This is a thread that celebrates the achievements the Yorubas in modern history. The Yorubas have being pace setters in many aspect on the African continent and this needs to be celebrated. This isn't meant for a e-tribal war as Nigerians or Africans in general can easily take things personal. The thread will be divided into parts, so watch out fro part 2 in coming days. Here we go!


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1) FIRST SKYSCRAPER IN AFRICA: Skyscrapers are high rising buildings that characterised big cities of today's modern. Skyscrapers are generally accepted to be buildings that are at least 100 metres tall. The first cranes that rised on the trropical black continent came at the ancient city Ibadan. Popularly known as Cocoa house, it was completed in 1965 at a height of 105 metres and it is a 26-storey building. The building is a legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo who is the first Premier of old Western Region of Nigeria.

2) FIRST TELEVISION STATION IN AFRICA: The first Television station in the world was established in the United State in 1928. Africa had it own first 39 years after and again it's in Ibadan. The Western Nigeria Television (WNTV) was established by the first Premier of Western Nigeria Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1959. This was a time when Television looked like an alien to the African people. Also, WNTV is the first Television station in the world to be independently established by a country still under colonial rule.

3) FIRST AFRICAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is the first African and first black man to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Professor Wole Soyinka achieve this in 1986 and remains the only black man to have achieved such feet. The Emeritus Professor of dramatic art had lectured in several prestigious universities around the world including Oxford, Havard and Yale. He is a critic of several tyrannical government in Africa which include the Mugabe's of Zimbabwe and Abacha's of Nigeria. He has written a lot of play which are widely read in Africa and all over the world.

4) FIRST AFRICAN MODERN STADIUM: There have been several stadiums in Africa before the 60s but none of them can be classified as world class and can't host professional teams or sport competitions. The Liberty Stadium (now Obafemi Awolowo) stadium was completed in 1960 and was first of it kind in Africa. It was adjudged by both local and international press agencies and sport organisation as the first modern stadium in the African continent. it served as home to I.I.C.C Shooting Stars after it completion. It was renamed after Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 2010.

5) FIRST NOVEL WRITTEN IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE: The first Novel in the world was titled "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe was written in the 17th century. Africa had it first novel written in African local language in the 20th century. The first novel written in every African language is D.O Fagunwa's "Ogboju Ode ninu Igbo Irumole" (A Brave Hunter in the Forest of a Thousand Demons). This also certified Fagunwa as the first African local language author. The novel was translated in 1968 by Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyinka as "A Forest of a Thousand Daemons".

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6) FIRST AFRICAN BISHOP: Most Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther is widely known to be the first African Bishop through out the world. He was said to have been born in Osogun in modern day Oyo State and was captured into slavery at the age of 12. He is a renowned linguist who was responsible for the orthography of Yoruba Language and the Igbo language of modern day Nigeria. Ajayi Crowther was responsible for the translation of Bible into Yoruba language. He is the maternal grandfather of Nigeria's foremost nationalist Olayinka Herbert Macaulay.

6) FIRST AFRICAN LOCALLY ORIENTED ORTHOGRAPHY: Writing has been done in Africa for some ages especially in Egypt and ancient Arab world, so also in Swahili but none of them has a independently developed orthography. This Language takes their orthography from either Arabic, Latin, Greek, etc. Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther developed the first independent and locally oriented African language orthography by bringing out the Yoruba Alphabet. This made Yoruba the first written language with self-developed orthography on the African Continent. Igbo was said to have been the second as it orthography was also developed by Crowther. Though a German missionary G.C.A Oldendorp wrote a one page material in Igbo in the 18th century, he never developed any orthography but rather used German orthography in writing Igbo language. Crowther developed the local Igbo Orthography which is used till date and wrote the first book in Igbo titled Isoama-Ibo.

FIRST AFRICAN LANGUAGE TO TRANSLATE THE BIBLE: The both testament of the Bible the holy book of the christian faith had existed for ages. The Bible which was said to have been written by Apostle Paul with God's inspiration was translated to English during the reign of King James in Britain. With the help of first African Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Yoruba language was the first African language the Bible was translated into. Samuel Ajayi Crowther achieve this after he had developed an orthography for the Yoruba language. He translated both the old and new testament of the Bible and this aided the spread of christianity. Also, it spurred other African languages to follow suit in later years.

9) FIRST AFRICAN PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS: Adegoke Olubummo a son of the first literate monarch of Orin Ekiti was the first Professor in the field of Mathematics on the African Contienent. He had his Bachelor degree in Fourah College Sierra Leone, his Masters degree and Ph.D. at the University of Durham United Kingdom. Olunbummo was honoured as the first Pofessor of Mathematics in Africa at the University of Ibadan in the year 1964. He headed the department of Mathematics of University of Ibadan for many years. Olunbummo retired from the University in 1985.

10) FIRST AFRICAN GRAMMY NOMINEE: A number of black had earlier been nominated for the prestigious Grammy award but none of them was an indigenous African. The first man to be nominated for the award on the African continent is the popular Juju artiste King Sunny Ade. He had his first nomination in 1983 with his album "synchro system" and had another nominatio in 1986 with the album "Odu". This also made him the first African to be nominated twice for the prestigious Grammy Award.

As An Igbo Son I Agree That The Yorubas Have Played A Major Role In Modern Civilization!!

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As An Igbo Son I Agree That The Yorubas Have Played A Major Role In Modern Civilization!!

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Lets not derail the thread

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Michael004:

oya oya keep it coming , let show this awon omo onirankiran that we are not their fathers mate .. let teach this mofos we are better off
shout out to all pigbo in the house .. please be careful of hypertension at this perilous time

Michael004:

Yet first in skull mining...

And first in corwadice...first in this and first in that, yet you are unable to rule yourself without the Hausa Fulani lording it over you...

Who is first in sighting the moon afonja

Pls someone should attach skull mining afonjas pics...

Trailii:
oya oya keep it coming , let show this awon omo onirankiran that we are not their fathers mate .. let teach this mofos we are better off
shout out to all pigbo in the house .. please be careful of hypertension at this perilous time

This is not necessary
The op said its not a tribal thread

Nigeria First Professor of Philosophy
John Olubi Sodipo (October 15, 1935–December 4, 1999), he was a Nigerian philosopher. Educated at Remo Secondary School, Sagamu , 1948–53, the
University of Ibadan , 1956–1960, and at the Durham University, England , 1961–1964, Sodipo lectured in philosophy at the University of Lagos from 1966, and taught at the Obafemi Awolowo University from 1968 to 1982, where he became the first professor in
African philosophy and served as First Head of Department of Philosophy. He became the first Vice Chancellor for the Ogun State University when it opened in 1982.

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Nigeria first professor of physical science
Prof. M. O. Ajisafe is the Vice-Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ph.D. Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
Prof. M. Oluwafemi Ajisafe is a Professor of Sports Science at the College of Sciences at Afe Babalola University, Ado - Ekiti. He is a curriculum expert in Sports Science and a member of several accredited bodies and Professional Associations in Sports Science all over the world. His Bachelors , Masters and Doctorate degrees in Sports Science are from the United States of America.
His credentials and experience placed Nigeria in the Hall of fame in Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games when he was Chef De Mission to the Nigerian contingent.
He has to his credit 13 published books, 78 published articles in learned journals and 33 published conference papers also in internationally acclaimed journals.
He is a member of the Donald D Anthony Achievement Hall of fame, an honour given him by his Alma Mata, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio U.S.A. in 1993.
He is first in many things including:
First Nigerian Professor of Physical Education (Sports Science).
First Director of the National Institute for Sports, Lagos, Nigeria
Founder and First Head of the Physical & Health Education Dept in the University of Benin, Nigeria
First African/Nigerian to get a Doctorate Degree in Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. USA
First African/Nigerian Consultant (for 12 years) to the Youth General Authority of the State of Qatar
First Nigerian Chef De Mission to succeed in bringing home four Medals at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona
First UNIBEN Chairman Sports Committee to host NUGA Games in 1980
First Nigeria/African to be inducted into the Achievement Hall of Fame of the Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA, 1993
First Nigerian to be mandated to prepare the Curriculum for the West African School Certificate Physical Education Programme
First African Director for the International Council of Sports Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)
First African Adviser to the International Council on National Youth Policy (ICNYP)
First Nigerian Expert in Physical Education Curriculum Studies
First Provost, College of Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
First Deputy Vice Chancellor, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
First Director of Sports, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.
First Consultant General on Sports Development to the then 104 Universities in Nigeria. Appointed by the NUCs University Sports League
Presently the Vice Chancellor, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria first professor of History
Professor bolanle Awe was born in Nigeria in 1933. She attended Holy Trinity School, Imofe- Ilesha , St James Primary School, Okebola, Ibadan , and St Anne's School, Ibadan. She took her A-levels at the Perse School in Cambridge. She went to St Andrews University in Scotland where she obtained a masters in history, before taking a doctorate in history at Oxford University . Awe then returned to Nigeria, where she became a lecturer at the
University of Ibadan .
She rose to be a professor at the same university. She was one of the historians who allowed their evidence to include oral traditions . This meant that she was able to trace back histories before the arrival of Europeans. She was also active in idetifying how the role of women in history was being overlooked and she co-founded the Women's Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC) to promote the coordination of women's studies research and new methodologies to study Nigerian women. In 1982 she was made an Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
On Christmas Day 1960 she married Olumuyiwa Awe. He would also become a professor and they would have children. Her husband died in 2013 at the age of 82. She was one of six people who assisted Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka in founding the popular Nigerian confraternity National Association of Seadogs in 1952. There is some debate as to whether it was her or her future husband who were involved.
In 1998 she retired[4] and the following year the department of African studies published a small book about her. After her retirement she continued to research and in 2005 she became the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria in Nsukka .