illicit:
This one is not written
It's oral, it's personal
Its part of any African only if u are too woke or shy of being African

Well, I do have an oral and personal history of my own, and it contains nothing of anyone else's culture but mine.

There is nothing "woke" or shy about my history, and I honestly don't know where the heck that word, "woke", even comes from.

Kobojunkie:
Well, I do have an oral and personal history of my own, and it contains nothing of anyone else's culture but mine.

There is nothing "woke" or shy about my history, and I honestly don't know where the heck that word, "woke", even comes from.

Alright

Mind to share something(s) about ur culture?

illicit:
Alright

Mind to share something(s) about ur culture?

My culture is Wisdom - processing everything there is to process, and reaching decisions through Wisdom and Wisdom alone.

Kobojunkie:
My culture is Wisdom - processing everything there is to process, and reaching decisions through Wisdom and Wisdom alone.

Not bad sha

illicit:
Not bad sha

See now why I said Culture is only necessary for those who chose to subscribe to it.

Illicit,
Yoruba is only one culture in Africa that have a family totem and oriki.

Bring your expectations home.

MetaPhysical:
Illicit,
Yoruba is only one culture in Africa that have a family totem and oriki.

Bring your expectations home.

Really

I never knew that

Are you Yoruba, can u share urs

Kobojunkie:
See now why I said Culture is only necessary for those who chose to subscribe to it.

My grandmother's have tattoos

Especially the maternal one

She was the first daughter of a priest

All sort of esoteric things were written and drawn all over her

illicit:
My grandmother's have tattoos
Especially the maternal one
She was the first daughter of a priest
All sort of esoteric things were written and drawn all over her

Did she pass all that information to you or what?

illicit:


Really

I never knew that

Are you Yoruba, can u share urs

I have shared mine several times on similar threads like yours. We need to focus thoughts into single repositories, and not keep opening redundant threads. Search for threads with oriki and, or totem you will find me in one or two.

illicit:


My grandmother's have tattoos

Especially the maternal one

She was the first daughter of a priest

All sort of esoteric things were written and drawn all over her

Ok, so, tatoos were also used as part of records in which Yoruba kept its history. It is a older history than tribal cheek markings. Unlike tribal marks that are specific to certain lands and given to both genders, tatoos were applied to women and universal across Yorubaland. Motifs represent the full diversity of ecoculture - sea animals, winged animals, four legged animals, plants (particularly flowers). The art carries a heirarchy of proud ancestry and cult for the woman.

Kobojunkie:
Did she pass all that information to you or what?

I met her

I was very young when she passed on but I remember vividly cos it was off to me

I would have asked her if she lived longer

You Mean panegyric.

Omo elefo shigbemo oba yii
Efo san boni rele
Efo romi oko...........

illicit:


Oh really?

I know that Igbo language and Yoruba are in the same group and family, they are related.

Now this occurrence of leopard in both cultures can not be overlooked

The Yorubas and igbos are relatives if you ask me

By the way, what's your families totem?
Apart from the general igbos

Both languages belong to the niger kordofanian

Yeah sure

Who else?