lee818:


Please edo doesn't identify themselves as Yoruba. I am from Edo (Esan) we speak Esan language only and do not have yoruba as our second language. Please stop spreading false information

Dude, Usen people still speak Yoruba and
bear Yoruba names too. Usen people came from Ile
Ife and their king is Elawure (Olu Awure). Stop lying.

martineverest:
we have never accepted or identify ourselves as Yoruba...the only side of Edo state that bear Yoruba names are akoko edo And some few villages in Edo north...


tho ,I have seen many Edo people that blend with Yoruba and even speak the language as if they are Yoruba people... generally,Edo people blend with all tribes easily

Oga, Akoko Edo is not the only side of Edo State that bear Yoruba names, why are you lying? They bear Yoruba names Sabongida Ora too. Femi Ogedengbe and Modupe Ozolua come to mind.
Usen people still speak Yoruba and
bear Yoruba names too. Usen people came from Ile
Ife and their king is Elawure (Olu Awure).

martineverest:
she is ibo who had a child( Clarence Peter's) with a Yoruba man,sir Shina peters

Oga, Clarion Chukwura's mother is Yoruba. She is half-Yoruba. Go look it up before making an ass out of yourself. She's acted in plenty Yoruba movies too.

BennyDon:

Fathia is an Itsekiri woman.
Itsekiris are proudly Yorubas!

Fathia's father is Urhobo, not Itsekiri. Her mother is however Yoruba.

leaculpa:

clarion chukwura has acted several yoruba movies. She is very fluent. She must have lived here all her life.

Her mother is Yoruba... Ogun State

sesan85:


Oga, Akoko Edo is not the only side of Edo State that bear Yoruba names, why are you lying?
Usen people still speak Yoruba and
bear Yoruba names too. Usen people came from Ile
Ife and their king is Elawure (Olu Awure).

Yes you are right... I'm a Benin man and some Benin people speak and bear Yoruba names... ie chief Tayo Akpata, Mr ibukun Okungbowa Afe.. Even the OMO N'OBA NEDO... OMO AND OBA ARE YORUBA LANGUAGE

leaculpa:

clarion chukwura has acted several yoruba movies. She is very fluent. She must have lived here all her life.

Her mother is even Yoruba

They are born Yoruba as far as I know except the one born outside Yorubaland. It doesn't matter if their parents hail from elsewhere. I am more surprised by Fathia Balogun. No way I would have guessed.

sesan85:


Fathia's father is Urhobo, not Itsekiri. Her mother is however Yoruba.

That make sense now. This state of origin thing is nonsense. It ought to be place of birth.

AlabiJ:


Guy, stop spreading falsehood. Benin people are Not yoruba. They are a separate and distinct ethnicity. The only yoruba link they have starts and ends with their monarchy. Only the Oba of Benin and the Benin monarchy have Yoruba bloodline via Oranmiyan. Outside of the monarchy, Benin people are a distinct ethnic group from Yorubas in every ramification, so stop trying to rewrite their history or form attache by force. Respect their distinctiveness.

I also hate it when my Yoruba people call Benin people Yoruba, that's disrespectful. But there are many places in Edo State where they speak Yoruba/bear Yoruba names. The people of Sabongida Ora bear Yoruba names. They speak Yoruba and bear Yoruba names in Akoko Edo. The people of Usen still speak Yoruba and also bear Yoruba names. Usen people came from Ile Ife; their king is Elawure (Olu Awure).

MENELIIK:


The title OBA as used in Benin is a Yoruba word. Akoko Edo people speak (as second language)and bear Yoruba names just like their neighbours in Ogori/Magongo in Kogi. There was no Benin empire rather Benin Kingdom and no Yoruba people were captured by any Benin

The term "Oba" was borrowed from Benin.

omooba969:
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Yeah they can be a snitch

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Oba is a pure Benin name.

Oba is shining. As in the shining light of Benin. More correctly "Omo n'Oba n'Edo, uku akpolokpplo". Oba Can be used to describe red or ododo. What is the real meaning of the title "Oba" in Yoruba? Alafin, OOni, Olu, Owa, etc all have a meaning that we know.

Oba is even a shortened form. An extra title is "Ogie" or Lord. But because dukes and senior chiefs can also use that title, ogie is less used for Oba.

Other titles in Southern Nigeria that came from Benin world "ogie" are Ogiame as in the original title of Olu of Warri, Onojie (from ogie/enogie) used in Esanland, Ovie or Orodje used in Urhobo and Isoko land.

I am sure if Isoko, Esan, Itsekhiri had become majority tribes over time, some would now the arguing that Benin borrowed Ogie word from them.

Benin do not just do things with historical details behind it.

Having said that, Benin, Igbo, Yoruba, Fon, Ewe and others are from same language group: Volta-Niger/East Kwa/West-Benue branch of Niger-Congo group. Some remnants of the archaic ur-language must have remained in some words.

Oga Oba is a Yoruba term. Oba started with the kingship of Oranmiyan. You guys used Ogie before Oranmiyan.

Oba is a generic term for Yoruba Kings who all have their own personal titles. Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi; Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Adeyemi; Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Adetona; Alake of Egbaland, Oba Gbadebo etc. Stop being ignorant.

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IAMPhoenix007:


There is no Yoruba speaking tribe or part in Togo, the only people who speak Yoruba in Togo are Yorubas who do business in Togo or togolese who once live in western Nigeria.

Typical Osu IPOB Igbo. So ignorant and proud of it. The Ana Ife people of Atakpame and Kambole must be from Potopoto Arochukwu.

ajl:


The term "Oba" was borrowed from Benin.

I challenge you to spell OBA with Benin alphabets

sesan85:


Oga, Akoko Edo is not the only side of Edo State that bear Yoruba names, why are you lying? They bear Yoruba names Sabongida Ora too. Femi Ogedengbe and Modupe Ozolua come to mind.
Usen people still speak Yoruba and
bear Yoruba names too. Usen people came from Ile
Ife and their king is Elawure (Olu Awure).

didn't u see where I wrote some villages in Edo north.....Sabongida ora is a town in Edosl north.people like dele momodu hail from region

the other Edo people from Edo State that bear yoruba names are mostly the ones that were born in Yoruba land or their parents stayed long in Yoruba land

sesan85:


Shut up, Potopoto Osu IPOB pig! Lagos was a cosmopolitan city that has been welcoming foreigners even as far back as the the 18th century. European traders as well as Yorubas who returned from Brazil, Cuba and Sierra Leone already made Lagos the cynosure of all eyes. The first schools, buildings, mosques, educationists were already in Lagos long before your Osu ancestors brought their "stateless" asses over here.

I heard that Ekiti state is 4 million in population and half of the population are professors so I heard and yet Ekiti state dont va candle factory, you welcome British people too[left][/left] and mrs tinubu was busy selling slaves to them

AlabiJ:


Guy, stop spreading falsehood. Benin people are Not yoruba. They are a separate and distinct ethnicity. The only yoruba link they have starts and ends with their monarchy. Only the Oba of Benin and the Benin monarchy have Yoruba bloodline via Oranmiyan. Outside of the monarchy, Benin people are a distinct ethnic group from Yorubas in every ramification, so stop trying to rewrite their history or form attache by force. Respect their distinctiveness.

Go to the palace and ask the Oba who was the father of Eweka

Onogiede:
who's this imprudent fellow how well did u know Edo state those minority you just point at are the American of south south you cannot do without,. please go an reset ur brain.

We are not discussing America here

fattprince:

She is not she is an Ogu/Egun. Though they are from Lagos State too but they are not Yoruba.

What is the meaning of Anjorin in Egun?

RuggedSniper:
Esans migrated directly from Benin over 400 years and are Edos!

Lol and they later became minority

SaintLucia:
The non Igbo among them left the Igbo dominated English movie because of discrimination and joined the Yoruba movie industry where they were fully accepted. They became more famous in the Yoruba movie and some of them even became producers something they couldn't achieve in the Igbo dominated English movie industry.

Even Alex Osifor is now fully into Yoruba movie industry.

EcoBrick:
https://thenationonlineng.net/nine-prominent-yoruba-actors-actresses-who-are-non-yoruba/

All these actors you mentioned were born and raised in Yorubaland. They can claim to be Yorubas if they so desire.

Sofistcatdmoron:

Yeah they can be a snitch

Being narrow minded is a condition ...hope you gerrit.

IAMPhoenix007:


Fon is not Togo but Benin republic, and Liz is Ewe.

Thanks for letting me know.

martineverest:
didn't u see where I wrote some villages in Edo north.....Sabongida ora is a town in Edosl north.people like dele momodu hail from region

the other Edo people from Edo State that bear yoruba names are mostly the ones that were born in Yoruba land or their parents stayed long in Yoruba land

Dude stop being half-smart and dishonest. Usen people were not born in Yorubaland neither were their parents born in Yorubaland. Usen people are located in Ovia South West of Edo State. The reason they bear Yoruba names and speak Yoruba language is because they haven't forgotten their Yoruba (Ile Ife) roots. Their King is Olu Awure (Elawure). Many families in Sabongida Ora bear Yoruba names like Ogedengbe and Idowu, not because their parents grew up in Yorubaland. Take your ignorance or dishonesty elsewhere.

Ykc2:
I heard that Ekiti state is 4 million in population and half of the population are professors so I heard and yet Ekiti state dont va candle factory, you welcome British people too[left][/left] and mrs tinubu was busy selling slaves to them

That's none of your business! Go go back to your potopoto hellhole where you kill yourselves over 2-by-2 lands.

FrLukas:


What is the meaning of Anjorin in Egun?

Well Anjorin means "we walking together" or friends in Yoruba I don't know about Egun. This Egun use Yoruba names too but I know is that she said it herself in a video interview that she is Egun from Badagry. We have Egun tenants with the surname Bamgbose.

donstan18:
The only Yoruba actress I fancy is Margaret Bandele Olayinka, popularly known as Iya Gbonkan.

There's this unexplainable Orgasm I derive each time I set my eyes on her.

I wish to go on a date with her someday.

Are u from the same society?

valentineuwakwe:
They are the same now..nothing diffreciate Yoruba people from the people of old Bendel state......

Most of these guys are Lagos born, so is understandable if they adopt to their surrounding but saying that nothing differentiate people of old Bendel with Yurubas are complete fallacy, I am from Delta but we don't share same culture with Yurubas in Delta North, I can't speak for the rest though.

flokii:
It's no news that Edo and Delta people love Yorubas like kilode and we love them too.

I never knew Toyin Abraham is not Yoruba. Funny thing is they bear Yoruba names and identify with Yorubas easily.

Pre-colonial times, the Yorubas were once part of the Edo kingdom.

Don't believe me, do some research and also read the book of the first slave author, Olaudah Equiano Gustavus Vassa.