What the white man is trying to say is that the Yorubas are peacemaker people. They can brag/bluff during a misunderstanding but they don't take cruel action on time/abruptly.

The only time you will see the yorubas fighting sporadically is when their territories are threatened to be overtaken by another tribe just like the case of the civil war in 1967 (Ija Ore).

kaycii1:


ok if u dont kno i will help u

COWARDICE: fear or lack of courage!

The Yorubas you are quick to whitewash have a saying:

"Omode ko de ibi eru ni eru oo ba"


If you don't understand Yoruba ask someone who does to interpret.

Typical western press nonsense.

Although I'm a Yoruba man, I totally agree with the white man. There wouldn't have been any country like Nigeria again if not for the Yorubas. They reason and try to strike the balance. They are never extremists. I'm proud to be one.

ElekeNtioba:


i'm your worst nightmare

al salam alaykum, dumbo

If your father na im born u, tell me who you are

Coward!

daretodiffer:

How is it of your business?

We decided not to pursue Ilorin. Simple!

the Nupes did conquer Oyo and occupied It for some 80 years after which the yorubas defeated them and reclaimed it.

ElekeNtioba:


u need to have a good history of yorubas to understand their cowardice. these same people terrorized smaller and lesser-powerful kingdoms like dahomey bt when they came up against d hausa/fulani - an equal-sized empire - they ran away.

They joined the Nigerian side during the civil war, ONLY when they were convinced Biafra is d weaker side and had little international support.

Choice, decision and stance are not synonymous to cowardice.

sarutobie:

this doesn't even make sense, how can one prefer hard drugs to alcohol? how can a fermented grape juice ( also called wine) be more disgusting than nicotine? I don't get it..which is more natural of the two? oh well, to each his own.

Guy, alcohol is more deadly than weed as study shows & weed doesn't contain nicotine but cigarette does, therefore I see the need for you to update your knowledge more frequently.

This could be help to you though...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/weed-is-114-times-less-deadly-than-alcohol-study-finds-10066496.html

ElekeNtioba:


i'm your worst nightmare

al salam alaykum, dumbo

Guess what!

I didn't figure you out until I went through your posts

You were idiot I was planning to bomb, don't worry I am going to add your momma and papa to the list

See you in the other side!

LarrySun:
Was he praising or insulting the Yorubas? The so-called Whiteman can't even write in perfect English expressions. This shows that every race has its shortcomings.

Is every whiteman from an English-speaking country?

nightmile:


If a nation is reluctant to participate in a war does not mean she will be defeated at the war front. Yorubas still burst the ass of the bia bia coward from cocaine republic before he escaping to Drogba's village. The coward is dead and EBORA is still bouncing like a bouncer .

Bebe shi n lo... Ko duro rara

bettercreature:
Yoruba is capable of winning any war without firing a Shot,During the biafra war,Yoruba actually brought the idea of changing the Nigerian currency and cut food supply to the east which actually lead to the deadly starvation and genocide in south east.THE MAJOR REASON OJUKWU SURRENDERED,We are no coward! we are just more superior mentally to other tribes

where was ur mental superiority when moshood abiola was rotting in jail like a common criminal for more than 5 years??

[size=14pt] “Those who lack courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.” ― Albert Camus[/size]

Bitter truth

Yanks101:
Btw, why did the Yoruba nation capitulated so easily to colonialism in southern Nigeria?.
Even minority ethnics posed greater resistance to the eradication of their way of life by foreign invaders.

So what did their resistance offer them

Diaryofnaija:
the Nupes did conquer Oyo and occupied It for some 80 years after which the yorubas defeated them and reclaimed it.

Another bigoted historical ‘fact'

I have heard that BS before and it is still what it is, BS!

ElekeNtioba:


where was ur mental superiority when moshood abiola rotted in jail like a common criminal for over 5 years??

[size=14pt]“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.” ― Albert Camus[/size]

And Namadi Kanu is rotting

LarrySun:
He was called an American journalist.

okay. I missed out that part. I just read the article again, and there was no grammatical error in the article. All punctuations were also perfectly used. There were no comma splice, or run-on sentences.

fireforfire:
Lol..... so does d summary of dis write up nean dey r cowards?
because d meaning go dt direction

it means not only they are more wise but a lot clever as well..one of the reasons they are always steps ahead.

ElekeNtioba:


where was ur mental superiority when moshood abiola was rotting in jail like a common criminal for more than 5 years??

[size=14pt] “Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.” ― Albert Camus[/size]

Atleast he stood up against one of the deadliest dictator in the world while your people were nowhere to be found

daretodiffer:


Another bigoted historical ‘fact'

I have heard that BS before and it is still what it is, BS!

Lol. Ok

Ishilove:

Lol. Larry, you are more concerned about the man's grammatical dexterity than any other thing. That's why i just love you, because we are so similar

Got your Diary mention. Thanks. Wishing you an awesome year of mind blowing exploits. God bless you.

@post: the only thing I could deduce from the statement is: Wisdom.

God bless the Yoruba people.

Ishilove:
I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this


http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2004/aug/031.html

https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/682164417199517696

absolutely true

saxywale:

okay. I missed out that part. I just read the article again, and there was no grammatical error in the article. All punctuations were also perfectly used. There were no comma splice, or run-on sentences.

Exactly my point when I asked the professor which part is incorrect

Yanks101:
Cowardice is a relative term. Most ethnics in africa also fought intra-tribal wars. No big deal.
The fact that they fought themselves does not mean they have the courage to go to war with another major ethnic.

The Yoruba's conquered kingdom as far as Ghana, and repelled jihadist from the North. What kingdom did your own tribe conquer?

I have warned my Igbo friends to stop agitating for Biafra as if they are ready for another war, if we can't achieve it through dialogue then it's not meant to be .

Very on point

ElekeNtioba:


u need to have a good history of yorubas to understand their cowardice. these same people terrorized smaller and lesser-powerful kingdoms like dahomey bt when they came up against d hausa/fulani - an equal-sized empire - they ran away.

They joined the Nigerian side during the civil war, ONLY when they were convinced Biafra is d weaker side and had little international support.

Chai.. see how warped your thinking is. If I may ask wetin yoruba ppl do you guys sef

saxywale:

The Yoruba's conquered kingdom as far as Ghana, and repelled jihadist from the North. What kingdom did your own tribe conquer?

And yet you were beaten black and blue by women from benin republic.
Repelled jihadists? Don't let the emir of kwara hear that.
There are no islamic heritage in my homeland. That is what it means to repel jihardists.

LarrySun:
Was he praising or insulting the Yorubas? The so-called Whiteman can't even write in perfect English expressions. This shows that every race has its shortcomings.

Dude, the diction and phrasing by the journalist is masterpiece, elite in any class.

I don't endorse tribal bashings of any sort but what is written is a veiled diatribe, euphemized by clever placing of words to soften the verbal blows. I call it social diplomatic bashing.

If nairaland installed an active anti spam bot for auto deletion of insults, that bashing will pass undetected.

MorrowCaligari:


Hardly. Mostly prefer weed to alcohol as we find alcohol to be the most disgusting and primitive substance.

Spot on! Those guys can weed, choi!

Yes, Garage Touts are the right group of people to be used in characterising a group as large as the Yorubas.....
Because Ishilove said so

^^^^


But you'll use less than 100,000 Ipod youths to judge more than 40 millions Igbos.