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iHart:
Your suggestions on that thread that was locked are long overdue. I have made these suggestions on several threads but nothing seems to have changed. Nairaland should evolve, thats my own!

Well that's the thing bro.. it really is not technologically or securely advanced unlike so many forums where I live in America.. Reddit being a great example of a forum with its own very neat app, its own PMing service that does not require email, and its own advanced search features. I think there are some Nigerians on there.

gypsey:
who is the devil? were does the devil live? is the devil an African? why is the devil not european? can i see the devil? how would i know when i see the devil? what kinda shoe size is the devil? is the devil male or female?
does the devil exists only in foolish and gullible people's imaginations? what size is the devils shirt? or does the devil walk around Nakid? what kinda beer does the devil drink? how can i contact the devil? i would like to ask the devil few questions!


if you don't have any straight forward answers please don't quote me.

Sorry for quoting you gypsey, but I just love this post of yours.

CuteMadridista:
All glory to Satan. Light is beginning to shine on the demonic stronghold called Christianity. R'amen.

I plead the blood of Satan over every angelic withcraft coming from Yahweh. May every Jewish cross hanging over your life be broken, the way Holy Spirit broke Mary's virginity. I fire ballistic missiles at the 12 hosts of heaven. I bind and rebuke all heavenly principalties, I bind the Lion of Judah, the great opressor, he who was killed be three nails. concerning you reading this, I cast away the Holy Spirit from your life. Take Glory Satan. May the work you've begun on Nairaland grow, from Daddy Freeze to Small boy Adeboye.
R'amen.
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This is hilarious dude!

Hello,

This post is mainly directed towards Seun, however anyone else can jump in if they want.

So... I had written to Seun on a thread of mine that I wanted him to respond to, and he did, which I was happy about. However then I noticed that he locked my thread... what's up with that?

I swear to god I'm not trying to be accusatory or any such thing, I just find it very strange that he'd go right ahead and lock my thread like that. Any specific reason?

LOL! This thread is golden....

macof:
isese is the tradition of the Yoruba people of West Africa
It's the actual name for our tradition
While the word for tradition in general is "Ise"

By the way, is it true you are blind? If so, how do you get all that is being posted here?

Yes, I am indeed blind! I use a piece of software called a screen reader in order to navigate my computer, the Internet, as well as to write and read things. It’s pretty cool.

OK, so that’s the name of your traditional culture? Wow, I never knew that! I never even knew traditional cultures had names apart from * insert ethnicity here * traditional culture.

The fucknuts that watch this bullshit are like zombies, I tell ya.......... we have a version of Big Brother in the US... it's all about the money peeps, notin' more. And don't even get me started on The Bachelor or The Bachelorette....

macof:
but the thread is about Isese

Ok wtf is isese?

orisa37:
Omo Oduduwa ni mi and an Apostle of Christ.

So you’re a n Ifa adherent as well as a Christian? Interesting!

Please Seun........

vivie01:
If someone among those you are following creates a topic, it will/might automatically be listed among the topics you are following. So I think sha. I've noticed similar things like this too.

If you commented on a topic and you did not tick-out the 'follow this topic' button, it will be listed in your followed topics as well.

Ok, thanks for letting me know Vivie!

CuteMadridista:
Not too long at all, nice to see you're getting along fine

I am, yes!

I would not like your glasses, thank you, is this fine by you?

I don't understand your question?

shadeyinka:
The movie transcript will be an invaluable asset to you if you can lay your hands on them.

You may create a thread on Nairaland, perhaps someone will know how to guide you.

Ok, well are you saying someone on here may be able to translate?

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shadeyinka:
The movies are in Yoruba but subtitled!

I think I have more respect for your drive.

Just ask around...You may be able to get the information you require. You may start with Ogundes biography!

Here is a quote from Wikipedia about Ogundes works



I hope you'll be able to get the transcripts of these movies.

Perhaps I can, I'll see. I don't think they'll be available in English though I'm afraid.

@CuteMadridista:
Oh no no no, ask away dear! I'm just fine answering.

Although I won't try and tell too much as we're online and I want to be cautious, I'll tell you that I was born blind, and I was born very early which caused it. I've been able to deal with it just fine and I've had no problems at all. I live in a mainly sighted world and I have been with sighted people for most of my life, which is why I just am able to act and think like a sighted person a lot better than most blind people, admitedly (LOL)!

Unfortunately it's true that a lot of people around me have treated me like crap, no one really understands that blind people are just normal humans like you and I and they have feelings, desires, ambitions, dreams and hopes too! I try to convey this message every day in my daily life by acting as confidently and boldly and independently as I can to show the world this.

This is why Cobhams Asuquo is a big inspiration to me, not only because he has worked with Asa who's one of my favorite singers as evidenced by my signature (hahahaha), and not only because I know that she knows a blind person (begins hyperventilating), but because he carries this same aire of independence, confidence and motivation that I want all blind people to carry. Unfortunately a lot of nonsighted folks say that they're "living the life they want" and that they don't let shitt define them, and yet they never actually practice what they preach, it's quite sad I must say.

I'm so sorry if this post is too long, I guess I have a lot to say, especially to someone who really wants to know a lot about me!

shadeyinka:
That's impressive. Are you an American?

I hope you can watch some video's by Hubert Ogunde. I how you'll be able to find it. Ogunde

Movies like
Jaiye 'sinmi (Let the Earth Rest)
Aiye. (He World- mysterious)

His movies are rich and not influenced much by contemporary Yoruba traditions. We hardly get the movies to view in Nigeria but you may be lucky to see it in a library or movie archive in US.

Hahaha, thanks so much! Yes, I'm American. And I'm blind too! Like I can't see... but I do just fine despite my disability, and honestly I think God made me that way for a reason
I'll see if I can find those films. Are they in English?

I love studying cultures/traditions from around the world, and right now African ones are my thang!

macof:
Irunmole - 400 Imole

400 Imole are present on earth, 400 in the heavens..there is also an extra one to make 801 but I'm unclear about that extra one... I have come across people claiming it is the Ooni, some claim it's Olodumare

Orunmila, Sango, Osun were humans, gifted individuals who were experts in their field. And every aspect of the natural world is run by the power of an Imole.

For example take Osanyin, He was the greatest healer of his time and of any known before him.. when he died people built a fellowship around his methods and he became an Orisha... now Osanyin or not, in yoruba culture there is a spirit behind healing, but this spirit lacks personality or any form of personification, the life and times of Osanyin becomes the personification of that Spirit

Ok, that's neat.

macof:
Going by my limited knowledge I would say Ebora is a generic term for all "unseen beings"
I have heard Esu refered to as an Ebora. Yemoja as an Ebora...and when these two can be Ebora then all Orisha in certain context are Ebora

Sidenote: in the Igala language, Ebo is the word for Diety...as the word "orisha" is absent in the language

Imole/Umale as a word appears to be a less ancient word than Ebora/Ebo..and refers particularly to spirits associated with natural elements e.g.. Imole Okun. Spirit of the ocean.

Iwin have a more anthropomorphic representation, they sometimes interact with humans in the forest. They may be spirits of the dead that still linger around

Hmmm, interesting!

macof:
I've they been able to properly understand the difference between Ebora, Iwin and Imole

Elaborate more on these "unseen beings" please Macof! Are they equivalent to fairies/elves/gnomes in British/European folklore?

shadeyinka:
Are you Yoruba? Or can you read Yoruba language?

I am not sure if the books have English translations

LOL I'm not Yoruba in the slightest, in fact I'm not even black! I'm just very interested in this sort of mythology and spirituality as well as African cultures and peoples in general.

shadeyinka:
Why don't you find some books by D.O. Fagunwa. The books might help you write some good story.

Ogboju Ode ni inu Igbo Irunmale
Igbo Olodumare
Ireke Onibudo

The books are in Yoruba, but you have the advantage that they are old (written in the 1950s -60s). So, fairly pure from modern influence.

Although the books seem influenced by the Greek Odessy. But there are great similarities between the Yoruba gods and the Greek gods.

That's what I keep hearing. Fascinating!

shadeyinka:
It depends on who you make the bond with.

If the spirit entity in interested in holding you with or without your will, then you wouldn't know the full terms of the agreement.

However, if the spiritual entity is all for your favour and is not interested in holding you against your will then there is no reason to "hide clauses" that will control you.

For example, God will not destroy my life if I choose to disown Him. If I choose to disown God, He would not destroy my business, nor my family nor anything. I would be free to go.

Not so with demons. For by your sacrifice, you unknowingly sell yourself to them.

All right. Well that's what you believe in, which is ok. I myself honestly do not have really any experience with ATR so I can't really speak on this concept well. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can, mainly for the purposes of writing a fantasy story involving a lot of concepts from Yoruba mythology.

philpwresh:
Where is the savage
Where is the heat

Yes.. nothing really intense about Simi's reaction, nor did she engage Asa.... hmmm....

HajimeSaito:
OP, it can't be "savage" unless Tiwa is involved

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

akaba12:
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Wow

LOL, yeah, I know! It's tricky but I'm learning, have a Naija friend who's teaching me.

CuteMadridista:
I agree, I'm active now anyways so derailing would be more controlled

Good, keep these folks in check, I will too.

I speak Spanish and some French, learning Yoruba now!

orisa37:
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Yes ofcourse.

Well that explains your screenname (LOL)!

vaxx:
well, that make sense.... but what if something that is bizarre and rare in human nature like necrophilia, pedophile , bestiality and the rest are declare taboo ? how will you see it? human by nature needs something more emotional to put them into check, so some unverified truth are introduce( the powerful people who introduce this things knows they are not true).... like hell fire, paradise and all this concept....even Yoruba ATR has its own, for example, if a person slept with a pregnant woman that is not his wife, calamity will befall the person and the person can only be successful again after the baby inside the pregnant woman start nursing her/his own baby, or any baby that drop from the back of her mother accidentally, the baby will experience the death of seven people, if it is she, her husband will die respectively until she reached the eight one and the same things goes to man...... when you look at this concept logically, you will realize they are set of proactive measure to maintain a stable society, it is not that what they mean will actually come to pass, but the instructions must come with a fearful statement so that people will honor it.as the saying goes in latin terms , Vox populi, vox Dei which means the voice of the people is the voice of God. in actual sense when you flout this rules , you are actually floating the commands of GOD. next question pls

This makes a lot of sense Vaxx.