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twinstar210: Lord have mercy.singing only one way to heaven n Jesus is d only true way.

Reverend thank you. But if so dat means all muslims, jews, buhdist, Hindu etc go to hell

Tony Spike: What would you like to know about them, sir?

Nothing in particular but you have given some history of other yoruba tribes while leaving this ones out

What about ekiti,ondo,ijesa and igbomina?

You say it as if all of them protecting the church are muslims, some muslims are protecting the church while some others are trying to destroy it, even destroyed so many already.
And there was a time all of Egypt was christianity

Senseless topic....Hausa and Igbo have nothing in common

babyosisi: What I have read so far sounds to me like a fetish godless city full of idol worship and juju
A land teaming with evil spirits and backwardness
It is this holding unto idolatry that causes ritual killings and sacrifices for these gods when there is a better way
The land needs to turn to Jehovah to have those covenants broken and the people set free in the mighty name of Jesus
The king of kings and Lord of Lords

You are a big fool for calling the Yoruba religion idol worship and referring to Ile-Ife as an evil land. Take ur Jehovah to Israel, we denounce that name in Yorubaland

mikron: i hit 4 mb per seconds on some occassions. but most times 700 mb/s is wat i nomally get. i use the sch broadband ntwk

that's not possible

mikron: i hit 4 mb per seconds on some occassions. but most times 700 mb/s is wat i nomally get. i use the sch broadband ntwk

that's not possible.....700 mbps is enough to download a season long episodes of your favorite series in less than 1min

I've gotten 280kbps which to me is still slow....slowest would be 2kbps

EzeCanada: Yoruba                     Igbo                                       English

Orisa                           Olisa                                   God
Esu                             Ekwe nsu                             Devil
o mi /miri                    n miri                                  dazzle(of water)
enu                              onu                                        mouth
eti                                nti                                       ear
okuta                          okute                                   stone
Ase                               Ise                                       amen
ifa                                ofa                                   to cast lot
orun                            onu                                        neck
erin                            eyin                                     elephant
ile                               ulo                                       home
ogun                            ogu                                    twenty
ogun                           ogwu                                medication/drug
emi                              n mi / n mu                           me
Ako                               Oke                                    male
Abo                              Abogho                                 lady
I-re                                Ire                                     Original /Good

There are many more, these are the few I can remember for now.
The fact however remain that Yoruba's and Egyptians have more words in common and share similar belief. As do Igbo's and Jews. Visit: Igbofriendsofisrael.com for more information

Orisa refers to Yoruba gods/deities or what is better placed as angels of God tho worshipped in traditional Yoruba religion called aborisa, the Yoruba name for supreme God is Olodumare or Olorun who is the creator of everything and Baba Awon Orisa(father of all orisa).
Esu is not the devil, he is an orisa that is very important to Yoruba people, people just call him devil for greedy and selfish desire to downgrade Yoruba and uplift foreign religion but now so many Yoruba who don't know the religion use his name badly. Ase means command and life energy tho used to empower prayer. Ifa is not mere casting of lots it is a way to interact with the god of wisdom and prophecy(orunmila)

Findingmyroots: Some of the Yorubas are igbos. Such as the Egba people from Abeokuta and the Akure people.

I once heard that YORUBA is actually a Hausa word

And that the origin of Yoruba actually come from Kwara state.

Like one said in an earlier post. It's time for tribes to start discovering their connections. It will only bring us closer.

Yes the name Yoruba was given by Hausa/fulani because there was a time the two race were in war and that was when Ibadan and Oyo stood together due to this team up the fulani called the Oyo and Ibadan Yoruba and it soon became a name for all others like akure, Ekiti, owu, ijebu, ijesa, awori etc.
And wat is this you are saying about some yorubas being igbo? Pls don't be stupid, all Yoruba towns trace their origin from ile-ife and Oyo(due to the high population of refugees during the war against Hausa/fulani). Yoruba did not come from kwara state, major parts of kwara came from Oyo, well the rest are ancient Nupe. You really don't know anything about Yoruba

JW214: Note: Oyo is the only town I have seen in yoruba land where they respect their ruler (Alafin). Here is my experience:

In 2001, I was in Oyo town, precisely the "Akesan market", just in front of the dead Fire station close to the palace. I was dealing with a market woman, some minutes after, the traditional trumpet "Kakaki" was blown, I think to announce to the public Alafin was leaving the Palace, some seconds after was a long convoy of badh cars and SUVs, my next obeservation was seeing the woman I was buying things from, dropping what she held, went on her kneels, face down, shouting "Kabiyesi oo", even when Kabiyesi won't see her doing so.

That was my 1st time in Oyo, it was so strange to me, someone told me that was the old tradition and some still observe it till 2001, am not sure of post 2001

I have lived and visited many Yoruba town, including Ife, I haven't seen such respect being given to their King.....

He's the Alaafin, highest traditional position in Yoruba so what do you expect? But the truth is every true Yoruba would bow and greet his king, though now everything is spoiling causing of the Western influence but mostly cause of the federal government seems to shift them aside in matters of the nation which is not suppose to be so.

dasparrow: Only Africans can truly fix Africa and not African descendants from the diaspora. One way to fix our many problems is to allow we Africans decide which ethnic groups we will want to share a country with. The so-called former colonial heifers I mean masters decided to lump together various African ethnic groups who have little or nothing in common with each other culturally and linguistically.

How does the world expect us all to live together happily ever after in such a forced/arranged union? Did the british, french, Portuguese, et al consult with the African people before packing us all together like sardines in a can? Do you think Europe as a continent would be what she is today if someone (an outsider, a non-European) had lumped the German, french, English, Portuguese, Spaniards, Polish, Swedish and all the others together without consulting them first and making them share a country together?

Listen Jayvarley, go to Youtube and search for the documentary: REAL STORY OF NIGERIA by Jide Olarenwaju and educate yourself on how Nigeria became what she is today. What happened to Nigeria is similar to what happened to other black African countries as well. Until we Africans draw our own borders and create our own nations based on cultural and linguistic similarities, we will sadly continue to have problems.

I understand what u mean you are very right. Nigeria's biggest problem is it's large amount of ethnic groups that the British brought together without considering us the natives. we should be honest Nigeria cannot have true peace or development without us drawing our boarders and making new nations of it based on the ethnical similarities.

What is onijakadi? And what does it have to do with Yoruba warriors??

Of course not...traditionally trousers are not for women

9jakool: Emotion= iwa okan or iwa inu
Greed= okanjua
Hope= ireti
Physical= taratara
Courage= igboya(opposite is ifoya)
Fear= iberu
Hate= ainife
Colour= awo
Red= pupa
White= funfun
Black= dudu
Blue= olomiaro
Yellow= ayanrin
Silver(colour)= ofefe
Silver(mineral)= fadaka
Orange= olomiosan
Green= ewe

Thanks a lot...you've been very helpful

Pls can anyone help me with the Yoruba word for:
Emotion(am thinking iwa-okun)
Greed
Hope
Physical
Representation/representative
Courage/determination
Fear(as in to be afraid of someone/something)
Hate


[i]Pls can anyone help me with the Yoruba word for:
Emotion(am thinking iwa-okun)
Greed
Hope
Physical
Representation/representative
Courage/determination
Fear(as in to be afraid of someone/something)
Hate


[/i]Pls can anyone help me with the Yoruba word for:
Emotion(am thinking iwa-okun)
Greed
Hope
Physical
Representation/representative
Courage/determination
Fear(as in to be afraid of someone/something)
Hate
And also is there any other name of colours cause I know ewe, pupa, dudu, awo, funfun.

It has been a really long time but I admire your effort and I hope u are still on the work