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refreshrate:
Are they being closed down in stages?

Realism

Bros i think this will be done in stages as state governments would not be following this order and base on this quote......."However, he noted that the policy is presently predominantly Federal Government account as most states are not eager to toe that line, thereby giving some of the banks a breathing space".

onatisi:
bros the wahala is going too be too heavy on the system. Don't forget the dwindling oil revenue,the bottom line is our economy is still not totally conducive for government to implement this policy at a go.please don't get me wrong the policy is good it will curb corruption within the govt circle but what many are saying is that it should be done in stages to give room for banks to adapt and adjust as it is been implemented pls note this policy was actually initiated by gej but he delayed its implementation and wanted to do it on batches.you can't just withdraw 600govt parastatals account worth over 2.6trillion from the banking sector at a go and expect no serious reaction

Bros i think this will be done in stages as state governments would not be following this order and base on this quote......."However, he noted that the policy is presently predominantly Federal Government account as most states are not eager to toe that line, thereby giving some of the banks a breathing space".

This is must watch documentary for all Yorubas sons and daughters. Our religion is one of the 10 largest religion in the whole world, practice by over 100 million practitioner, we need to be proud of our culture and tradition. Odua agbe wa ooo....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO6LxRvxubI

refreshrate:
Are they being closed down in stages?

Realism

This is where i have reservation about the whole issue, i will advise the government to close the accounts down in stages but come to think of it......"does anything ever work in stages in Nigeria?"

ribbit:
its not important that we have 1billion banks.. 5 strong banks is enough .. Good .. The rest could merge .

Exactly!!!, though there will be job loss in the short term but its will be good for our Economy in the long term and any bank that cant survive this should not have been in business in the first place.

onatisi:
bros forget Nigerian graduates 90% of them don't even know the meaning of the course they studied. But back to this issue ,I have been telling ppl that next year will be the toughest for Nigeria economically. I expect most state government to start issuing out sack letters as soon as they finish paying the backlog of salaries,many companies are going under,the suffering ppl will witness in Nigeria next year will be serious if buhari and his economic team keeps bringing out policies like this

Government accounts in over 20,000 banks simply promote corruption and all these accounts should be closed down though in STAGES.

Enough already!, dont you have better things in your life to care about?. I suggest you should go and get marry, have kids or probably adopt a Dog OR why in God name would anyone seek so much validation online?.....smh.

Just an advise bro.

scholes0:
Beautiful Odunde festival.....

The next step now is encouraging Afro-descendants worldwide to settle in Yorubaland (For those who want to)

The potentials are all there in terms of tourism but we probaly need new set of politicians in southwest before this could happen.

NCP:
@Lushore1, thanks alot. I now have picx, videos and links to show to my kids on what the Yoruba Race is achieving through our culture and tradition around the globe.

No problem bro, we all should be proud of how much our culture has contributed and influenced many people around the world.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUJN4be2-w8

tunwumi:
Please poster educate us on how we can join in this celebration and it's importance.

ODUNDE was created in 1975 by Lois Fernandez and Ruth Arthur. The festival attracts UP TO 500,000 people annually and is the largest African American street festivals held in the country.The festival, whose concept originates from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa, celebrates the coming of another year for African Americans and Africanized people around the world. It is an occasion highlighted by a colorful procession from 23rd and South Streets to the Schuylkill River where an offering of fruit
and flowers is made to Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of the river. ODUNDE is also known for its authentic African marketplace featuring vendors from around the world selling merchandise from many African nations, the Caribbean and Brazil.

Each year, the second Sunday in June, ODUNDE takes place covering 12 city blocks. ODUNDE will be celebrating its 39TH year in the traditional south Philadelphia location near 23rd and South streets. The festival started in 1975 with a $100.00 grant and neighbors from Fernandez's south Philadelphia community. In just two years the ODUNDE Festival exploded. The eclectic mix of vendors, entertainment and music started to draw people from around and beyond the region and each year continues to be no different. ODUNDE IS FOR EVERYONE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THIS YEAR!!!


http://odundefestival.org/odunde-festival.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwptjjyR5kw






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLhtwvvBmBU






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svW4PnJoQx0

more pictures ......

more pictures of odunde festival......

Shymm3x:
Ilekeh

I'm home now - let me give you the information I talked about earlier, before I jump out and hit the streets.

The village isn't in Philly - it's in Miami and it's called: Osun Village. I believe the lawmakers in FL gave them a large expanse of land, for a cultural village about a decade ago and I'm sure the village is up and running now.

Then there's an annual Yoruba street festival/parade called, "Odunde Festival" in Philly.

odunde festival....

more pictures...

Oshunbumi Fernandez-CEO

Biography

Celebration, Passion and Persistence….. are the words that come to mind when describing the life of Oshunbumi Fernandez, CEO of ODUNDE, Inc.

ODUNDE, Inc. is a world-renowned cultural organization whose mission is to
serve the need for cultural enrichment in the African American community.

The organization is known for its “staple event” - the ODUNDE festival
which attracts up to 500,000 attendees, covers 12-city blocks, has
over 100 arts & craft/ food vendors and has two stages of live
entertainment. The festival is the largest African-American street festival in
the country. The festival is known throughout the world as one of
the original models for African-American festivals, hosting many internationally known African and Caribbean performers, dignitaries, folk artists and cultural leaders.

Ms. Fernandez was named by The Philadelphia Tribune as one of the TOP 10
People Under 40 to watch in 2011 and was recently named one of Philadelphia's
most influential African American leaders of 2012, 2013 and 2014. Her education includes a BA in Biology from Temple University and a MBA from LaSalle University.

Her dedication to cultural awareness and expression has dominated her professional life. She has
been invited to lecture on her personal achievements and the
accomplishments of ODUNDE by regional and national organizations.


In October 2011, she created ODUNDE365 to provide year round African and African-American cultural programming in schools, community centers and public venues. ODUNDE365 consists of 4 programs: ODUNDE365 AFRICAN DANCE & DRUMMING CLASSES, I AM B.U.M.I. PROJECT, MY STORY AND ODUNDE365 ARTS & CRAFT CLASSES. Currently these programs have culturally impacted the lives of thousands of people.


She is the owner of BUMI PRODUCTIONS an event planning company whose clients’ list includes: PECO JAZZ, SUNOCO WELCOME AMERICA, LFGA & associates, UNIVERSAL companies and many more.

In April 2013, she was a member of Governor Tom Corbett's Trade Mission delegation to Brazil and Chile.
In October 2013, she created KWANZAABRATION with Music Icon Kenny Gamble a festival whose mission is to educate and increase awareness of the Kwanzaa Holiday to the public.
She is a member of the Mayor's Commission on African and Caribbean Affairs, a member of the Point Grays Promise Neighborhood committee, a Board Member of the Christian Street YMCA, an Advisory Board member for the University of Pennsylvania Museum – Imagine Africa Exhibit and was a member of Mayor John Street’s Transitional Team for Arts and Culture. She is the mother of two sons.

Odunde Festival, the nation's largest African-American street festival, has been getting bigger and bigger for decades. Now celebrating its 40th year, Odunde's day of arts, culture and family fun returns Sunday, June 14 to its traditional South Street West location.

The festival, a concept which came from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, includes a beautiful procession that walks from 23rd and South Street to the Schuylkill River with an offering for Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of the river. Sprawling out over 12 southwest Center City blocks, the rest of the day includes live entertainment on two stages and a marketplace with over 100 craft and food vendors from African nations, the Caribbean and Brazil.

The live entertainment features dance and music, including performances by the ODUNDE365 children's program, an open mic, PHILADANCO and the African Heritage Dancers. A group of hip-hop legends will close out the night in celebration of Odunde's big anniversary: Kurtis Blow, Chubb Rock, Special Ed and Kwame will all perform.

http://www.phillyvoice.com/nations-largest-african-american-street-fest/

Enough already!!..

I thought the video was ojude oba festival for a seconds
....

Watch "Yoruba at nothing hill carnival" on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TFp6cMrKz8

phyllosilicate:
The Benin and Yoruba account of Oduduwa, Only God know which is correct.

Does it even matter anymore? Theres clearly a cultural and traditional linked between both groups irrespective of which story you believe.

Yoruba story: yoruba influenced binin kingship through oduduwa son

Benin story: benin influenced yoruba kingship through oduduwa himself,

In conclussion both group clearly influenced each other, end of the story.

Still on the lagos matter i guess....smh

jordy101:
don't bother yourself for igbos. Yoruba and hausas can continue with the status quo. this zoo must surely break

I would not have bother if not that he was talking about igbo voting in 2019 election and for your information nigeria is not breaking any time soon, so buckle up and start working on how to form alliance for 2019 election.

All natural resources in nigerian belong to everyone regardless of your state of origin. Oil/gas, gold, coal and other resources are not made or put on the ground by any particullar group.

I think the federal government should allow state to take control of their resorces though and in return state will then pay taxes back to fedeal goverment

cjrane:
[size=14pt]I agree Igbos should ignore Buhari completely.
Let him do all he thinks he can do, it is really of no consequence. it will also help folks to stop being complacent about voting. they will get another chance in 2019 of removing the Jihadist janjaweeed from Aso rock.

Attahiru Jega plotted this situation the minute he decided to register very few people in the SE and made sure only a tiny fraction got their voters card.
Then capped it with sending faulty card readers to the region and making sure INEC officials took time to frustrate those willing to vote. Surprisingly in the north, they allowed children to register, have their cards picked up by parents, aunts or uncles and the INEC officials wasted no time in allowing such underage kids to vote.

The minute GEJ and other southern leaders refused to complain about these irregularities, it was when the stage was set for the greatest disenfranchisement of a section of Nigeria. People should protest such blatant disenfranchisement in the future and make sure the elections do not hold under such circumstances.[/size]

I qouted you because you talked about election and please know that Igbos can only remove apc from power only if they are ready to form alliance with others major group.....and sadly i dont see this happening before 2019.

4Play:
You are getting desperate. I am sure that you cannot prove that GEJ knew about the agreement either but I doubt you will find that exculpatory of him. To me the president's knowledge or ignorance is somewhat of a red herring in any case. If presidents are unaware of matters of vital national interest such as how the sale of oil to the country's biggest customer is conducted, then it is a damning indictment of their capability as president. For a president to have to rely on news stories on Nairaland and Daily Trust to inform himself on such matters suggests that neither he nor his advisers have got a good grasp of policy detail.



You made a wholly false assertion about GEJ inheriting virtually no debt and are now cravenly trying to slither away from your dishonesty. GEJ inherited a large debt, he added substantially to it and Buhari has continued in the same vein in his brief tenure by adding substantial amounts to the FG's debt load.

I always laugh at those who say the present Govt is struggling today because of the past Govt. GEJ has not taken the oil wells with him back to Otueke. If you believed the outlandish claims about ginormous amounts of money being stolen by GEJ and his cronies, it would follow that once GEJ left power, those oil revenues which previously were stolen would no longer be stolen. If you have any brain cells, you would recognise that this is entirely separate from the matter of already looted amounts. In a counterfactual world in which the looted amounts were not looted in the first place, it wouldn't make any difference to the FG's day to day revenues and expenditures. If you believe that $20bn was stolen in an 18 month period, you have to believe that such amount, once we discount the fall in oil price, would now accrue to the FG. Instead, we see the FG continue to borrow like nothing has changed. The coming years will provide a harsh dose of reality for you gullible Nigerians.

Im sure you know how much oil price was when Gej was in power compare to now.

Building Our Own Bridge


One of the most common misconceptions about Africa, my continent, is that its culture and its arts are primitive. It suggests that African art is closest to the beginning of mankind, closer to a time when we were still half-beast/half-man! Why so much ignorance? Would it be because the story of Africa has been told by the Western and Middle Eastern civilizations, who had to dehumanize African people in order to justify slavery?

But the truth is our culture is extraordinarily rich, diverse and beautiful. A few years ago, I was visiting the IFÉ exhibition of Nigerian art at the British Museum in London. I was struck by these magnificent bronze sculptures with very realistic features. When they were discovered in the Yoruba kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century, scientists were so puzzled by their realism that they claimed a Greek tribe must have landed on the shore of the African Gold coast in the 14th century. Such sophistication could not belong to what used to be called the "Dark Continent"!

As a globe-trotting singer-songwriter from West Africa, I have always felt that my mission on this earth was to bring the warmth, the beauty and sophistication of African culture to the attention of the rest of the world. I wanted to fight the preconception of a primitive Africa. On this journey, I have made many musical collaborations with Brazilian, Cuban and American artists. It came naturally because the music of the slaves has travelled so much and influenced the music of these cultures. But through all that, one last frontier always remained: the world of Classical music. It appeared insurmountable because it had been made to embody the essence of civilization and contrasted with the supposed primitiveness of African music.

Then, one day Timothy Walker, the artistic director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, heard me sing in New York and told me: "I am not familiar with the African musical traditions but I love your voice and I think it would be a perfect match with an Orchestra." When he asked which contemporary composer I would like to work with, I told him: Philip Glass. I loved the man and his music and I knew the respect and knowledge he had for cultures outside of the Western world.

And there it was: the idea for the philharmonic piece -- IFE, THREE YORÙBÁ SONGS, which will premiere on July 10th with the San Francisco Symphony -- was born out of a discussion in Philip's kitchen. It was all about the marriage between the mysterious Yoruba legends of the kingdom of IFÉ and the beautiful style of his music, which is like a living organism, constantly growing, moving and developing in a hypnotic way, all of which resembles the trance of my Beninese rhythms.

Philip told me: "Angelique, together we have built a bridge that no one has walked on before." In this world we're living in today, in which every community seems so connected yet so isolated from one another, it is all the more important to build this kind of bridge.

Maybe I am naïve, but I believe music is a powerful tool of social change. Last year in August, on the night Ferguson was burning, during a James Brown tribute at the Hollywood Bowl, I told the crowd: Music has to be the language of the people, has to be the freedom of the people. Now I want you to understand one thing tonight: we're all Africans, so when I say "Say It Loud", please tell me, all of you, it doesn't matter what skin color you think you have, that you are "Black and Proud"! To my amazement, I saw 15,000 people, from all origins, stand up and, caught in the moment, they sung with me James Brown's Anthem: "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud." It made me feel so good!

Music has the power of breaking boundaries and unifying people beyond all the barriers we create. IFE, my collaboration with Philip Glass, represents exactly this: we're the living proof cultures are not exclusive one to the other -- they can and they will melt with each other. I hope this piece will change the meaning of "African music" and "Classical music." Their limits are just in our minds. The reason this kind of collaboration hasn't been done before is because, for hundred and hundred of years, the legacy of colonization has made everyone think of African people as primitive and ignorant people. This is the same logic that prevented Jazz music from entering the concert hall for decades and rap lyricists from being considered great poets. But, in the end, when politics fail, art can succeed.

In her famous TED talk, Chimamanda Adiche has warned us that people are easily buying into the single story of Africa. In fact, it's not just about the single story of Africa or the single story of Classical music, it's about fighting the danger of the single story everywhere. It tends to always be "us" versus "them" but I believe, in art, there should only be "us"!

Philip, I'm so proud of the bridge we have built and I encourage everyone to built his or her own.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7736262

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=832iQMod-iM

OkutaNla:
Impressive! Yorubas are reputed GREAT and peaceful neighbors wherever they are found in the world. They have since assimilated seamlessly into Ghanaian society while retaining their cultural and ethnic identity without causing or rousing any problems in that country.

We simply respect other people culture while peacefully practice and promotes ours.

Konongo-Odumasi gets new Yoruba chief


A new Yoruba chief has been installed at Konongo, bringing to an end a 55-year vacuum during which a community in the Asante Akim District of the Ashanti Region did not have a leader. He is a well-known 60-year-old businessman, Alhaji Mahama Boye Bussari Alao Akanbi, who succeeds Chief Salami Aremu, who died in 1950.

Installation

The installation ceremony was performed by the Yoruba chief of Kumasi, who is also the Head of the Yoruba Community in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Ahmed Rufai Alao III, after the new chief had been decorated with a turban and blessed by the Chief Imam of the Yoruba Community in the Ashanti Region, Khalifa Mustapha Tanko Abdul Kareem.

The new Yoruba chief was born on December 13, 1954, at Konongo to Mallam Abdul Raman Alabi Dan Mallam from Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria, and Hajia Memmunat Alabi Kpembe from Salaga in the Northern Ghana.

Among the many dignitaries who witnessed the ceremony were the Serikin Zongo of Kumasi and overlord of the Zongo Community in the Ashanti Region, Sultan Umar Farouk Saeed, the Head of the Moshue Community, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Adam, and most of the tribal heads based in Kumasi, including Serikin Nufawa, Serikin Borgawa and Serikin Kado as well as the elders of the Yoruba Community in Kumasi led by Alhaji Hussein Tijani Balogun, and members of the Nurudeen Society.

Also present were the Konongohene Nana Batafo Acheampong, the MP for Asante Akim Central, Mr Kwame Anyimadu Antwi, and the MCE, Alhaji Braimah Boryong.


- See more at: http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/47606-konongo-odumasi-gets-new-yoruba-chief.html#sthash.8U7vBZzK.dpuf

French-Cuban duo Ibeyi recently stopped by Canadian radio show q to chat about their self-titled debut album with host Shad. During the interview, the twin sisters talked in detail about their Yoruba heritage, defining their sound as “contemporary Negro spirituals,” and the role their late father Miguel “Anga” Diaz (a past member of Buena Vista Social Club) played in their musical development.

“Yoruba comes from Nigeria and Benin… when the slaves where shipped to Cuba the culture remained,” mentions Lisa-Kaindé Díaz. “You can find Yoruba culture in Brazil as well, and of course, in Cuba [where] it’s a huge part of the culture. Since we were little we were listening to [Yoruba] chants… The amazing part is that we started singing Yoruba at 16 in Paris and not in Cuba [laughs] with our teacher Orlando Poleo, who’s a huge percussionist. He’s the one that taught us how to sing Yoruba.”

“In our culture [and] in the Yoruba culture the history of your ancestors is very important… it’s part of us… I’m sure some Yoruba people can be not completely okay with what we’re doing — because it is religious prayers. Some of them might be a little bit shocked with what we are doing. But I think it’s part of doing something new and evolving… and making something that is us.”

Watch the full interview below and revisit our Okay Acoustic session and Day Out videos with Ibeyi underneath.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COcYUouVuys


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSY3Pn19Gjk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGREdD7viuU