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Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by agborodun: 10:39am On Nov 24, 2016
I need to draw the attention of nairaland users to a mis-match code which seems to be gaining ground on nairaland in describing all yorubas.
This is very wrong as the name afonja has nothing to do with the name Yoruba.
This name could only be associated with ilorin and its an insult to use it to describe all yorubas..
I think seun need to stop this.
CC: Seun


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The Ilorin Emirate is a traditional state based on the city of Ilorin in Kwara State, Nigeria. It is considered to be one of the Banza Bakwai, or copy-cats of the Hausa Kingdoms.

At the start of the 19th century Ilorin was a border town in the northeast of the Oyo Empire, with a mainly Yoruba population but with many Hausa and Fulani immigrants. It was the headquarters of an Oyo General, Afonja, who rebelled against the empire and helped bring about its collapse with the assistance of the Fulani.[1] The rebellion was powered by Nupe and Bornu Moslem slaves.[2] Afonja had been assisted by Salih Janta, also called Shehu Alimi, a leader of the local Fulani. In 1824 Afonja was assassinated and Alimi's son Abdusalami became Emir.[3] Ilorin became an emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate.[1]

For some time Ilorin was a major center of the slave trade. In the past slaves had mainly been sent north across the Sahara, but now they were being sent south via the Yoruba lands to the coast to supply demand from the USA, the West Indies, and Brazil. Slaves were taken from the Igbo lands to the east and from conquered Yoruba towns, as well as from areas further to the north, and were traded for cloth and other goods. Ilorin continued to expand southward until it was checked in the 1830s by the growing power of Ibadan, an Oyo successor state. The Ilorin cavalry were ineffective in the jungle to the south, and by the 1850s Ibadan had access to guns from European traders on the coast.[1] The capital was occupied by the Royal Niger Company in 1897 and its lands incorporated into the British colony of Northern Nigeria in 1900, although the emirate continued to perform ceremonial functions.[4)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin_Emirate

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by ammyluv2002(f): 10:41am On Nov 24, 2016
Okay!
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by KingRex1(m): 10:41am On Nov 24, 2016
Lol under crime section.. I see
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by LecciGucci: 10:43am On Nov 24, 2016
agborodun:
I need to draw the attention of nairaland users to a mis-match code which seems to be gaining ground on nairaland in describing all yorubas.
This is very wrong as the name afonja has nothing to do with the name Yoruba.
This name could only be associated with ilorin and its an insult to use it to describe all yorubas..
I think seun need to stop this.
CC: Seun


Dont be baised!.
Thats d message!
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Davash222(m): 10:43am On Nov 24, 2016
Okay noted, that's why we rooted for Eke Nja.

Hope we are good here, huh
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by yeyeboi(m): 10:45am On Nov 24, 2016
Ok
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by tolugar: 10:46am On Nov 24, 2016
What does Afonja mean
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 10:46am On Nov 24, 2016
agborodun:
I need to draw the attention of nairaland users to a mis-match code which seems to be gaining ground on nairaland in describing all yorubas.
This is very wrong as the name afonja has nothing to do with the name Yoruba.
This name could only be associated with ilorin and its an insult to use it to describe all yorubas..
I think seun need to stop this.
CC: S.eun
can we use this picture?

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by akinszz: 10:56am On Nov 24, 2016
Ode! Thats not yoruba mark.
STFUareyouGod:
can we use this picture?
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 10:58am On Nov 24, 2016
so AFONJA shouldn't be used in referring to the Yorubas, But IPOB YOOT should be used in referring to the Igbo abi?

hypocrite

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 11:00am On Nov 24, 2016
akinszz:
Ode! Thats not yoruba mark.
ok Mr Brown Roof

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by NaWetinDey(m): 11:06am On Nov 24, 2016
Que.

If Afonja has nothing to do with Yoruba, as a Yoruba man, why do you seem worried?

Do you get worried if your name is peter and somebody calls you Matthew, or do you simply walk on because you are not the one being called?

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by akinszz: 11:06am On Nov 24, 2016
Igbos oshi!
STFUareyouGod:
ok Mr Brown Roof
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Joevics(m): 11:11am On Nov 24, 2016
Afonja..... nice tag.
like not all Igbos are Ipod youths.

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 11:37am On Nov 24, 2016
akinszz:
Igbos oshi!
you mean something like this?

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by orisa37: 11:43am On Nov 24, 2016
The name Afonja is how much of Yoruba the "Yamirins" know. Just ignore them.
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 11:48am On Nov 24, 2016
akinszz:
Igbos oshi!

He isn't Igbo. grin
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by iykekelvins(m): 11:50am On Nov 24, 2016
If he should look into that, he should also look into them calling us Flat Heads.. gringrin

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 11:58am On Nov 24, 2016
Qummie:


He isn't Igbo. grin
cheesy cheesy He thinks I'm flatty cheesy

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 12:03pm On Nov 24, 2016
STFUareyouGod:
cheesy cheesy He thinks I'm Fally cheesy
Trouble-maker
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 12:13pm On Nov 24, 2016
Qummie:

Trouble-maker
tongue tongue tongue
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by akinszz: 12:27pm On Nov 24, 2016
Kkkk
STFUareyouGod:
you mean something like this?
Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Afonjatribeguy: 12:54pm On Nov 24, 2016
AFONJA aka the Brown roof tribee alias Ndi ofe nmanu the Den of Ritualistt and Juju jazz peoplee grin grin grin grin cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by KeyzEEto(m): 2:33pm On Nov 24, 2016
Davash222:
Okay noted, that's why we rooted for Eke Nja.

Hope we are good here, huh

Orie Nja grin grin

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Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Nobody: 2:45pm On Nov 24, 2016
Afonjatribeguy:
AFONJA aka the Brown roof tribee alias Ndi ofe nmanu the Den of Ritualistt and Juju jazz peoplee grin grin grin grin cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

You nko? Mud huts gringringringringringringrin

Re: Use Of Afonja To Describe The Yorubas On Nairaland Is Very Wrong by Macjayboy(m): 3:09pm On Nov 24, 2016
Omolorin ni mi fa

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