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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:02am On Nov 28, 2015 |
[size=15pt]The Queen Moremi Folktale[/size] There once lived a woman called Moremi Ajasoro who hailed from Ile-Ife, she had a young son whose name was Olurogbo. According to oral history, Moremi was from the royal family at Ile-Ife having been a wife to king Oranmiyan when Oranmiyan was the king at Ile-Ife before he founded Oyo-Ile, Moremi was beautiful and as well virtuous with uncommon intelligence. Her oral history states that the nation of Ife was at her time faced with incessant incursions from adjourning tribe known as the Ugbo people who were of weird appearance in battlefield, this made the Ifes reckon that they were aliens from another world, The ifes thought they were probably a visitation sent by the gods as punishment for some evil deeds they had perhaps committed. The Ugbo tribe often terrorised Ife with massive atrocities leaving behind sorrows, tears and grieve. The Ifes offered sacrifices to the Gods in vain; the raids of these uncanny beings would continue and the land was thrown into a state of extreme panic. The heroic Moremi whose desire to change the destiny of her people overwhelmed her pride, she sought to bring an end to the condition of affairs, she resorted to letting herself be captured during one of the raids, so that she might be taken as a prisoner to the land of the Ugbos and afterwards, she would learn all their secrets . She sought the assistance of her deity for spiritual guidance for the gallant mission, as oral history says, she went to a certain stream called Esinmirin to make an oath to it that, if her mission and hope were accomplished, she would offer to it the richest sacrifice she could afford. As she cunningly planned it, she was indeed captured by the Ugbos and taken away to their capital as a prisoner. On account of her beauty she was given to the King of the Ugbos and considered worthy to be his wife and on the other account of her intelligence and noble heart, she soon gained the respect of all and rose to a position of importance, she later married the supreme ruler and became the anointed queen. No sooner had she been in the Ugbo country than she had learned all the secrets of Ife’s major enemy. She found that they were not special but ordinary humans. She got to know that whenever they’re going into battle, they would wear strange mantles of grass and bamboo fibre, this accounted for their unnatural appearance. She also learned that because of these mantles of dry grass, they were much afraid of fire, and that if the Ifes were to attack them with lighted torches, they would easily be defeated. As soon as it was possible, she eluded from the Ugbol palace and from the territories of the Ugbos to return to her own people.She returned to her first husband, King Oramiyan of Ife (and later Oyo), who immediately had her re-instated as his Princess Consort. Her news was happily received at Ile-Ife, and shortly afterwards the Ugbos were completely defeated by the tricks Moremi had suggested. Moremi proceeded to stream Esinmirin to make a huge sacrifice of fowls, sheep, and bullocks as vowed but the god of the stream wasn't satisfied, it demanded Olurogbo the son of Moremi. Unwillingly, Moremi was forced to agree, she sacrificed the handsome Olurogbo. The Ifes sobbed to see this sad event but in order to make up for her loss, they promised to be her sons and daughters forever. Olurogbo was laid on the grass, people thought he was dead. He was not, he was only unconscious just as the spirits of the stream wanted it. When the people had departed, he gained consciousness and sprang up. He made a rope from grass which he used to ascend to heaven. It is believed that Olurogbo will someday return to earth perhaps Ile-Ife to reap the rewards of his mother’s noble sacrifice. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:04am On Nov 28, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Ha! lol thought you meant the other guy. Yes I do program....sugbon, bi awon nkan se da lori NL, I prefer lati je ki gbogbo wa ma soro lori NL for now. I'll continue to watch the trend, where we're going with this Yoruba success as a group...... I hope you guys continue to expand the thread to higher status!  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 5:04am On Nov 28, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Lol. I will assign tpia to take you on a tour. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 5:11am On Nov 28, 2015 |
Aare, Here is the next stage on this website. We need to know our Obas. Please raise the point. Lets start from Jebba and work our way down to the coast. People should post pictures of their Obas and name his/her domain. It is optional to add a short history. What ya think? |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:11am On Nov 28, 2015 |
IlekeHD: A la ti wa yiyan ooo.ko si gba ti a o ni lati kuro nibi bayii. Mo si n duro de awon eyan yen ki won pe mi.Won ti gba aago mi Se ti won ba de bi bayii,bi eranko yi se ma ma yo awon eyan pataki lenu ni yen ni  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 5:13am On Nov 28, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Not me oooo,  ... Ore mi ni.... Emi ti mo ni omo Osu merin lowo, mo ti lo bi omo ni june, mo pada ni august, Airline ti mo n so ni excess luggage ti mo ma san owo fun, to ri wipe she gat me lots &lots of stuff...... |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:16am On Nov 28, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: True talk! I spoke about it in my earlier post.It was difficult to find info about some kings tho I'm also thinking of profiling the ones in the diaspora as well Quimicababes do you have any Obas in Trini? we still dey wait for the treatise Eleko oun re Aareonakakanfo: 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:18am On Nov 28, 2015 |
Pus22 I sight you my Emperor  Ki Ade pe lori Musiwa 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:23am On Nov 28, 2015 |
CabbieAC: lmaooo @ the last part. Warn them to ignore eranko yen. Sometimes, mo wonder boya aje ni. CabbieAC: Truss me, you don't need him on this thread. If he starts posting......just quietly ask se.un to close the thread. modath: lol mo moh pe omo yin ko nau....oko yin ni lati fun yin ni rest na. Mo ni ilu ibo? Se ilu oyinbo tabi ekiti? |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:31am On Nov 28, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Isin to ti mo wipe mo ko rera oun,boya oo ma fi mi le Mii si laarin awon to n ba sere.Ko ko oriburuku ara re lo so do elomiran Mii ko raye ti e ni.Bo se wa yen, ko ni were to mi  Ti ba duro dede wipe o da oo mofe da laa mu.Oun fun rara re lo ma sa kuro nibi bayii |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 5:33am On Nov 28, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Ilu Oyinbo (windy city lo wa), to ba wo store, a ya pic, a debate bo ya ko ra o not.. Omo bibi, pelu ori pipe ni, omo beere , osi beere.. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 5:40am On Nov 28, 2015 |
The brown roofs and red mud house of Ibadan, the London of Negroland...
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:42am On Nov 28, 2015 |
modath: Ok motigbo Ahh windy city....enjoyment. I'm nowhere close by  We'd have gone shopping together  Sukuru ati ibise ma pari fun mi ni two weeks, internship ni 3 weeks......after that, it's video games marathon  Just thinking about it makes me wanna....modath you sound like a modern chic.....do you play?CabbieAC: LOL o ti mo aje yen....best thing to do is ko se biipe ghost ni. No matter what you do, a si ma pada wa, like a malign tumor. You guys just continue on with the true purpose of the thread! |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:45am On Nov 28, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: Eleko don't you think those brown roofs can be resprayed? This is venice 1 Like
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 5:50am On Nov 28, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Add to that list... Ayangburen of Ikorodu Olu of Ikeja Akran of Badagry Olu of Epe Oloja of Epe |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:53am On Nov 28, 2015 |
Eleko lets compare.What do you think is wrong with ours? I think the houses need to be repainted and the surroundings need a whole lot of work I also noticed the roofs are almost dilapidated. Some have even fallen off
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:55am On Nov 28, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: Ok! Hopefully the Boss unbans my Aareonakakanfo account.I'll add them to the list |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:04am On Nov 28, 2015 |
Initially I was thinking about doing this in-depth in terms of the history of how Yorubas ended up in Trini and the areas settled etc but I decided to treat it superficially and just speak about the present. Yoruba's contribution to Trini is mostly via religion and music.In terms of religion,Yorubas Orisha religion influenced the Shango Baptist faith also known as Trinidad Orisha. The Shango Baptist sect is a syncretic religion combining Christianity and Orisha tradition.In Trinidad ,Shango Baptist faith is closely related to the Spiritual Baptist faith that came from America via Black Americans in the 1800s, that you find churches that have both members so it can be confusing.There are some orisha and spiritual baptists folks that say that there is nothing such as Shango Baptist but the reality is that folks mix both faiths.You also have those Orisha folks who are strictly Orisha where they have sort to clean up the Trinidad Orisha by removing non Yoruba elements.Btw to Trinidad Orisha folks...Trini is known as Shango country hence Shango is one of the most important Orishas here relative to the others. In terms of the practitioners of the religion, it has infiltrated the middle class in Trinidad that you meet university graduates and etc who are Orisha practitioners besides the working class folks. Trinidad celebrates a national holiday known as Emancipation Day which celebrates the freedom of enslaved Africans.That holiday is due to the efforts of a Orisha guy known by the name of Jaja Onilu who started it with just 7 folks.Now its a big event attracting thousands of Trinidadians.Jaja Onilu also was also well known in Trinidad local music scene and his two sons Modupe and Ayinde are continuing his works in terms of music. In terms of music and arts..several persons of orisha origin or having dt influence, influenced Trinidad music such as calypso which birthed soca.For example, David Rudder who is a big Calypso artist here,his music is influenced by Shango baptists rhythms and chanting.He grew up around a Shango Yard.Others who influenced our music is Ella Andall,3Canal,Singing Sandra,Brother Resistance and so forth..these are folks who used shango baptist influence in their music. Ella Andall is a staunch Orisha lady and she have sang songs in Yoruba...a lot of Trinis love her music and dance to it despite some of them being Orisha music btw.A few months a back some dancers and others in the arts launched a company called Trinidad and Tobago Orisha Performing Company in honour of her and they did a production called Ajo feautring various Orishas. In terms of arts one of our best artist Leroy Clarke here is Orisha...his works is influenced by that to some extent.I am not into abstract art but Leroy Clarke work is dope.Y'all should check it out lol.Also Briana McCartney.For whatever reasons I find Orisha folks tend to be attracted to the arts here. Another practice Trinis still do is what we call sou sou dt is derived from Yoruba esusu.I know some folks claim its other African ethnic groups but it no be true lol,the reality is though the Yoruba population was small for Trini compared to others...they were able to influence and absorb other ethnic groups culturally. In terms of those who might care for in-depth knowledge,a historian by the name of Maureen Warner Lewis did a lot of research on the African influence for Trinidad and to a lesser extent other islands but she did quite a bit of research on Yorubas lol.Below are links to some of her books; 1.Guinea's Other Sun:The African Dynamic in Trinidad Culture https://books.google.tt/books? id=q6oEEPlJeAcC&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=africans+in+19th+century+trinidad+maureen+warner&source=bl&ots=FClGRIKTmP&sig=YxKsvk3yZnOvRMHhJvD4JGV_Oz8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4g5bK57HJAhXI7CYKHUT4DcI4ChDoAQg3MAU#v=onepage&q=africans%20in%2019th%20century%20trinidad%20maureen%20warner&f=false Some folks in Trini again Orisha folks lol used this book to make a play dt is done on Emancipation day.A lovely play btw and heart wrenching lol. 2.Trinidad Yoruba:from Mother Tongue to Memory https://books.google.tt/books?id=qanc84tyUugC&printsec=frontcover&dq=maureen+warner+lewis&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIhNDpp7LJAhWIeCYKHY9hBsEQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=maureen%20warner%20lewis&f=false 3.Yoruba songs of Trinidad 4.Toyin Falola also talked about Yoruba in Trinidad and other countries in the Atlantic World but Maureen is more detailed with regards to Trini.This is his book: https://books.google.tt/books?id=Uk1Tbdsq99gC&pg=PA171&dq=maureen+warner+lewis&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAisjPqbLJAhUE5yYKHXHWBFg4FBDoAQgaMAA#v=onepage&q=maureen%20warner%20lewis&f=false Ella Andall; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x7fAJ1q-3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3vr20xp8Ro Ajo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGs0guhssXc 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 6:10am On Nov 28, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Super Mario ati mortal kombat nko? ....Video game is video game... Novels ni mo yan ni aayo... Mo nife e gan lopolopo..Ololufe mi ati omo mi won nife e o poju, to ba ri collection ehn, o to fi shi small store !! Disc 5 ni a tun sese order ni amazon fun awon mejeeji ti ore mi ma ba won ko wa naija, nkan ti awon mejeeji jo ma ta ni holiday keresi & new year niyen.. LOL o ti mo aje yen....best thing to do is ko se biipe ghost ni. Best thing to do is for the buyer & seller to engage themselves & ignore all cacaphonous sounds around them in the market, one can't restrict access but one can definitely set boundaries... dazall !!! |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by MayorofLagos(m): 6:11am On Nov 28, 2015 |
Some of the agricultural products widely produced and at commercial quantity in Yorubaland. Palm Oil Cocoa Cotton Shea Butter Coconut Kolanut Gum Camwood Add more... |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:12am On Nov 28, 2015 |
@CabbieAC...no we don't |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:13am On Nov 28, 2015 |
Wow!BBEAUTIFUL! Quimmy Quimmy Quimicababes Abeg you deserve a standing ovation  And this too  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by tpiadotcom: 6:13am On Nov 28, 2015 |
MayorofLagos: oh God. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:14am On Nov 28, 2015 |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 6:20am On Nov 28, 2015 |
modath: Awesome!!! You see why I like ya Walmart/Bestbuy has a good video game sale going on [average of $30 off selective games]....got some good deals. Check it out when you get to "windy city" by Monday [Cybermonday] Mario games rock.... @ the bolded abi o. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:20am On Nov 28, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Yea I know about the USA.Its best to read Maureen work tho...u'll get a more in-depth history of Yorubas in Trini.They are nice reads. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:23am On Nov 28, 2015 |
quimicababes: No mind me jare I never complete themI start it and just drop somewhere in the middle But because I'm very fascinated about Yorubas in these countries,I'll try making sure I read it My job also makes me kind of playful lol we hardly read |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 6:33am On Nov 28, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Ore mi n pada bo ni ola, black friday gan ni o duro de, last week lo ye ko pada, o extend tix e ni, amazon ni mti raa fun awon ebi mi, month ti ra gift keresi fun won niyen..... Ni isiyin gan, ti a ba fe order ni cyber monday, shipping cost si naija wa prohibitive, ko de si eni ti o mafe gbe eru, luggage story ni eyan ma ma gbo.. @the bolde, that is the best way.... 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:36am On Nov 28, 2015 |
IlekeHD: O da bi eni wipe o feran isere afowote .Ti n ba bere si so oro ni pa ere awofote pelu re,O da mi loju wipe iwo ni o da imoran wipe ki n fi e se aya |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 6:48am On Nov 28, 2015 |
modath: Lord I love amazon...everything about amazon. I love their UX/UI creativity/innovations...I often get inspired by their element codes when I'm designing. I didn't know they ship to Nigeria....interesting. @ bolded sucks..... can't you buy from Jumia/konga? Don't they have sales? So you're going to be gone for a while? Ma miss yin sha.CabbieAC: Yes, mo feran e gan. Do you have list of Yoruba video game designers/writers/coders/creators? Broke up with someone that thought video game was childish.......just for that reason alone. Ara oko ni some Nigerians when it comes to video games..... There are several benefits to video gaming 1. high awareness/alertness 2. Analytical skills 3. strategic 4. stress reduction during finals week etc etc Video gaming is awesome....period. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 6:51am On Nov 28, 2015 |
[size=14pt]CLASSIC MEN: RUNNING NIGERIA’S BIGGEST FASHION ECOMMERCE MARKETPLACE[/size]  It is not everyday you find men venturing into fashion, especially in Nigeria, where it is largely considered a woman’s space. However, two men — Emotu Balogun and Segun Afolahan — have managed to successfully carve a niche for themselves with Traclist, a fashion eCommerce marketplace. Generating revenue in excess of N80 million this year alone, the small company has grown from its humble beginnings, as part of the Co-Creation Hub‘s incubation programme, into arguably Nigeria’s biggest fashion eCommerce marketplace. Emotu Balgoun is the Co-Founder and CEO of Traclist . He's a technologist; a programmer by background.He studied Computer Engineering at the University of Lagos.He's basically been doing Software Development for a little over 10 years now. Before starting Traclist, He worked at a Portfolio Management company developing software solutions for them.  Segun Afolahan is also a Co-Founder at Traclist. He's basically responsible for Information and Operations. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos. That’s where he met Emotu. He went on to pursue his Masters in Media and Communications at the Pan-Atlantic University after which he went into Personal Consulting. Then he attempted to improve his exposure by working at a global consulting company — Accenture — where he spent about 3 years before I came back fully into Traclist.  Today Traclist is an online fashion marketplace that allows people to sell their products online. However, in the beginning, it was nothing like that. Their initial idea was to build out a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that could do a number of different things. Along the line, it became obvious it wasn’t what the market wanted or understood. Based on the feedback we got, they decided to trim it down, first to just an Inventory Management software, and finally into a Product Discovery platform. So Traclist did not even start out as an eCommerce platform.  With the support of the Co-creation Hub, they were able to get the idea off the ground. They listed products for free just to get content on the platform. It soon became obvious that their users wanted more out of Traclist. People would contact them for help with getting the items they saw listed on their site. That’s how they transitioned from that to becoming more like a marketplace that manages inventory. We started getting involved in the operations bit as well. We did this with the aim of making it a viable and valuable business, especially as our sellers were not particularly versed in the channels through which they could get to the customers and vice versa. So it fell on them to keep the structure and build that out. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Firefire(m): 6:53am On Nov 28, 2015 |
Ori papa yi ti fe di, "Pa pa isere" ni bi ti awon ololufe nkan ise're ti npade. Eku ojumo 'ire ni be yen ooo, aa ji re bi ?. |
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