/kwankwaso-to-yoruba-elders-you-cant-sack-fulani-herdsmen/

[quote author=emmanuel596 post=39378459][/quote] E pain the blockhead sha... Hehehe. Ur comment is very kiddy... All these kids that manages to get an infinix fone with 100 naira data sha...

kayce911:
the pix in ur dp look as beautiful as an Igbo girl but your comments says a different thing.

Do you really believe that's her pic?

Inside bush like this

I appreciate western Africans who are inclined in helping African Americans find what could be their history. We haven't lost our DNA because our ancestors' fingers touched cotton, contrary to other ra.pe fetishes and self-serving folklore of domination many may choose to believe.

Holyfield1:
Igbo kwenu yeeehhh...Won a so e nu yeeehhhh
Why are you people so crude?I was expecting to see beautiful houses not mud huts
Una just dey disgrace us home and abroad,Sha no carry ur biafr
aud go vagina,sorry Virginia

I honestly don't understand why our youths of today are so blinded with ethnic and tribal hatred to the point of blindness in sound reasoning.
If you are to see beautiful houses rather than mud houses, what then makes it an Igbo village? The houses with their thatched roofs , the clay pots, the well swept courtyards, the yam barns,the different colonies and sizes of masquerade , oh my dear, those make up a true Igbo setting. Our culture is our culture and should not be seen as a disgrace.
Rather, advanced fee fraud, love scam, money laundering, drugs and the like are the things that bring disgrace NOT a beautiful Igbo village of mud houses

simplisity:
THE JEWS OF AFRICA! They will always conquer, its in their blood.

That's not true. Historically, the Igbo are a peaceful people who don't engage in wars except between neighbouring villages and usually not on a large scale (100 people max). Commercial activities is their forte (though on a large international scale, that's even not more than a 100 years old).

This is not a tribal bash or anything, just wanted to correct the 'conquer' thing you said.

[quote author=emmanuel596 post=39378459][/quote] F.o.o.l! Am proudly Akwaibomite and I hate seeing an ugly dirty Yoruba claiming to be an Akwaibomite on faceless forum like nairaland to insult our lovely and handworking Igbo brothers who we share the same culture, eat the same food. May the Gods of Ibibio, Oron and Anna land strike u bastard dead if ur not from Akwaibom State.

Nwafor Ibo can never forget homeland.

247notire:
Hehehe. How will u believe? When u knw nothing about ur culture and heritage. Ur bigotry will lead u to nowhere but one timid village in osun state. Oponu oshi...

omo ale radarada,so you had to indite "osun state" to create a scene?.it's so evident you're an antagonistic fellow always looking for the slightest opportunity to throw tantrums and jibes.I know igbos to be well-mannered and congenitally benevolent, but it's so ostensible yours is the other way round.

nightmile:

See this mumu, you guys are recognized as slaves. Slave at home and abroad. Yoruba's rich history and tradition are celebrated abroad. Since yanmiris do not have history so they have to be remembered as slaves.

so harsh but true.

So sorry,I wish there some thing I can do about your situation but unfortunately there none,I expects you die before hate will kill you,kill your mother join

sabaeh:
They'll start saying they help in developing Virginia very soon...

croSStodds:
omo ale radarada,so you had to indite "osun state" to create a scene?.it's so evident you're an antagonistic fellow always looking for the slightest opportunity to throw tantrums and jibes.I know igbos to be well-mannered and congenitally benevolent, but it's so ostensible yours is the other way round.

Look at the words ur using... Lol. No be by force to speak grammar wey u no sabi use contextually na... As for ur trash up there you can call a family meeting in ur house and tell that to ur pa...

Bros, them go wan stone you.

WisdomCanada:
We dominate, sons of hate be hating.

Abeg click Like if u love the Igbo Nation, also click Like if ure a child of hate from those other regions too diabolical to mention.

Mbilla:
F.o.o.l! Am proudly Akwaibomite and I hate seeing an ugly dirty Yoruba claiming to be an Akwaibomite on faceless forum like nairaland to insult our lovely and handworking Igbo brothers who we share the same culture, eat the same food. May the Gods of Ibibio, Oron and Anna land strike u bastard dead if ur not from Akwaibom State.

U fool my name is emmanuel imoh inokon d last born of the obong of akwa ibom people in Niger state..so u expect me to keep quite and watch an idiot insult me...e b like u dey do house boy for igbo people...may thunder from eket fire ur balls

Holyfield1:
Igbo kwenu yeeehhh...Won a so e nu yeeehhhh
Why are you people so crude?I was expecting to see beautiful houses not mud huts
Una just dey disgrace us home and abroad,Sha no carry ur Biafra go vagina,sorry Virginia

It's an "IGBO VILLAGE" not an "IGBO CITY"...since your father used your brains for money rituals which gave him only N20,000 and made you useless!

247notire:
Look at the words ur using... Lol. No be by force to speak grammar wey u no sabi use contextually na... As for ur trash up there you can call a family meeting in ur house and tell that to ur pa...

if you're bereft of the grammatical proficiency and intellectuality to fathom what I posited,just say so because it's so perspicuous you're at the nadir of grammatical knowledge evidently alluded from your post which reeks of vulgarism and bloopers.well,I have no issue with that anyway,since this is a faceless forum,simpletons and nincompoops also have a say. by the way,I was only being factual,making a citation of my pa pugnaciously substantiates what I said about you earlier on.keep rollicking in your pool of malevolence.

Pls our Igbo brothers should ignore that ugly dirty Yoruba bastard called Emmanuel596 that claimed to be an Akwaibomite on faceless forum like nairaland to insulting our Igbo brothers who we share the same culture, eat the same food and marry each other. Pls my Igbo brothers don't mind him coz propaganda and divide and rule is what Yoruba forefathers taught them. Mind u am an Awkaibomite from Ikot ekpene and know Akwaibomite will say am akwa ibom they way dat Yoruba f.o.o.l that called himself Emmanuel596 said rather a true son of Akwa ibom state will say am an Akwa ibomite.

mavinc4u:


Are you making mockering of the man that he died of stroke? Do you know what you would die of? Were you there to know that the yoruba man bangged his wife or simply because the man said so then is the truth? Let's reason with our brains at times and not the other way round. Thanks

the guy says Great AWO took Rat poison and i paid him back with this