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 Politics › Fagunwa Was A Unique Intellectual Spirit: Sorry Ma’am by jara(op): 2:53pm On Aug 25, 2013 |
FAGUNWA WAS A UNIQUE INTELLECTUAL SPIRIT: SORRY MA’AM Many of us do understand the point Ma Fagunwa tried to make at a recent celebration of her husband's philosophical prowess as a writer. According to her, she married a man in flesh and blood and not a spirit people called him. Well ma'am, with all respect, we beg to differ. Fagunwa was a philosopher, writer and innovator of the highest order that can only come in a possessed spiritual form as those into his books enthused. Unfortunately, we only reserve that spiritual form for those that have contributed into their society immensely; fed to us in African society and swallowed hook and sinker as in religious leaders' miracles without questions. Just as Ma Fagunwa said, these thinkers, economists and scientists are humans to their wives and children but spiritual leaders that were possessed by gods, spirits and even demons to us. Some of our best writers, notables and recognized in their own rights, have tried to interpret Fagunwa's books. But it was only Fagunwa that knew what possessed him to write to such an indomitable height. Nobody could have translated Things Fall Apart better than Chinua Achebe nor could anyone understand what possessed Wole Soyinka during his time of travail that metamorphosed his writings to so many awards. Many African books have been translated into complimentary different world languages and some of these have given foreigners only perception into our culture. As much as we are well read and educated in other languages, we have not been able to transform Africa into any of those countries whose languages we know so well. Adaptation is one formula for progress but local transformation into world class can only come within. Africa like the rest of the world, is gifted with men and women that could and can think clearly like the teaching of Aminu Kano that became a party; Albert Luthuli, Mwalimu Nyerere and of course Kwame Nkrumah. If Africa was a domineering continent ready to explore not by trade which was done but by conquering others with force, religion and philosophies, many more could have appreciated Fagunwa. Isaac Asimov was only a fictional writer possessed by a thousand demons in the sky and President Reagan probable just a fan. But whatever possessed both, one thought about demons in the sky, the other spent and brought it into reality in Star Wars. Cultured people were so dismayed by the amount of money thrown at universities research and youths thronging to where that money was. They outspent Soviet Union into an accord. Could Nigeria have brought Thousand Demons in the Forest right here on earth into reality? Africans think differently which may be responsible for our submission to more aggressive cultures. We are put constantly on the defensive and never recover enough to launch an initiative for taking back Africa. Indeed, Nigeria a Country blessed with milk and honey in human and natural resources could have led the way. Therefore the talent of Fagunwa as a possessed spirit would not have been doubtful if we only add 'holy' to it. So we talk about prophets and messiahs possessed by Holy Spirit to influence the rest of us. But in the case of our philosophers, medicine men or doctors, pharmacists or druggists, and other scientist; we are doubtful when possessed. When Fagunwa wrote, he took from his African culture, science, philosophy and religion demonstrating that we are not lacking in ideas and re- discoveries. These are African authentic science waiting to be discovered by our laboratories and research youths under the direction of our professors. We remembered how those with colo-mentality wondered who made Prof. Abimbola, a Babalawo, the head of a university. It is very interesting to read that every African genius as Fagunwa was influence by some Christian or Muslim leaders, just as they claimed Moremi was influenced by Christianity. However, Faguwa only wrote about witchcraft, demons and evil spirits. But they always write about holy spirits, holy ghosts, big foot, aliens and Halloween. Even our popular drink kainkain was illegal until Tai Solarin exposed their hypocrisy of gin and rum. The difference between Western science and African juju is the interpretation forced on us by those who took their juju into colleges, researched them and produce substantial benefits. Whereas, the African sciences are limited to certain secrete classes of Ifa priests, Ogboni, Maguzawa Sarki and Ogbuefi. Indeed, the popular Nollywood so called sacrilegious movies have educated us more on African juju than our universities. Those who rose up against the destruction of Okija shrine are not all killers looking for exploits. They actually condemned the atrocious activities there. It is not different from Oshogbo shrine. These are heritage that must be cleaned up, preserved and studied by our leading universities to differentiate fake and abusive marauders from science. They called ours black magic and theirs as science because nobody would explain ours. Ideas that are generated locally must be grown and nurtured within our means, human power and resources to compete. A good example is space science where Russia with its local talent and materials do it far cheaper than United States. If Russia had to do it with American dollars, they would lose the way they lost Star Wars. It means local initiative is much easier to support, as in going to the space (moon) by Russia's Yuri Gagarin. However, when Fagunwa wrote about an Oba that had a human head planted in his hand taking every morsel of food while he starved, he never realized he was writing about the future of Nigerian politicians planted in our throat stealing every morsel that could have benefited Nigeria in particular and Africa as a whole. Fagunwa could have written in English as a well educated man if he wanted. We also realized that words lose their meaning once translated. Those children that are born perfectly bilingual teach us some lessons. Our translations from our African language to the language of country they are born in are surprisingly different. Compare how totally different it is to those African children we teach not to speak or read their own language. Source: Farouk Martins Aresa Story from The Nigerian Voice News: http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/122503/1/fagunwa-was-a-unique-intellectual-spirit-sorry-maa.html Published: Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
| Romance › Re: Types Of Friends Essential For Every Woman by jara: 5:19pm On Jun 01, 2013 |
Yeah, sure! Who has it all? A good excuse to have six different tigers. |
| Culture › Re: The "REAL" Hausa by jara: 8:18pm On May 12, 2013 |
Promote Hausa Great Culture To Forge Peace Hausa culture and religion is second to none of their invaders but like all Africans, they share tolerance for these same “visitors”. We know the history of Hausa States before and after the invaders. It is a shame that this rich culture and religion was suppressed just as those in the South had been by the Muslim and Christian values that created Jihad and Crusade mass killings. The mother of all fetishes we all suffer from today. No country has survived, progressed or excel by imitation without offering unique and home grown qualities. Nigeria will not and Africa will not. When you ridicule and void your religions based on fetishes, the void will be filled by religions of mass destructions. In Nigeria Fulani or Jewish claims while loyalty is to Saudi Arabia or Israel is treacherous. Ask blacks in those countries you based your lofty pride on how they were/are treated. For solution, it boils down to serious planning to deter violence at its source. The South must encourage specifically the Hausa to regain their cultural self-determination instead of being used as proxy for Fulani remnant warriors from the old ages. Until Hausa stand up by educating youths of their lost glory, and repel most of the violence used to keep them down as inherited from foreign religious wars, nobody will sleep in Nigeria. Most of the African religions pride themselves on voluntary converts coming to explore, absorb and convert on their own. African Empires might have had economic-political wars to unite their people for taxes and to raise formidable armies but hardly converted others into their religions by force or tulasi. People from far and wide heard and were attracted by awe, miracles, wisdom and yes gold, ivory and terracotta. We must give Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank some credit for claiming Southerners think all Northerners are the same. However, it is not that other Nigerians do not know the difference between Northerners especially after the inauguration of NYSC or before, they just don’t care. So the Yoruba made careless statement that – Gambari pa Fulani ko lejo nu. Ignorance and carelessness are close but not the same. This notion that Southerners are ignorant of the differences between Northerners has been exaggerated to a fault. Sanusi, in self-aggrandizement said not all Northern leaders came from a higher culture meaning Gowon, Babangida, Abacha and Abubakar are not Fulani. It is a shame that this African that looks at himself in a mirror saw a Fulani like a study of black kids in the 60s that wished the images of themselves as white features. Hausa are already at the mercy of the Fulani; so Hausa that wants any relevance in the scheme of power in the North had to relate to the religious belief of the caliphate at the expense of his own religion. They were subjugated to Fulani complex. In the same way, military leaders started seeking ways to belong as if under one spell or religion. The Southern brothers and sisters also have the same religious log in their eyes as some claimed they are from Egypt and Israel. This foreign influence while in moderation have been globally tolerated, it has grown wild in African countries and Nigeria in particular. Unless we retrace our steps, individual sovereign power is at stake as neocolonialism. Indifferent, most Southerners ignore the killing of the Hausa in the North by a group of so called Fulani in cooperation with other Hausa. So each time Fulani go after Hausa villages, we dismissed their conflicts. Before the southerners were killed in the North, their close neighbors were killed in the North-central by Fulani cow grazers. It is coming home to roast and closer to southern heartland from Kwara, Oyo, Ogun to Owerri. As far back as the days of Amino Kano (our known Saint), Ahmadu Bello, Zik and Awo, cooperation and alliance between parties cutting across the Country were in order. Amino Kano, Tarka and Alhaji Waziri (politics without bitterness) in Borno area formed alliance with Zik and Awo. The idea of one North or one South has always been a mirage until the military came and Gowon announced himself as Northerner for their solace. While these alliances have been formed across North and South, it has never been formed between the East and the West; except locally on western soil. The closest was UPGA which disintegrated as the East and the North went into traditional alliance at the Federal. So the East has been successful in the past as the beautiful bride bringing the North into its bosom while the West stayed as opposition and progressed on its own. If S. L Akintola is to be vindicated, the West must also learn as the East has always done, to find a way to accommodate the Hausa. The political realities right now is that the East and the West get along socially and economically but political marriage at the Federal level always elude them. Indeed, the South-south also had political alliance with the North. This is why there is a change of mind in the West that if there is something in there for the East and South-south as Akintola had opined; the West must also go for it. In spite of the competitive scramble for political offices between East and West, we may have to find a unity of mind in government between all geopolitical areas of Nigeria so that no area is shut out as in the past when the West was left out cold at the Federal level. The East can also claim they were left out cold after the war at the Federal level. So far the characters in the present political scene in the West trying to form alliance with the North are of shady characters. Bluntly put, if Buhari justifies his critics that he is so desperate for power that he would ally with Tinubu, a man known for his exploit and avarice in Lagos State, he has himself to blame. Buhari has shown weakness in the past for Fulani dynasties that flagrantly defied his draconian order. Hausa dynasty is next. Maitatsine or Boko Haram is the product of these religious fanatics that have engulfed Northern Nigeria and will continue to hunt us until we rescue our Hausa brothers and sisters from their grip. Abacha as Defense Minister under IBB crushed it and even overthrew Dansuki as Sultan of Sokoto without blinking. The closest to that was the retirement of all the military politicians by Obasanjo. Most were so call Fulani elite. Indoctrination starts from childhood. Our children are packed in Koranic and Biblical schools where they are indoctrinated to pledge allegiance to foreign gods and values. There is hardly an area in Nigeria where children are taught in local languages. Parents take pride when their children recant Latin and Koranic verses word for word without any understanding except as translated by elders versed in none African languages. Then we wonder how we got here. They ate the hearts of our children. As long as Hausa in Northern Nigeria are suppressed by those that take pride in calling themselves strangers (Alhaji) or Pilgrim at home and abroad, the rest of Nigeria will continue to suffer the consequences in terms of violence that are imbedded in those religions and cultures. Religious violence must stop and the subjugated Hausa must be empowered for peace to prevail at their doorstep. Farouk Martins Aresa Read more: http://newsrescue.com/promote-hausa-great-culture-forge-peace/#ixzz2T6j2zmg7 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Culture › Re: The "REAL" Hausa by jara: 5:41pm On May 10, 2013 |
PAGAN 9JA, If you still believe in what you wrote here about PAN TRIBALISM, you are still in cloud 9 waiting for another group to come and take you as slaves again. You cannot think PAN WORLD when they are thinking about taking you as slaves. Unless you think Africans have gain from globanization or whatever. [quote author=PAGAN 9JA]umm if you are suggesting us all to breed with each other and form one AFRICAN people, just based on our SKIN COLOUR, that is RACISM and is wrong. Africa will never progress like that. that wont make us any different from the AAs or Europeans then. No what Africa needs is "PAN TRIBALISM" with unity based on Pagan Religions. we need to maintain our separate and diverse tribes and keep them strong. and we must work with each other on this untied goal. Its called UNITY IN DIVERSITY, not just tribals in Africa, but across the 3rd world Nations of the world. Hausas are majority in Nigeria, but im not sure outside Nigeria. very few Hausa have Fulani blood in them. and they are called Hausa-Fulani. and btw anyways, you were right on that point. any slight admixture will get diluted by the majority overwhelming genopool , so yeahh.  You are right, Women had much more freedom and power back then. infact 1 of the Hausa rulers even now is a Woman by the name of Hadizatu. in one of the smaller Chiefdoms. I hope the status of women is elevated today. That article posted just now on frontpage about women being used as baby factory was so shocking. this is the sad state we have descended too today. It is you people who can bring about the change. if a christain missionary can travel all the way from Sweden or from Britain to Nigeria to convert us, then why cant a Nigerian educated person travel from Abuja or Lagos to his village during the weekend or holidays and educate his own people  Im sure we can do it!  [/quote] |
| Culture › Re: The "REAL" Hausa by jara: 6:01am On May 10, 2013 |
I was going to stop responding when you think I am been racist, when in fact I was being realistic. If I am a racist, what do you call those who turned us into slaves in our own land and turned brothers against brothers? But then, I read this 267. naijaking1: Quote Post[quote author=PAGAN 9JA]umm if you are suggesting us all to breed with each other and form one AFRICAN people, just based on our SKIN COLOUR, that is RACISM and is wrong. Africa will never progress like that. that wont make us any different from the AAs or Europeans then. No what Africa needs is "PAN TRIBALISM" with unity based on Pagan Religions. we need to maintain our separate and diverse tribes and keep them strong. and we must work with each other on this untied goal. Its called UNITY IN DIVERSITY, not just tribals in Africa, but across the 3rd world Nations of the world. Hausas are majority in Nigeria, but im not sure outside Nigeria. very few Hausa have Fulani blood in them. and they are called Hausa-Fulani. and btw anyways, you were right on that point. any slight admixture will get diluted by the majority overwhelming genopool , so yeahh. You are right, Women had much more freedom and power back then. infact 1 of the Hausa rulers even now is a Woman by the name of Hadizatu. in one of the smaller Chiefdoms. I hope the status of women is elevated today. That article posted just now on frontpage about women being used as baby factory was so shocking. this is the sad state we have descended too today. It is you people who can bring about the change. if a christain missionary can travel all the way from Sweden or from Britain to Nigeria to convert us, then why cant a Nigerian educated person travel from Abuja or Lagos to his village during the weekend or holidays and educate his own people Im sure we can do it! [/quote] |
| Culture › Re: The "REAL" Hausa by jara: 11:09pm On May 09, 2013 |
I still think the Hausa are the majority outnumbering the Fulani. Since the Fulani won the war and overthrew the Hausa rulers, any Hausa that wants position of authority must relate to some Fulani blood in him. That is what is still happening today. I hope more of this beautiful and distinct culture of Hausa to Fulani that are more in line with African culture will be taught in school so that Hausa can regain their pride. Once Hausa realize that they are African first, it may become difficult to set them against their African brothers and sisters. The Fulani blood in the North are just drops since Hausa blood has overtaken most of them. I dare say, there are very few Fulani in the North that do not have mostly Hausa blood in them. This is the only way to solve the hatred Nigerians have for one another. Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Berome, Efik etc are sons of the soil and must recognize themselves as brothers and sisters. We are Pagans first before any foreign religion divides us. The spirituality vested in women well before Western women liberation is one of the unique African culture seen all over. Yet this Europeans think they teach us about women power. [quote author=PAGAN 9JA]Umm not really. We have many subtribes but we still share common cause and identity. usually sub-tribes like Zazzaghawa, Kebbawa, Zamfarawa, Maguzawa, etc., are like Provincial lineages. but we are all 1 really. The tribes that have been "Hausaized" are the ones that have recently become so, over the past 50-100 yrs. These tribes no they are different but are still rapidly losing their idenitities and cultures. The Nigerian Govt. must do something to educate them and encourage them about this issue. They should open school subjects in their languages in those areas. Tangale and Marghyii are different. I have a friend who is Marghyii. They know they are different. The Marghyii were 100% Pagan until 30 yrs back. they are getting Fulanisized and islamized quickly if not already. Mostly the men converted because of job opportunities but the women among the Marghyii many have remaine Pagan. I know of a lady who left her husband and took her son away just because he became muslim. she still remains Pagan. Original Fulani might outnumber Hausa if you took the entire Fulani population, including that outside Nigeria in countries like Senegal, Gambia, Futa Djlonn, etc. mixed people dont count. to me mixed people are tribeless. unless they come from closely relate tribes with similar ethnicity. Even among the Arabs, the Arabs know who are pure arabs and who are not. ALL ARABS o the middle-east are aware that the pure Arabs are the Guld Arab Bedu tribespeople of UAE, KSA, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and ofcourse the YEMEN. the Arabs of the Levant dont even consider themselves full Arabic. they call themselves Shami. they know they are different. same with Egyptians, Algerians, etc. etc. Touareg never speak Hausa btw. and the ÄRAB movement came only recently with the rise of Arab Nationalism and Pan-Arab movements. before that they never considered themselves havig anything to do with each other. The Egyptians in fact were threatening to pull out.[/quote] |
| Politics › Re: Any Rascal In Power Has His Fine Women by jara: 6:18pm On May 01, 2013 |
Many people fit the picture of drug peddler, looter, killer of Funsho Williams and a governor that was able to get a beautiful woman as his wife. |
| Politics › Re: The Poor Are Not Blameless by jara: 8:24am On Apr 26, 2013 |
Greed the pursuit of money, even before money comes, is the root of all evil generally. In Nigeria, it has a k leg where youths have lost their moral following their leaders. The old use greed to pursue pension they never left behind when they were there to provide. Whoever comes eat it all. |
| Nairaland General › Re: Nairaland Is 8 Years Old Today by jara: 2:06am On Mar 10, 2013 |
Na bad belle go kill you. REALITY101: Fucck nairaland 3 Likes |
| Politics › Star Struck Politicians Blow Money On Foreign Celebrities by jara(op): 3:09am On Feb 26, 2013 |
STAR STRUCK POLITICIANS BLOW MONEY ON FOREIGN CELEBRITIES Most of the African countries that receive foreign stars as ambassadors of a noble cause use them to raise money worldwide. Politicians in United States sought celebrities to boost their campaign funds. Not in Nigeria, politicians use workers' salaries and funds that can be better used to relieve the pain and suffering of their people to pay foreign celebrities, failed and former politicians to grace local occasions even for a few minutes. It has never made sense that owner of ThisDay, Mr. Obaigbena, that could not pay the salaries of his workers, many times paid former presidents and celebrities just to peep at Beyonce's boobs and grace various occasions in Lagos, Nigeria. Not to be outdone, Gov. Fashola also arranged for Ms. Kardashian to drop by and just say “Hey Naija”. Are these people star struck or suffering from some deep underlining complex? Coca-Cola and various promoters used to sponsor and arrange these types of events in those days including Ms. Nigeria. The governments have stepped in, in a big way and are now competing in the entertainment fields with private businesses and promoters. It is difficult to understand what culture or values they are trying to promote at the expense of the poor and down trodden masses that have to miss their salaries and basic needs. All work and no play is not good either. Since the sixties James Brown and then Millicent Small that captured the world with her song - My Boy Lollipop - came to Nigeria, backed by Fela Anikulapo Kuti. We had Holiday On Ice by international skaters without backing from government. So it is not a matter of being antisocial or fun-loving but of misplaced priorities by some governments that fail to understand their roles in the society. Even locally, Nigeria just won as African soccer champion for which every part of the Country celebrated together. Until business men with their money splashed on the coaches and players started getting competition from state governments on who can lavish more money on them. This has divided the same people that celebrated their success together as their national soccer team won championship gold in South Africa. Old favorite American weekly TV show star Archie Bunker's All In The Family son in-law Michael, Rob Reiner now a very accomplished director actual boasted that Hollywood celebrities in United States are the only constituency that gives good money to political parties without expecting much in return. Many of them pick a cause in Africa and Asia where they devote their money and time. Our politicians just throw all and more back. If African or Nigerian promoters, businesses and Non-government organizations cannot promote these celebrities that are willing to donate their own money and time to noble causes in order to be seen as giving back, money-miss-road government has no business paying them. It is money badly needed at the grassroots level for ignored subsistence. On top of this foolishness are local and international Awards and Fund raisings. African children would like to know what each of the awards given out either internationally or locally represented. Nigeria has neither got off its knees since Independence nor shown some useful purpose for the relatively enormous amount of money made from oil in terms of infrastructure to launch its people into agricultural and industrial revolution. Recently, the Prime Minister of England queried Nigeria about all the money made from oil since production began because there is nothing we can reliably demonstrate as the advantages of all the income and taxes levied; more than all foreign aid to Africa. Many Africans went to the same schools as the foreign prime ministers and presidents and beat them in class. But when it comes to managing our own economy, they lecture us. It is embarrassing when students you beat in class come back to address you about what a poor manager of your resources you are. They see you excel in their countries in spite of all odds but become complacent and lazy in your countries because of easy oil money that every politician loot. May be, just may be if the weather was harsher, ethnicity less accommodating and terms of engagement in politics were stricter, we may perform. It was Fidel Castro and later Lula Da Silva that wondered out aloud about this day Africa's politicians still exchanging gold for mirror; as their chiefs did during the slave trade. We are so obsessed with gadgets and personalities that are foreign to us that it blocks out reasoning faculties on encouraging our own products to attract and generate foreign currencies. No wonder Paris Club demanded their share of easy odious debts. It prompted the obvious question: if Africans just love to party and waste money on dance and sports while educational standards and children are exported. Mind you, these are few Africans or few Nigerians that make up twenty-five percent of Africans. But when managers fail to show leadership where it matters after a promising attitude in the sixties of becoming a major world power, we are left to wonder what is missing. There is this character by some racist elements that Africans love to sing, dance and excel in sports. Talents are distributed in different fields of human endeavors but when there are only openings in certain fields to a deprived group, they are more represented there. In order words, those groups that are not highly represented in sports, singing and dancing, have other choices in fields that are not closed to them. We do not have any excuse in Africa where we control our own destiny and can invest in any field we want without plunging our talents and resources into only entertainments. Again, we understand that sports and recreation are usually devoid of ethnic and racial ember unless some ethnic champions want to make it so. It also allows us to cheer and celebrate while forgetting our differences. At the end of the day, we must come back and use our mental faculties to bridge the gap between Africa and the rest of the world. Source: Farouk Martins Aresa http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/108703/1/star-struck-politicians-blow-money-on-foreign-cele.html |
| Business › Re: Seun Osewa Recognized By Forbes Africa by jara: 7:09pm On Feb 24, 2013 |
Glad to see many congratulations. As for bad belle people, na wa o. Evidence of Africa backward thinking. But wait, no wasobia in Forbes?  |
| Romance › Re: The Best Way To Say 'No' To The Opposite Sex? by jara: 8:11pm On Feb 21, 2013 |
The real deal is that some ladies and men enjoy the pursuit after no answer than getting the real thing. A girl attitude may be: your job is to pursue me and my joy is to turn you down. In the case of a man: all girls follow me; even when he cannot perform, he still enjoys it. Actually it may turn the other way around once the one pursuing backs off. |
| Politics › Watch Africans’ Survival In Snow Storm by jara(op): 4:52pm On Feb 13, 2013 |
WATCH AFRICANS’ SURVIVAL IN SNOW STORM |
| Politics › Re: Fashola True Face: Pricing Nigerians Out Of Market by jara(op): 4:43pm On Jan 30, 2013 |
Honestly, Fashola is beginning to look like Tinubu's houseboy. Getting sick of it. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Sweden Runs Out Of Garbage, Forced To Import From Norway by jara: 4:41am On Jan 19, 2013 |
How many years ago now that Jakande started trash to energy? It was abadoned. |
| Politics › Re: Eko Ile, Lagos Is A Benin Town Not Yoruba by jara: 7:29pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
Thank you all for the history lessons. It must be pointed out though that politics has separated us from one another. Before the compromise after the war, Awori as pointed out owned Lagos and they are Yoruba just as Benin, Ijaw (where Oduduwa is known as Adamu or Adimu) and many others or a mixture of ethnic groups. The Omo-Onile of Lagos has never changed - Onido, Ojora, Olumegbon, Suenu, Aromire, Onitana. Kingship in Lagos by Ashipa, a Yoruba name (and Chieftaincy) in most Yoruba towns is not unique to anyone. Ashipa that carried a fallen Benin chief back to Benin was crowned as a compromise as the first king of Lagos. But then, The children of Ogufunminire listed above performed the same function as kings before the Benin tried to take over Lagos. They fought them to a standstill. So never confuse Omo-Onile with a compromised king between them and Benin. Do not forget that Benin came peacefully and settled at Ido before they cross over to stage surprise attack. They failed, the reason for a compromise. We must stop pitching brothers against brother. The Ado in Yoruba extended throughout the land. By the way, has anyone asked Alafin if Ekhalehan, one Ogiso runaway refugee, or Adimu the Oduduwa of Ijaw or the Igbo Moremi exposed was his father? Don't, he may put a curse on you, because Yoruba are very accommodating did not mean they accept all those from the East to be their Ooni. History tell us it is the other way round. People asked Ife for kings. Some heads of kings were buried in Ife. That meant: I want to be buried at home. |
| Politics › Ndi-igbo Failure Is Not An Option by jara(op): 6:49pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
Another article from Aresa: NDI-IGBO FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION |
| Politics › Re: Oba Of Benin Son Of Alafin Who Is The Son Of Oduduwa by jara(op): 5:44pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
QED, What don't you recall? Descendant of Oduduwa (or Oduduwa according to some), was on the throne when the Ogiso killed a pregnant woman and was rejected asking Oduduwa to send one of his sons to rule. So many historians including Egharevba the Edo most prominent historian agree on this. Oba of Benin now wants to be son of Ogiso that ruled Ife then. The problem is Ife is much older (than Benin) whose civilization as far as archaeological history can find dated back to 10,000 BC at IWO ELERU. The same Oduduwa could not have sojourned and well known by other Africans and beyond and then came back to be Oba of BENIN father. Nobody lived that long. If Oba of Benin wants to solidify with discredited Ogiso that committed an abomination, fine. But 0giso land will always be leased to him each time his children ascend the throne. No way around that. Even his father left ILE-IBINU in frustration. |
| Politics › Re: Oba Of Benin Son Of Alafin Who Is The Son Of Oduduwa by jara(op): 1:53pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
QED, We are going in circles here. Let us just agree that Ogiso used to own all the land including that of Ogiamien. Today Oba own the land including that of Ogiamien whether he sold or lease it to Oba. As for Alafin moving on like his brothers after meeting Ooni on the throne on his way back from Benin, I pitch my tent with Aresa. |
| Politics › Re: Fashola Begs Dangote To Take A Picture With Him by jara: 11:31am On Dec 30, 2012 |
Do not be fooled. Fashola and Tinubu are richer than god. |
| Politics › Re: Oba Of Benin Son Of Alafin Who Is The Son Of Oduduwa by jara(op): 11:25am On Dec 30, 2012 |
PhysicsQED: Jara, I think you might have missed my point slightly. I am not saying that he has to quote every single thing that he reads word for word - paraphrasing is fine.PhysicsQED, I am happy with your explanation of form over substance. I just don't know if Aresa might have been aware of that particular quote when it is freely available in every Edo family as oral and written history. Since we are not talking personalities here, because in real life, the present Oba of Benin may be older than Alafin. We are talking about Oramiyan that named Ile-ibinu as the father of Owomika. Whether he became Alafin later does not disprove the fact that he remained the father. So how could father and son become brothers? The land Ogiamien sold to Oba belonged to Ogiso, not to him. My brother what are we arguing about? We are one family. We should not let semantics and form prevail over substance to divide us. Aresa has no blame here since your quote even support him but you do not like him using Ogiso instead of Ogiamien. Is Ogiamiem not acting as reagent or real estate agent for Ogiso land? |
| Politics › Re: Oba Of Benin Son Of Alafin Who Is The Son Of Oduduwa by jara(op): 3:10am On Dec 30, 2012 |
he has conflated Ogiso with Ogiamien and built an argument around his own deliberate confusions in the hope that his readers won't notice or will be too ignorant to care that the Ogiamien is not the same as the Ogiso. The very reason Ogiamien could not rule in the Ogiso's place is because he was not recognized as having that kind of authority and was in fact a subordinate chief to a rival and only became prominent in the period after the last Ogiso's reign.PhysicsQED, Please educate us. Is Ogiso a name like Ogiamien? Ogiso were the family of rulers in Edo and Ogiamien was an Edo reagent. Edo rulers were Ogiso. Is Aresa supposed to quote everything he read and heard word for word or is that not an oral history told by many in Benin. Which of them was he supposed to quote? Disprove if you can that Oba of Benin was not the son of Alafin or the point that Oba of Benin rent or lease the land from the children of Ogiso, please. |
| Politics › Oba Of Benin Son Of Alafin Who Is The Son Of Oduduwa by jara(op): 9:48pm On Dec 28, 2012 |
OBA OF BENIN SON OF ALAFIN WHO IS THE SON OF ODUDUWA Whenever the elephants fight, it the grass that suffer. Sometimes the suffering can just be painful as embarrassing. Our royal fathers behave as if their grassroots lack historical background of how they come to be. Most of these boil down to self-aggrandizement by whoever commands the most political clout. No matter what, Ooni stands for Oduduwa. It is undisputed that on his way from Benin back to Ife, Oranmiyan thought about going back to the Middle East to avenge the sack of his father, grandfather or the Great One, Oduduwa. The Great One himself on his return to Ife had to demonstrate proof that he was the son of the soil. What is clear is that Oduduwa the first existed before the life of Christ or Mohammed. Nobody lived long enough to be that many Oduduwa. Ooni is the father of all Yoruba, just as he is the father of Alafin and all Yoruba Oba as a result of the important Oduduwa throne he was rightfully chosen to occupy in Ile-Ife. It does not matter if that is not your real father, step-father or great-great grandfather. Ooni is the Father of all Yoruba. He occupies a sacred position in Yoruba land as the Keeper of our Religion, Arts and Culture. In fairness to Alafin, the grudge he has against the Ooni of Ife, that occupied his father's throne started from his return from Benin when he met Ooni on the throne. Oranmiyan, that is another great one that the Alafin was, moved on to Oyo to create another empire just as his older brothers and sister did elsewhere. By right other Oba in Yoruba lands were entitled to Ooni's throne but they were not the chosen ones. When Yoruba call you Omo-Oduduwa, it does not mean your own father is Oduduwa or Awolowo is the direct son of Oduduwa. By African culture, it takes a village to raise a child and all fathers in the village are our father just as all mothers are our mothers. Even foreigners call others their papa and mama. The U.S President Baby Bush always referred to our papas and mamas, not your or their father. But it gets complicated these days and even more so amongst our children. The simplest way to understand it, especially for none-Yoruba is an embarrassing situation between father and daughter that went to a school event. Teachers at the event asked who the father came to support. He answered that his daughter. When they told the daughter that they just met her father, she said that was her uncle! Sometimes, other people's traditions merged into ours causing confusion for our kids, but not for our royal fathers. They know better. It is the political environment and sometimes business connections that should have been relinquished after Oba succession into exalted thrones that blind their respect for one another. Centuries before Nigeria was formed, Yoruba culture and religion were legendary. Arabs and others had known about Yoruba in the Middle East and written about them, contrary to Bala Usman that Yoruba was named by Hausa scholar Dan Masani. Timbuktu theologian Ahmad Baba (1556-1620) a distinguished scholar had complained: only none-believers of their religion like Mossi, Gurma, Busa, Yarko, Kutukul, YORUBA, Tanbugbu and Bobo could be owned as slaves. That was long before Dan Masani was born in 1595. See Prof. Ekeh's The Mischief of History. http://www.edo-nation.net/ekeh1.htm Curiously, Oduduwa suffered identical fate as Pharaoh Akhenaten that ascended the throne in 1352 BC. Known as the Heretic King, he was the tenth King of the 18th Dynasty noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centered on the Aten, which is sometimes described as monotheistic as Orunmila. He retired to the South of Egypt like Oduduwa and the Queen of Sheba. Both Christian and Muslim had known Yoruba as stubborn unbelievers of their religions. It is not surprising since Yoruba only believe in only one God, Orunmila the creator of lesser gods, saints and deities like Jesus and Mohamed. It was the Oduduwa Middle East Oranmiyan was contemplating vengeance against on his way back from Benin, Ile-Ibinu. Getting to Ife, Ooni was already serving as his father, stepfather or the father of all Yoruba. Even his older brothers have gone out and established themselves all over Yoruba land. Instead of going back to Egypt, he too proceeded to establish Oyo Empire that became the protector of Ile-Ife. Ooni, like the Supreme Court without enforcement power was fortified by Alafin, the General of all Yoruba Empire nobody dared mess with. The Alafin of Oyo whose mother was Tapa was Shango. Credited with creating gun powder from kola nuts, after his death, he became a demigod. He was well known beyond Africa and stories were told about Oba Koso. Pedral quoted Morie's work in Coptic text in 1666 - “Obba Kousso” known as King Shango and the King of Kush who ruled north and west of Africa, born in Ife. Morie had no idea where Ife was, but Pedral compared his love life and that of Amon (Kham) and Mount. The problem with Oba of Benin is also personal. His father, Oranmiyan left Ile-Ibinu out of frustration. On his way back to Ife, he thought about where his great grandfather, Oduduwa was overthrown, returned home rather than be taken as slaves. Whatever the Oba of Benin says today about Ekaladerhan as his new father aka Oduduwa, he cannot erase the fact that he leases from Ogiemien, Ogiso land because he came from Ife. If his father was Ekaladerhan from Ogiso land, Eweka and his grandchildren would not be renting from children of Ogiso. Some of Oranmiyan frustrations in Ile-Ibinu were later settled by Oba Ewedo requesting Ogiamien Ode to sell the land to him. He refused. So, a Treaty was struck requiring Ogiamien as the traditional landlord of Igodomigodo kingdom, to sell part of the land to the Oba at the coronation of every successive Oba. The Oba elect first had to present nominal gifts only to lease from Ogiemien: “Ogiso have sold this part of Benin land to you but not your children and when we die your children will buy the land from my children as you have done." Each of these Oba must respect one another and the representative of Oduduwa, Ooni. Source: Farouk Martins Aresa http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/ |
| Romance › Polyandry By Mistresses Happily Married But Not Dead by jara(op): 11:41pm On Nov 27, 2012 |
POLYANDRY BY MISTRESSES HAPPILY MARRIED BUT NOT DEAD Continually Europe and USA are surprised when some big names are revealed as mistresses of some powerful figures or if the wives of some kings and politicians are finally revealed as escorts. Some women answer the natural call of polyandry just as some men fall for the gravitational force of polygamy. Those around them always know, it is the denials of the players when exposed to the rest of us that should baffle us. Women of courage, timber and caliber remain icons no matter what. It is easier for men to overcome indiscretion than it is for women, that is why General Patraeous like President Clinton, Zuma and DSK would move on but doubts would remain with women like Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Winnie Mandela and the Swazi Queen. By the way, it would be blasphemous to say Jesus was the son of Joseph, we glorify the Queen of Sheba flings with powerful men in history, enjoyed Lady Chatterley's Lover novel where the eunuch husband accepted the child of his wife and one Nigerian gave birth to miracle twins in England: one white the other black. However, there are some wives that moonlight as prostitutes and mistresses in direct competition with single women waiting for their spouses. Mistresses just like men do it because they can: some for fun, some to belong to an aspired class and others for the extra cash to supplement the household income. The recent exposure of a couple of women in high circles as mistresses of USA high military officers show that some women do it to remain in high circles of men of substance. Whether the husbands of some mistresses are active or passive participants remains debatable. We have heard about women that sleep their way to the top and with the bosses of their husbands for his promotions. In more than a few cases, the husbands may initiate it and the wife would reluctantly agree until she started enjoying it too much for the husband's to control. What is clear is no matter how we turn Maria and the Queen of Sheba into saints and accept it as the will of God, on a personal level Joseph was not happy. So we could not have expected normal folks like the Swazi King and the husband of Gen. Patraeous facing public humiliation to play dead. There is this proverb that in the eyes of the mistresses, their neighbors were blind – Loju dokoko, gbogbo aradugbo lo foju, haba! It is the deprived single women and spouses that should be offended. Players may have more pleasure to offer single men and others' husbands than single women. The first is their insatiable need for sex and in the process gain some indulgence. They have the capacity to serve two or more men at the same time. While they might be disrespectful to their husbands by throwing bones, it's a caring meaty relationship with other men. The boyfriend gets all he wants with little consequences. If the mistress got pregnant, the husband got the responsibility. The irony is that the boyfriend may be blaming his girlfriend or young wife at home for not getting pregnant while he is a sperm donor. He may condemn the food cooked by his girlfriend or wife for the limited or no amount he gave her, while enjoying the sumptuous dinner the mistress husband paid for. Indeed, a player did boast to his friends that he had to be served the best of everything first, before the husband of his mistress smell or taste anything. So the real husband gets left-overs. In most cases these wives are very domineering at home but always submissive to the other man, single or married. They may also be the main bread winner or exploit some weaknesses; otherwise only the dare devils would gamble everything. A case in point was a divorce where the custody of the children turned bitter. Each wanted the sole custody of the children. Little did the husband realize that his estranged wife had a joker. Unaware of her as a mistress, they always enjoyed the circle of the rich and famous. Everyone around them knew but him, until the judge awarded him custody of the children. She came back with DNA evidence that the kids were not his. Whenever we think of prostitutes and mistresses, it is always the poor, unskilled and uneducated that get the blame. We also pursue them rigorously with all the power within our might such as law enforcement, community scorn and ostracize them and their families. Even worse are their hypocritical patrons calling for maximum penalty for these poor offenders that must be brought to justice. Their pimps also exploit them. The story of a boy that touched some nerves were how their mother used money made from the filthy trade to take care of them after the father left. They went to school far from home and made sure they never developed any deep relationship with friends and teachers so that nobody would follow them home. Secondary school was easier because they went out of state. They were lucky, their mother never died of sexual diseases. While they wondered how else they could have survived without their mother, they would never encourage anyone to go into prostitution. They were happy that they got the break to make it in life to the point where they could take care of their mother. They had watched others consumed by the life of drugs, abuse and crime that took advantage of people in such a low life. They came out unscathed before HIV days. One mistake should not break relationships. Men and women forgive one another and move on. But if you married nurses for their money, polyandry called sexual liberation it encourages. Opportunistic relationships disintegrate easily than those built on solid foundations. The public would be the first to say if it were them, they would not go back. It all depends on what the relationship was built on in the first place. Source: Farouk Martins Aresa Story from The Nigerian Voice News: http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/102131/1/polyandry-by-mistresses-happily-married-but-not-de.html |
| Politics › Re: Who Killed Ojukwu: Umeh Vows To Expose Them November 26. by jara: 1:29am On Nov 16, 2012 |
What is the big deal. Toto dey count meter? If old man go marry young girl and he nor fit shine am again, there is nothing wrong with help. Fresh toto must not waste by the road side na. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Lekki-epe Int’l Airport To Commence Operation By 2012. by jara: 5:38am On Sep 26, 2012 |
Musiwa, No matter what people say about you, I think you are talented. Don't let anyone stop you, you have much more to contribute. musiwa7: this spot, i think should be where the airport should be. i pick out 2 spot.. for many reason.. You can see, how long it takes to drive there.. and the reason too is because in 10 years,, lagos will expand and we need to plan for traffic from the airport.. and this two spot will attract customers from ogun state.. And it is about 35 minutes drive from the MMA. |
| Education › Re: Lagos To Introduce Chinese Language In Public Schools by jara(op): 3:18pm On Sep 12, 2012 |
By the time all these politicians sell us out, we will need visa to enter our Nigeria from foreign embassies and their permission to enter our houses. |
| Education › Lagos To Introduce Chinese Language In Public Schools by jara(op): 6:34pm On Sep 11, 2012 |
Lagos to introduce Chinese language in public schools On September 10, 2012 · In News 4:00 pm.. 2 Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, said on Monday that the state government would introduce Mandarin, or Chinese language, in public schools’ curriculum as from next session. Oladunjoye said this in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Lanre Bajulaiye, and made newsmen The commissioner said this after a meeting with the delegation from the Chinese Confucius Institute, University of Lagos. She said that learning the language in the state’s public schools would be an opportunity for the pupils and students to speak the language and be able to adapt to the Chinese culture. Prof. Caleb Orimoogunje, Director of the Institute, said the institution was ready to assist the state with necessary logistics to make the teaching and learning of the language easier. Orimoogunje added that Prof. Lirong Jiang, a co-director of the institute, would help in the take-off of the programme. Jiang said the institute, as a representative of the Chinese culture in Nigeria, was set up to satisfy people’s need about the country’s culture. She noted that the language became necessary because China had become the new destination for economic growth and technological development. “The Institute is prepared to provide Chinese instructors to teach the language and culture in the state’s public schools as soon as the Memorandum of Understanding is signed between the state and the institute. “The knowledge of Chinese language will help students to further their studies in China and carry out research in various fields of human endeavour as China has become a success story in the world economy,“ she said. NAN http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/lasg-to-introduce-chinese-language-in-public-schools/ |
| Politics › Re: Medical Students For Foreign Training Or Your Foreign Contracts by jara(op): 12:28pm On Sep 09, 2012*. Modified: 12:48pm On Sep 09, 2012 |
This is a political policy, not rational or education foresight. Education is one thing, common sense is another. Deal with it. Please "piss" on those privileged few that loot the treasury to send their children to school outside while the children of others worked hard to send themselves to school outside with gburu. "Piss" on those that spend more sending students from their states to foreign universities while they starved home universities of funds. Education has been outsourced to other countries, even neighboring countries like Ghana maintained their Government schools and attracted big foreign currency from Nigeria. Nigeria spend more money importing foreign food while foreigners lease African lands for agriculture, grow food there and send it out to their countries. Ever heard about land grab? This may be a joke to you, every sector of Nigeria is being contracted out. A fool and his looted money will soon what? Nigerians spend N160bn annually on education in Ghana — Babalakin |
| Politics › Re: Medical Students For Foreign Training Or Your Foreign Contracts by jara(op): 11:44pm On Sep 08, 2012 |
Kano sends 25 students for overseas training in Marine Engineering On September 8, 2012 · In News Kano – Kano State Government has sponsored 25 indigenes of the state to study Marine Engineering in India and the United States. A statement issued in Kano on Saturday by Alhaji Baba Dantiye, the Director of Press to Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso, said the four year course would cost the government $80 million annually. According to the statement, Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso said this during the graduation of over 1,000 youths under the government’s youth empowerment programme, tagged “Lafiya Jari.” It said that the governor emphasised on the resolve of the administration to give priority to human capital development. “We are doing all this because we need to see our youth everywhere in the world and reduce unemployment facing the state”, the statement quoted the governor as saying. It added that Kwankwaso further revealed that the government had concluded plans to sponsor 100 students to study avionics and another 100 to study medicine abroad. The statement said that the state government, through the Col. Yakubu Bako (Rtd.) Youth Employment Committee had secured over 200 jobs for indigenes of the state in various Federal Government establishments. The “Lafiya Jari”, is a healthcare based empowerment scheme under the state Entrepreneurship Institute. The scheme provides drugs and financial support to students who graduated from the Schools of Health Technology to set up their own businesses. (NAN) http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/kano-sends-25-students-for-overseas-training-in-marine-engineering/ |
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