CocoaMerchant:

Royalroy started the whole confusion, It was a nice thread but he spoilt the thread himself by trying to downgrade Ooni and Ile-Ife.

He should have read more about Ile-Ife and Yoruba culture before he posted that sh1t.

How can Alaafin be greater than Ooni when Alaafin is Son of Ife, can a Son be greater than his Father?

I was born and raised in Ile-Ife, I've witnessed many Olojo Festivals at Olodo Compound and Enuwa.

Ooni of Ife is the Spiritual Leader of Yoruba Race, The Arole of Oduduwa. The Custodian.

I don't like doing this sh1t, it's an over-flogged issue on nl.

Lots of Brazilians, Cubans, Europeans and Americans come to Ile-Ife regularly to learn about our Yoruba Tradition and Traditional Religion.

And talking about traveling, Ooni has been to almost everywhere on this planet earth. And I'm from Ilesa.

Konmight Say So.

kayjasper:



No gain saying...this is true royalty.
Alaafin is undoubtedly the most flamboyant, important and relevant king of Yoruba land.

check his poise and glamour even at age 80.

He truly is the last of his kind... a living god!!

babyosisi:

You are assuming the children are truly his
Don't underestimate a woman on a mission
He is incapable of putting on any fires in the bedroom
Biology doesn't lie
She just lets him believe he does
The real bobo that strokes her fire is undercover

babyosisi:


How do these younger women sleep on the same bed and allow their grand father touch them?

remsonik:
Well you have done well in educating people on this thread. I know alaafin well, I grew up in oyo town and some of his kids were my classmates. As old as he is he's very smart and kind,his english is impeccable,he gets younger and lighter every day. Some says he uses ajidewe. He picks a wife every year,some of them are very young girls with some still in secondary school while he married them. There's another myth that he's using the women for something.
He's a loving father,all his kids live in the palace and he gives them equal opportunity. You won't know their mothers apart when you see them. He visits them on visiting days in secondary school then which happens once a month.

cbrass: Its the queen of england that made the Ooni of Ife the Paramount ruler if not The Ooni won't even dare the Owa of Ijesaland let alone the Alafin of Oyo.

olukenzo: I think the issue with Oyo and Ife is because the Ooni started out as a regent than a King and also because he is not a direct descendant of Oduduwa through Okanbi. But he however rules over Ile-Ife which is the source of all Yorubas and thus deserves all the respect he gets.

I don't find the arguments amusing though, they are very divisive I must say.

Blaqsmith: go back to the library and get a good text on the History of Yoruba...Ile-Ife was mere headquarter while OYO is our REAL Ancestral home...Ooni and Alaafin was never a mate and will never be!

raumdeuter: Iku baba yeye

Alashe Ikeji orisha

9jacrip:

Olodo!

Even your Alaafin waits on the Ooni/Ile-Ife to for sword of authority before being authenticated or validated as an ascending king in Oyo.

Engaging in exchanges with you is a waste of time.

Blaqsmith: pardon ma ignoramus...am not really an Olodo like u posited above.

9jacrip:

Apologies then.

Blaqsmith: Ooni is just like a head of state in parliamentarianism ....Oba Lamidi Adeyemi is more than a king in Yorubaland,he is a god!

babyosisi:


How do these younger women sleep on the same bed and allow their grand father touch them?

saxywale:
Ooni was never a regent, that's one of the lies created by Alaafin lamidi, hot air as usual. All the current and past Ooni in Ife after oduduwa descended from Ooni Oranmiyan, the 4th Ooni of Ife, a grandson of Ooni oduduwa.

Blaqsmith: Igbakeji Orisa...all hail Oba Lamidi!

babyosisi:

You are assuming the children are truly his
Don't underestimate a woman on a mission
He is incapable of putting on any fires in the bedroom
Biology doesn't lie
She just lets him believe he does
The real bobo that strokes her fire is undercover

Sloan:

something alien to the ibo who wake up their fathers and mothers with a sliding tackle and uppercut!

olukenzo:

I witnessed this argument in the past (around 2009/10) with you, NegroNtns, Kats and some other people, I usually dont follow it to the end unfortunately. Question, History tells me of Adimu, who came after Oduduwa and also, If I am right, Ooni Orayan was the 6th or was it 8th Ooni?