₦airaland Forum

samuk:
Over fifty tribes up to Ghana claims Benin ancestry, it's about time for reunification. After over 100 years of the destruction of Benin and forceful claims of her people by Igbo and Yoruba, these people are beginning to fight back and establishing links to their ancestral land.

AreaFada2:
The minute Ikwerre associate with Benin in any form, both East and West begin to attack them. It's no secret.

psyco:
What of motorcycles? Wheelbarrows. And foods for the whole extended families.

Etrusen:
I mean if the Yoruba in Brazil were originally there or were brought there

which one?

Etrusen:
thanks for the making sense, at least we agree on something

the word is an Edo word

if it's also a Yoruba word I have no problem with it

can we now have a little sense of understanding that all African tribe came in touch one way or the other and as it is now none is superior to the other?

Etrusen:
so Igbo is one kingdom right?

Etrusen:
the word olokun is and Edo word which have it absolute meaning in Edo language

in breaking down the meaning of olokun those that live in Benin can attest and deny to the fact that in Benin for example: the owner/seller of bread in bread is called Ole_ bread ( the "e" in ole is there because bread is sometimes called ebredi in Benin so "olo" sound can't come in because the first "e" in ebredi will remove the last "o" in olo to make proper sound of ole_bredi), the seller of fish is called ole_hen because fish is ehen in Benin ( what happened ole_bredi also play out here when pronouncing it).

the Olu_khunmwhun in ukhunmwhun is called that because he his the duke of ukhunmwhun ( so the "u"in olu is to make it sound well with ukhunmwhun thereby removing the original "o" sound in "olo"


the olo_ kaeben in Benin is called so because it refer to the Eben group ( so the "o" remain because it also start okaeben)

now to olokun, in Benin sea is called okun/ okun_amen. mystically or traditionally, it is believe that there is always a give being through which a particular thing exist so the binis believe that the being own/created etc the sea hence that was where the name originate

olo= owner/ keeper/ creator/

okun=sea

note that the last "o" in olo remain because okun started with "o".


learn more on Edo language and how letters are used using this link which is updated weekly


https://www.nairaland.com/6295144/learn-benin-language-online



I also saw people saying Edo use letters like un, mw, vw, etc so this keep wondering how those listed letters can start a word because am very much aware that those letters can only be found in the middle of a word. I think link will provide you with much information

Etrusen:
remind me again how did the Yoruba in Brazil got to be there

please

Revolva:
Yoruba is the son of Oduduwa (Ekalerdahan ) a Benin prince who married an igala woman after he escaped on exile up above the river niger in after settling in idah for a while and later migrated down and found the Yoruba kingdom in ife

You have to reason why igala language and Yoruba language are very similar

It's because their mother is igala and the mother tongue influence made it possible for that

Edeyoung:
Oba gha to kpere.... Ise!!!


After god( osanoba) , is our oba.....


Bleep you slaves....
I will create thread adressing how we use you all as human sacrifice just watch, yorubas will never have peace on culture thread because of me

Etrusen:
yoruba slaves in Brazil trying to create ownership



but anyway am happy that there is Nigerians in far Brazil

TAO11:
A dumb question as is to be expected.

Monarchy is homegrown in Yorubaland. We are princes and princesses. We have an interrelated system of kingdomS, not just one simplistic kingdom.

The actual issue you should really be pondering is as follows:

Benin Kingdom is one simplistic kingdom, yet it fought a 22 year long war against itself from 1699 to 1721

In fact, this war against itself caused Benin city to be grounded, deserted and reduced to a mere village.

cc: Alaska90, VirginFinder, Ideadoctor, Ustec

lascos912:
you dey craze, e no go better for your
bastard

valirex:
You're aware Oyo was never an Empire but a vassal to the Benin Empire

Etrusen:
what about common kingdom

gregyboy:
Would you keep quite with your oromiyan myth
Can you even prove oromiyan was from ife not to say him coming to benin


Would you stop indulging in mythical fallacy as history

Do you want me to show you old documents on benin history of oba dynasty which does not support any oromiyan or ife whatsoever


Ife, this and ife that

Nonsense