babaearly:


Is juju much of their culture or what?

TCUBE:

when did u watch yoruba movies last ? i think u've lost your dam mind ,

lady bam:

because,you watch the ones with juju,
Juju man

A_K_O:

Juju is not much of their culture. It is 'small' of their culture.

Patriots to the Rescue!!!

lady bam:

because,you watch the ones with juju,
Juju man

A_K_O:

Juju is not much of their culture. It is 'small' of their culture.

TOH:

if you tell me why your movies are about blood money

Ode.

pfeifer:

from what i under stand from the poster,he's only wondeing why almost all if not all yoruba movies have juju stories in them,and its the fact,there's no yoruba movie without juju in it,ithey make it seem like the yoruba peoples are all about juju , witchcraft and all.its terrible abeg

romeo:

I have never watched Yoruba movies and I have no intention of watching it either. I don't know the amount of juju we are talking about here.

ilugunboy:

This is just going to be another controversial thread.

alexmakaay:

me i wonda oooo!! never seen any yoruba film,save the drama of a thing, not matured enough. just check out ibo movies,moreover their stars top most in nigeria n beyond. therefore, i will categorise my statement :ibos-movie/film, yoruba-drama, hausa ,

steaming:

I must say and i am not exagerating, there is no single yoruba movie i have watched without juju in it. When i asked some yoruba folks, they insisted that it is not juju but a form of religion and i kept wondering since i heard that. If that is their own of religion i wonder what the main juju/voodoo looks like.

RedHotChic:

There are yoruba movies with no jujuism but they are quite few. I think the YMG should do something about it because all of us are not into juju and few non yorubas that I tried to introduce into yoruba movies always complain the same thing after seeing one or two.

It's been like that since the beginning of time as part of the tradition. I suppose the adage "tradition dies hard" is applicable here.

RedHotChic:

The question now is whether juju is truly part of the yoruba tradition or an evil machination seen in every culture in the world. Is it something to be proud of or something to be ashamed of?

Unless you have some really uber-thick glasses that hinder your sight, I don't see how you can disprove the existence of juju in the yoruba tradition. EVen if they aren't the first people to practice it, the koko is that they practice it.

But it is important you acknowledge the prevalence of juju in yoruba culture.

RedHotChic:


Wouldn't it be better to say that juju is going into extinction in yorubaland due to the prevalence of fire brand christianity? Our movie makers should put that into perspective and present their stories accordingly.

No, it is not going into extinction any time soon.
The movies showcase everything present in our culture. There are movies geared towards christianity, witchery, and so forth. They are already adjusted accordingly.