Aareonakakanfo:

I thought you said you wanted to show pictures of Lagos so why're you showing pictures of beautiful women?

Funjosh:



Hmmm. That is one thing I noticed whenever I speak general Yoruba, dey understand. But whenever they are communicating withing themselves I don't pick a single word from it.

I think same with the Yoruba of Kogi and some Part of Akoko Edo also.

IlekeHD:


Beautiful women from Lagos nau.

Se o get connection yen ni?

zimoni:


Akokos are just like every other Yoruba sub-ethnic group. They speak general Yoruba and their local dialects.

What's funny about Akokos is that each community/town has its own dialect. I as a Yoruba hear some of the dialect when they speak while I don't understand some. Some Akokos don't even underatand each other. For instance Ibaramu Akoko, no one understand them when they speak apart from a native of Ibaramu Akoko.

I studied at FUTA and had some Akokos as friends. Let me invite one of them to show up. Ogbeni tolababa, your attention is needed here.


Where is Prof Katsumoto nah? How I wish he could make contributions to the thread.

What a lovely thread.

Funny enough, I understand almost all the Akoko dialects .

zimoni:


Akokos are just like every other Yoruba sub-ethnic group. They speak general Yoruba and their local dialects.

What's funny about Akokos is that each community/town has its own dialect. I as a Yoruba hear some of the dialect when they speak while I don't understand some. Some Akokos don't even underatand each other. For instance Ibaramu Akoko, no one understand them when they speak apart from a native of Ibaramu Akoko.

I studied at FUTA and had some Akokos as friends. Let me invite one of them to show up. Ogbeni tolababa, your attention is needed here.


Where is Prof Katsumoto nah? How I wish he could make contributions to the thread.

What a lovely thread.

superstar1:
@ IlekeHD,

Abeggg, it's enough for the night.

superstar1:


The diversity in a strictly yoruba county is rich enough for us to contend with. Let them join the Niger Delta republic or Lower Niger Republic jejely.

IlekeHD:


lol dude you have a problem.......... you want to rule rich girls, but you don't want omo iya buka's pikin?

First start local.

laudate:


Cold palmwine would do very nicely! Thank you for the welcome.

ProfShymex:


But should we allow fifth columnists like their ancestor, Afonja, to join the Yoruba commonwealth cos of negligible resources? Their loyalty is with Northerners and Fulani emir. And these folks played a big role in the destruction of Oyo.

I also believe there's a reason why Yorubas never bothered to reclaim Ilorin, after defeating the Fulanis at Oshogbo. So it might be safer to let them be. Personally, if I were to choose, I'd pick Itsekiri in lieu of Ilorin. At least Itsekiris have resources and they're more intertwined with riverine Yorubas and Edos (who're like cousins to Yorubas) than Ilorin, to be honest. It's not worth it.

If we want Ilorin - we might as well go all the way to Oyo Katanga and claim the place - since Oyo started from there, before moving to Oyo Ile. That's just my opinion.

yemaldo:

Tell me u hate ilorin people, listen to ur self, itsekiri because of their oil, are u telling me you'll chose itsekiri over ekiti because they will bring more money? Secondly kwara state was part of the west, now Noth central so they have no choice but to participate in everything going on in North, or do u want them to attend southwest governors forum ni, what about the okun people in kogi state, are they not yoruba too?

IlekeHD:


You call yourself a northern Yoruba, which state would that be?

What happened to oyb

Aareonakakanfo:



Are you from kwara state? if you are, abeg i have some questions for you?

yemaldo:

Yes

oyb:


i dey ; its just that this new linda ikeji nl . . .

IlekeHD:


Heyyyyyy

Wowwwww long time. Did Jarus refer you to this thread?

yemaldo:

Tell me u hate ilorin people, listen to ur self, itsekiri because of their oil, are u telling me you'll chose itsekiri over ekiti because they will bring more money? Secondly kwara state was part of the west, now Noth central so they have no choice but to participate in everything going on in North, or do u want them to attend southwest governors forum ni, what about the okun people in kogi state, are they not yoruba too?

oyb:




naaa

i just saw the 5 mentions

delpee:
@Ilekehd

You asked how we can improve on the educational system.

I am aware of an alumni (set) group which came up with a way to harmonise the financial contributions and physical/moral efforts of classmates in Nigeria and the diaspora for effective performance and result. They started by setting up a joint bank account. It is managed by three people,two of whom are Chartered Accountants. The bank statements are made available by email to everyone as well as bank alerts through a WhatsApp group chat forum. The transparent bookkeeping system makes it easy for everyone to get along without grudges or fear of losses.

Decisions are taken by majority votes on any issue. Discussions are mostly by email and WhatsApp to generate ideas and agree on projects and modalities. The diasporans had successfully constructed a building in the school and are now working with Naija based mates to work on a legacy project for the school. In addition, they are looking at a long term mentorship programme for the students and training/ facility support for the teachers.

If many groups come up like this with the determination to succeed, we'll see drastic changes in Southwest schools.

Aareonakakanfo:



BBEAUTIFUL!

Can you please tell us about the demographics of Ilorin?


How do the Yorubas from Ilorin see themselves?


What do they think about the issue of Ilorin being ruled by an Emir?


How pro-yoruba are they?


Who do you think they will prefer aligning with if autonomy were to be granted?

ProfShymex:


Loool.

Sir, I'm sorry if you are offended by my post. I don't hate ya people. What I posited is based on personal observation and I'm just one person giving an opinion based on what I know (maybe myopic cos I have never interacted with the people from there like that)...not the opinion of Yoruba people. And my mentality is somewhat different cos I see everything from a prism where loyalty is non-negotiable and staying away from two-faced people and snakes is important at all times.

Furthermore, I'm not saying ya people are snakes and two-faced but you lot still have the ghost of Afonja over ya heads. Then in modern Nigeria, it seems ya folks align with the emirate up North than they do with Yorubas, hence what I posited. I don't know everything and other back-stories - and I might be a tad ignorant. So don't take my post to heart. It is just an opinion by an inconsequential Yoruba guy - not the Yoruba opinion.

Also, I wasn't talk about the whole Kwara. I was alluding to just Ilorin folks - Afonja's territory.

As for the Yorubas in Kogi - I already alluded to how proud they are of their Yoruba roots despite being geopolitically in a different region in Nigeria.

Again, sorry if my post was offensive.

yemaldo:

1)ilorin comprises of 5 local govt (asa, moro, ilorin south, East and west) of all those local government you'll only see larger population of fulani in ilorin west, and what majority don't understand is that these people have been yorubanized, u can stay a whole year in ilorin west and you'll hardly see anyone speaking fulani,these people will call themselves fulani but cannot speak their language anymore, they eat amala like mad and even give themselves yoruba name(the emir included) u can ask anyone schooling in ilorin
2)aside from larger population of fulani from d west, the remaining 4 local govt are yoruba even majority of fulani in west can't speak their language

3)issue of emir of ilorin is not a shame ilorin people alone should face, it's a slap on yoruba race, afonja invited the fulani to fight for him after betraying Aladin and they almost finished oyo empire, from oyo Ile (no present on) ogbomoso etc but the Yoruba fought back and when the get to ilorin they stopped, tell my why, ilorin was very important to oyo empire back then.
Afonja house in ilorin till date don't see eye to eye, they hate each other like mad, late govn Lawal tried to install a yoruba king in ilorin but he failed because d emir had people backing him from feds
3)if Nigeria divided today, do you think ogbomoso will be d boundary between west and North? I think the boundary will be in kogi state

yemaldo:

1)ilorin comprises of 5 local govt (asa, moro, ilorin south, East and west) of all those local government you'll only see larger population of fulani in ilorin west, and what majority don't understand is that these people have been yorubanized, u can stay a whole year in ilorin west and you'll hardly see anyone speaking fulani,these people will call themselves fulani but cannot speak their language anymore, they eat amala like mad and even give themselves yoruba name(the emir included) u can ask anyone schooling in ilorin

2)aside from larger population of fulani from d west, the remaining 4 local govt are yoruba even majority of fulani in west can't speak their language

3)issue of emir of ilorin is not a shame ilorin people alone should face, it's a slap on yoruba race, afonja invited the fulani to fight for him after betraying Alaafin and they almost finished oyo empire, from oyo Ile (no present on) ogbomoso etc but the Yoruba fought back and when the get to ilorin they stopped, tell my why, ilorin was very important to oyo empire back then.
Afonja house in ilorin till date don't see eye to eye, they hate each other like mad, late govn Lawal tried to install a yoruba king in ilorin but he failed because d emir had people backing him from feds
3)if Nigeria divided today, do you think ogbomoso will be d boundary between west and North? I think the boundary will be in kogi state

IlekeHD:



What's in Ilorin that makes it so precious?

yemaldo:

Get a copy of history of yoruba