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Mcslize:The marginalisation of the Babalawo did not occur by accident. It emerged from layered historical, cultural, and psychological transformations that reshaped society over generations. 1. Colonisation Deliberately Delegitimised Indigenous Authority European missionaries and colonial administrators recognised a fundamental truth: spiritual systems are central to social organisation. Undermining indigenous belief structures would destabilise the broader civilisation. Consequently, traditional systems such as Ifá, Orisa traditions, ancestral rites, herbal knowledge, and divination practices were systematically discredited. These were not treated as alternative worldviews but were instead labelled “pagan,” evil,” primitive,” or “superstitious. This campaign was less about theology and more about governance and control. Once the Babalawo lost legitimacy, communities lost a central pillar of intellectual, moral, and spiritual guidance. 2. Missionaries Replaced Traditional Custodians with Foreign Clergy Prior to colonial intervention, Babalawo occupied multifaceted roles within society. They were not merely spiritual figures but also functioned as judges, historians, healers, philosophers, and advisers to rulers. Missionary institutions introduced new religious authorities priests, pastors, and catechists who gradually supplanted indigenous custodians. Over time, loyalty shifted away from ancestral institutions toward foreign religious structures. This transition altered not only spiritual allegiance but also cultural identity and social hierarchy. 3. Western Education Fostered Cultural Shame Colonial education systems amplified this transformation by reshaping how younger generations perceived their heritage. Children were frequently taught that their ancestors were idol worshippers, that their culture was “backward,” and that their spiritual traditions were demonic. The consequences were profound. Such narratives cultivated generational self-rejection and cultural alienation. A society conditioned to distrust or disdain its roots inevitably weakens its connection to indigenous knowledge systems. A people distanced from their heritage struggle to sustain confidence in their own intellectual and spiritual traditions. The neglect of the Babalawo is best understood not as simple abandonment but as the outcome of deliberate historical processes political, religious, and educational that restructured authority, belief, and identity. Understanding this history is essential for any meaningful reflection on cultural continuity, restoration, or reinterpretation. |
martinskelly:History is rarely as simple as they were strong, we were weak or our traditions failed. Military technology explains battlefield outcomes; it does not invalidate belief systems, cultures, or knowledge traditions. Guns overpower spears that’s physics, not proof of spiritual superiority. Reducing colonization to African greediness ignores documented realities. You completely ignored the fact that the so called white man did not win the wars alone. There were alliances involving multiple nations Persian, Syrian, Indian, Asian, and even the Aksum Kingdom of Africa modern day Ethiopia, to name a few all of which played roles in the broader historical processes that shaped Africa’s encounter with European military campaigns. Colonization was driven by Envy, economic motives, political fragmentation, coercion, disease, and global power dynamics. Exploitation involved both external forces and internal actors, as has been true in nearly every region’s history. Ifa traditional systems were never designed as weapons of war; they functioned as calamity-prevention, philosophical, ethical, and social frameworks laws and orderly conduct for kingdoms and society, with dos and don’ts, with consequences forewarned, as it is written in Deuteronomy 28. The colonizers took note of this to conquer a nation, you must calculate the cost, understand their power source and confidence, then mobilize a strategy. If you read the letter of Leopold of Belgium, you will gain a fuller understanding of how the war on Africa was won not only by military power as that was the last resort used, but by breaking the core spiritual shield of a people so that their Creator would not be able to defend them. Judging Ifa by military outcomes is a category error. Africa’s developmental challenges today are likewise complex governance structures, institutions, global economics, infrastructure, education systems, Colonial religions awarded to African prolonged docile and spiritual unclothedness as evidently this days, colonial s governing system and its historical extraction patterns. Blame narratives feel satisfying, but they rarely produce understanding. |
martinskelly:LOW VIBRATION ALERT!!!! DON’T BE A TYPICAL MISEDUCATED AFRICAN YOUTH WHO THINKS THE COLONIAL LOOTERS WHO CAME AS SPECTATORS FROM THE CAUCASOID MOUNTAINS IN THE CAPSIAN SEA INTO AFRICA NOT TOO LONG AGO TO SPY OUT OUR LIBERTY AND OUR VARIOUS GLORIOUS KINGDOMS FROM EGYPT DOWN TO SOUTH AFRICA OBSERVED AND FORGED OUR BOOKS OF LAW OUT OF ENVY WITH CRIMINAL INTENTIONS AND LATER GAVE IT OUT AS THE BIBLE, TELLING YOU A WHITE JESUS DIED SO NO SACRIFICE FOR CLEANSING OF UNCLEANNESS, SIN PURIFICATION, AND SPRINKLING OF ANIMAL BLOOD AS A COVENANT WITH THE MOTHERLAND IS REQUIRED ANYMORE THROUGH DECEIT AND VIOLENCE IN THEIR HANDS. BECAUSE OF THE DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER, WHICH GAVE THEM A MILITARY ADVANTAGE TO IMPOSE THE GARBAGE YOU CALL CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM TODAY. TALKING ABOUT SALVATION MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE, ESPECIALLY THE DOCTRINES GIVEN TO OUR FOREFATHERS, TEACHING THEM TO LOVE POVERTY AND DEMONIZE OUR SANCTUARIES, ALTARS, AND OUR DEITIES, THEY DESECRATED OUR TEMPLES. THE COLONIZERS CONSECRATED THEMSELVES AS PRIESTS AND MISSIONARIES, PUSHING DECEITFUL DOCTRINES THROUGHOUT AFRICA. THEY ABANDONED OUR WIDOWS AND RAPED OUR MOTHERS AND SISTERS THE WHOLE TIME BEFORE INDEPENDENCE. BEFORE I TAKE YOU SERIOUS NAME THE COLONIAL ''MODERNISATION WORKS IN AFRICA'' you see around you? DO YOU KNOW WE HAD NEAR ZERO INFRASTRUCTURE AT INDEPENDENCE? DO YOU KNOW A FOOTPATH LED TO YOUR VILLAGE AT INDEPENDENCE, NOT A ROAD? DO YOU KNOW OUR FIRST POWER PLANT WAS KAINJI DAM COMMISSIONED IN 1964? AND THAT YOUR COLONIAL ''MODERNISERS'' DID NOT BUILD A SINGLE POWER PLANT IN THEIR 80 YEAR RULE OF THEFT AND LOOTING OF RESOURCES IN NIGERIA AND THE REST OF AFRICA? [/b]DO YOU THINK THE BRITISH INVADERS BUILT PUBLIC SCHOOLS?? [b]SHOW US THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEY BUILT. SHOW US WHAT THEY BUILT!!! BRITAIN OWES NIGERIA $50 TRILLION FOR ITS PLUNDER. INSTEAD OF HELPING THEM PUSH THIS CHRISTIANITY PROPAGANDA TO COME AND RECOLONISE YOU, YOUR FATHER AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY LINEAGE WITH THAT HYPOCRITICAL DOCTRINES AND STEAL MORE TELL THEM TO PAY THE $50 TRILLION REPARATIONS INTO EVERY NIGERIAN'S ACCOUNT, INCLUDING YOURS THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT BIBLE AND SALVATION BECAUSE NO IFA TRADITION TEACHES ANY OF THE ATROCITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY.
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martinskelly:Yea no fugazi, theres been so many overwhleming documented evidence of incidents and tragedies in yoruba land of wicked babalwos fallen into the mischief they imagined against another men or fallen into the same tempest. You gotta visit the interior sides of yoruba land to hear stories and verified what i am saying its a very popular occurence of many babalawo wey don kpai in their wicked imaginations.. why do you think the nigerian authorities does not promote swearing in oath using ifa or Ayelala traditions but rather opting for the bible and quran because they know those are forged IFA books and served no true justice. |
martinskelly:It happens on different forms dpending on how you classified it, misfortune,calamities etc as he wish for someone elses child so shall it be to his own too. You point one finger it backfireback at you something like that i cant really quote or word it properly but you get me. |
SadiqBabaSani:Point of Correction Babalawo must not do wrong because theirs is judgment and justice Oath between Ifa and the Deity of Crossaroad ESU in the midst of it, if babalawo do wrong it gets Instant judgment from Eledumare. But the case of that dubious religion called Christianity is not so because it was built on falsehood,theft, brigandage, plunder and mass murder of innocent populations to steal their wealth and enrich yourself with zero accountability. And this demonic pastor putting curses on woman is a product of it. |
SkylseTV:following. |
Why are herdsmen allowed to be in possession of firearms and other citizens cant and continue to suffer under this murderous killers ? are they under different governing laws of the federation of Nigeria? |
Sounds like a deliberate displacment and ethnic cleansing of Yoruba indigenes currently happening in our very eyes and still nothing is happening, its now an everydya normal thing. When will this bandits be killed and eradicated once and for all? how many people got to die before something is done? If Federal government legalize firearms laws in Nigeria even just for 6 months all this seneless bandits will be crushed within a short frame of time. |
RaptorX:Exactly most of the morally depraved european scavengers visits those listed african countries to drain the energy out of the vunerable citizens, sexually exploiting them and infecting both young and old with fertal diseases. Its of no benefits really because they dont really bring anything to the countries but their filth, to do exploit and damage. |
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Gerrard59:Whats up with you. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_9tuRwr_8 📖 In this powerful episode, *“Yoruba Wisdom EXPOSES the Mark of the Beast & Babylon’s New World Order,”* we reveal the *hidden meaning of the Mark of the Beast* through *ancient Yoruba knowledge and Ifa prophecy.* In *Yoruba**, the word **Ehena* means “out of control” or “outlaw people” — a spiritual code that unveils the **mystery of Revelation**, the **Beast system**, and the **New World Order. This deep historical and spiritual analysis shows how *Bible, Quran, and Yoruba tradition intersect* to expose the deception of *Babylon, Satanism, Luciferianism, and dark systems of control* rooted in ancient pagan magics. What You’ll Learn in This Video How *Yoruba Ifa wisdom* and ancestral knowledge decode the **Mark of the Beast prophecy**. The *spiritual meaning of “Ehena”* and how it unveils the Beast system of manipulation. The *hidden African roots of Abrahamic religion* and how Yoruba truth was suppressed by *colonialism and missionary distortion.* How *Western systems mirror ancient Babylonian and pagan spiritual structures* that enslave humanity. Why the *Yoruba worldview* is key to understanding *Revelation, prophecy, and the end-time deception.* |
Bluntemperor:He is known to be Recording Sexual Content with African women and selling it through Telegram and other platforms targeting russian Audiences to mock and insults african nation by disrespecting our women. He Travels africa,exploiting women from multiple countries,cities and villages, the Saviour Scam is Real!!. Like all other people like him who travels as tourist or NGO into african interior to sexually exploit women,girls and litle boys, he is known to appear as NGO, build a borehol, offer small projects, a classroom, a dusty road. These projects are often symbolic enough to gain trust, but not enough to create real development. He will then amplify the kindness On Social Media like tiktok,instagram,twiter Algorithms to gain likes and praises from unsuspecting african people. Then uses the trust to access women and girls. and sexually violate them and secretly record such acts to post to his racist russian audiences. 1. Greed and desperation create the perfect opening When someone believes a foreigner is a shortcut to a better life, they drop their guard. They ignore red flags. They trust too quickly. They allow access too easily. This is not about morality — it’s about vulnerability. 2. Predators like this Russian man study african country weaknesses He didn’t target women because they were “cheap.” He targeted them because he understood the psychological gap created by poverty, colonial residue, and the worship of foreignness. |
Pat081:Let’s be honest: if this same behaviour happened in an Arab country foreign men flying in, disrespecting local women, and gatekeepers protecting it those men would be in jail before sunset. In some places, they wouldn’t even make it out alive. That’s how seriously other cultures defend their dignity. But here? Too many people look the other way. Some women with low self worth entertain disrespect because it comes with money or attention. Some gatekeepers open the door for outsiders to treat their own people like they’re nothing. And the foreigners know it that’s why they act bold. This isn’t strength,This isn’t development,This is a community dropping its standards and letting outsiders walk in like they own the place. A man who comes here to exploit vulnerability is weak. A woman who accepts disrespect is selling herself short. A gatekeeper who protects outsiders over his own people has already surrendered his dignity. Respect starts with us. Boundaries start with us. If we don’t defend our space, someone else will define it for us. |
obeegee:Nigeria offers numerous opportunities because many needs are still unmet. Those who create businesses to solve these problems can thrive. By contrast, individuals who depend solely on salaries may find the landscape more restrictive. |
In Nigeria, opportunities are everywhere if you look closely. Communities face many unmet needs and shortages in infrastructure and services. Creating a venture that solves these problems can lead to significant success. It may not be the easiest environment for salary earners, but it offers immense potential for entrepreneurs. |
The world is moving through a kind of civilizational retirement age. Western monarchies, oligarchies, and political elites operate with a long‑term worldview shaped by concepts of continuity and regeneration ideas that originally existed in African IFA oracle knowledge before they were stripped, altered, and repackaged as bible and christianity. They understand that no generation truly disappears; each one return in the next cycle of life, they will re‑enter through the same lineage and social order shape by decisions of the previous one. And because of that belief, they are determined never to return into a future where African nations stand above them. Everything they are doing now — economically, politically, and strategically is about securing the advantage of their future descendants and maintaining Western dominance at any cost. If African leaders grasped this long‑term game, they would recognise that we must shed the mindset of weakness and commit to defending the continent with clarity, unity, and purpose. Unity is the one force they fear most. Division is only possible when we continue to operate under systems and narratives designed by others. |
ruggedtimi:Saying they’re not my sisters is exactly how communities collapse. You stood there and watched a foreign man insult Ghanaian women on Ghanaian soil, and instead of checking the disrespect, you’re now justifying your silence by hiding behind nationality. That’s not neutrality that’s enabling. Community isn’t about shared passports; it’s about shared dignity. When you allow an outsider to insult the women of the land you’re standing in, you’re signalling that any African woman can be disrespected in your presence without consequence. That’s how predators test boundaries they look for the men who will stand there quietly and pretend it’s not their business. If the man had been Nigerian, Ghanaian, Lebanese, or Martian, the principle is the same: disrespect should be checked immediately. Protection isn’t about ownership; it’s about refusing to let outsiders treat your people like they have no defenders. Your silence didn’t make you neutral. It made you part of the environment that emboldens disrespect. |
Melonsmasher:Acountry of particular comncern maybe dem think say na another persin kpai the guy and na another man dem found dagar for him hand ![]() |
mysticwarrior:Calling it transactional doesn’t change the core issue. Yes, the interactions were based on exchange intimacy for material gain but that still reflects a deeper vulnerability in the environment that produced it. When people lose their sense of value, predators don’t need force; they simply offer what the vulnerable are conditioned to chase. The transaction is a symptom, not the root. |
Bittersweetnig:Talking about joining the Russian army instead of the Nigerian army is not bravery it’s the exact mindset that foreign recruiters exploit. This is how young African men end up deceived, stripped of their documents, and thrown into wars that have nothing to do with them. You’re speaking like a volunteer, but the reports show most of these men were used as disposable labour in a conflict they didn’t understand. And the irony is painful : the same Western governments that handed out free Bibles promising paradise, inheritance, and rulership of the world are the ones that now demand visas, fees, interviews, background checks, and years of labour before an African can even stand on their soil. Yet you’re ready to spill your blood for a foreign country that sees you as expendable, while refusing to build or defend your own home. This isn’t strength. It’s the after‑effect of colonial conditioning the belief that dying for outsiders is more honourable than living for your own people . That mindset is exactly why recruiters target Africans: they know some of us have been trained to value outsiders more than ourselves. |
LabStores:It’s remarkable how quickly people forget the contradictions built into the global system. The same Western governments that printed and distributed religious texts across Africa texts promising salvation, inheritance, and a future of abundance are the very ones that now demand blood, money, and endless documentation before an African can even step foot on their soil. Citizenship requires years of labour, visas cost a fortune, and residency in their countries comes with hurdles that no “promised land” ever mentioned. This isn’t about blaming individuals; it’s about recognising a long pattern of conditioning. For generations, Africans were taught to look outward for hope, validation, and destiny. That psychological shift didn’t happen by accident. It was engineered through religion, schooling, and colonial narratives that painted foreign lands as paradise and African lands as insufficient. The result is predictable: people become vulnerable to exploitation, manipulation, and dangerous promises whether from recruiters, governments, or opportunists. So when we see young men being lured into foreign conflicts with glossy images and false promises, it’s not just greed. It’s the aftershock of a system that taught them their future lies everywhere except home. Until we confront the structures that created this vulnerability, we will keep seeing the same destructive outcomes repeated across generations. |
ruggedtimi:What you described is exactly how the pattern works. Predators don’t always come with violence sometimes they come with audacity. The fact that he could stand in the middle of Osu insulting local women without a single challenge already shows how psychological conditioning operates. And the real issue is this: you stood there and watched him disrespect your own sisters, and by extension your own mother. That silence is what enables outsiders to feel bold enough to act without consequence. This is what community vigilance is about. Protection isn’t about controlling women it’s about addressing wrong behaviour the moment it appears, no matter who it comes from. When a man allows a stranger to insult the women of his community without checking it, he unintentionally reinforces the very low self‑esteem he’s complaining about. Predators thrive in environments where people shrink themselves around outsiders. The moment a community forgets its own value, outsiders feel free to test boundaries. That’s the deeper issue here not just the women, but the environment that allows disrespect to go unchecked. |
Orinechi:The same patterns exist in Europe and across the diaspora Black women there engage in the same terrible behaviour, often driven by a vain desire to reject the authority of their own men in favour of outsiders. None of this is a secret, and none of it excuses the damage caused Nobody is denying that these women made their own choices. Nobody is removing their responsibility. Their behaviour was reckless, destructive, and it has created long‑term consequences in our communities disease, instability, and broken homes. They will face the results of their decisions; that part is not in dispute. But reducing this entire situation to they weren’t forced is a shallow way to analyse a much deeper problem. People all over the world are poor, yet not everyone ends up in these situations. So the question is not simply about poverty it’s about the environment that shapes behaviour: the psychological vulnerability, the loss of cultural self‑worth, and the colonial, religion conditioning that makes some people value outsiders more than their own. It’s about understanding how exploitation works. Predators don’t need to force anyone they target the vulnerable, the insecure, and the unprotected. That’s why communities must stay vigilant. So yes, the women made their choices. But pretending the Russian played no role, or that the environment played no role, is intellectually dishonest. Choices don’t happen in a vacuum. When a community loses its sense of value, dignity, and protection, you will always see these kinds of outcomes. This is not about defending anyone. It’s about addressing the root causes so the cycle doesn’t repeat. |
cr7lomo:Damn. |
ReacherSaidNoth:Brother you’re misunderstanding my point. I’m not defending these terrible women or excusing their behaviour. Their actions were reckless, destructive, majority of them contributed to disease, broken homes in our midst, and long‑term consequences that will follow them for years. Judgment for their choices will come that’s not in dispute. But focusing only on the women misses the larger issue. I’m addressing the environment that produces this kind of behaviour in the first place: the psychological vulnerability, the loss of self‑worth, and the colonial conditioning that makes some people prefer outsiders over their own. When a community loses its sense of value, you end up with exactly these kinds of terrible outcomes. So no I’m not protecting terrible women. I’m exposing the deeper system that keeps creating them. Everyone will reap the results of their actions in due time and their evil reward will return upon their own heads . But if we don’t understand the root, the cycle will continue, and more damage will follow. |
helinues:Congratulation bro, but try dey calm down. |
grandstar:Dismissing the violence African men face abroad as “decades ago” is simply not true. These incidents are not ancient history they are documented in Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, and even parts of the United States within the last few years. Anyone who has followed international reports knows this. Pretending it’s irrelevant today doesn’t erase the pattern; it only shows a refusal to acknowledge uncomfortable facts. The point isn’t to generalize or demonize anyone. The point is to highlight a double standard: |
Orinechi:When predators show up disguised as charity workers drilling boreholes, fixing roads, offering help they are not just exploiting poverty of the pocket. They are exploiting poverty of trust, poverty of leadership, and poverty of self‑worth. This is why community protection is not optional. A community that forgets its duty to guard itself becomes easy prey for those who come with smooth words and hidden intentions.Responsibility doesn’t disappear just because the people involved are adults. But pretending this situation is simply two adults making choices ignores the power imbalance, the manipulation, and the psychological conditioning that predators deliberately exploit. These women made reckless decisions no one is denying that. But predators target the vulnerable on purpose. That’s why communities must stay vigilant. Calling people victims isn’t the issue; refusing to understand how exploitation works is. Accountability is necessary, but so is awareness. If we don’t address both, the cycle repeats.
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ReacherSaidNoth:Calling me a liar doesn’t change the facts. I never claimed medical proof, I described a pattern of behaviour and a psychological vulnerability that predators exploit. Instead of addressing that, you reduced everything to poor women with no values, which is an oversimplification that explains nothing and solves nothing. Communities don’t collapse because of women alone; they collapse when men stop protecting, when vigilance dies, and when outsiders are trusted more than our own people. If we’re serious about preventing this from happening again, we need clarity, not name‑calling. |
