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2prexios:
Very well bro.

Vertical from generation to generation, horizontal by how the custodians of oriki has spread and improved upon the information handed down in their new abode.

What I've found so far is that oriki has proven to be scientific: it's a tradition built on cogent and genuine information. Then it's a guide.

When the students are ready then the teacher will appear.

The place names you've listed are the group that formed what became known as Yoruba today. Ife, Ado, Cutonu (meaning perilous mariners), Ilesha, Oyo etc, in no particular order.

From what you have posted, we'll re-exermine some words that can be considered stickers because they've stacked on since inception.

A good instance is Iwase. Its the best way to start, hence I've keep track with it. I will be back.

Today, African Americans interested in finding where in Africa their ancestors originated go to clinics to give dna sample. This is navigating genetic coding to pinpoint geo-zone, or more pecisely ethnic identity.

Similarly, Oriki is a "navigator".

Let us imagine that some slaves and their descendants had passed on their Oriki to succeeding generations. Today it would be possible to pinpoint their family compound....a feat that dna is not currently capable of.

The Oriki itself, as you have pointed out is scientific. As an individual recites his/her Oriki it is a audio print of their genetic lineage......

"I am the son of those who arrest the surging waves...

A monkey lean on the branch and travels the air...

I stand on the crest and walk the sea...

They ask who am I to troop with the sharks...

I replied that I am the son of Olokun, the custodian of storming seas..."


Very simple, yet precise! We know this person must be from a family that worships Olokun, this person is Yoruba and this person is from a coastal town. Our search for his family is narrowed to just a handful of compounds.

Thanks bro!

Oriki can be viewed as a continuum of historical evolution for its owner.

The Oriki is a record book of deeds showing contributions and exploits of Ancestors in their dimensional capacities - vertical and horizontal!

Osagyefo98:
This man remove your eye from Anambra state. Look for else where to propagate your land grabbing agenda.

If we are talking of ancestry then it is safe to say Igala and Yorubas has same ancestry because they share even language similarities.

Once again, you have failed in this your annexation agenda.

live let others live.

Can you ever talk without a mention of Yoruba? This is between Igala and Anambra. Face your Igala colonizers and let Yoruba alone.

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Chinese started and made sushi delicacies popular round the world - raw flesh from rat, lizard, bat, octopus, frog, fish.
Not to speculate but I wonder if victims have any record or history of eating sushi....or as a kitchen worker, preparing sushi. God forgive me but its just a thought.

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Runny nose
Sore throat
Cough
Fever
Difficulty breathing (severe cases)

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Leading Researchers on the virus
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Tinubu has taught this man to practice bad acts.

When Tinubu wanted to do something undercover he will first throw a curveball onto the social media and give us something to talk about. He then does his bad act unnoticed, and in peace!

Bubu has been reading before we are born. To now start making gaffe in reading is intentional....it is a curveball!

Tinubu mind yasef o!!

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Yujin:
Biafra is coming. Let all that have ears hear it. It doesn't matter what the great Ojukwu said. As long as our people are still been treated with disdain in the land of our ancestors, resistance must arise. Who would talk about another country if one is given a sense of belonging and accorded the same dignity as others? We reject all the ill-treatment and bare tolerance as we have the fundamental human right to exercise our freedom as aspire to every position available to all. Stalling these opportunities by oppression and marginalization will always trigger rebellion and the call for a better country where all the aforementioned will be guaranteed. I say it boldly because I know you and your likes (op) as inspired by the evil FG are incapable of giving us an egalitarian society because of your hate and envy. We in IPOB have come to that conclusion and are waiting on the generality of our people to come to the same conclusion before you'll face your worst nightmare. Your hate is very lucid in that despite the present pandemic ravaging the world, you're more fixated on a harmless call for referendum. Your government went to borrow loans yet found it fit to exclude our region but is still mining oil from our land and will include us in the repayment plan. Everyone can clearly see that you have no case against us whatever. So buzz off with your hate and wait for the critical mass to be amassed.

Did you just say that...It doesn't matter what Ojukwu said"?


Mmmtccheeeww....Dede must see this.

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sammyj:
You are absolutely wrong. We also have professional dog walkers around VI. Even some of them do this along with the dog owners are mostly white dog owners. Get your facts right.

I say find me how much they make. I want know.

I was on that shuttle train few years ago when i went on visit.

Thats airport shuttle from terminal to baggage and atrium area. Its not a metro train.

Is Ikpeazu doing part time security guard....abi which one be security uniform now?

Abia don jam trouble today.

2prexios:
B'Oloun bati fota eni han ni, kolee pani mo. My brov I'm pressing forward, I'm happy you find time to check out your hommies here, omo abule s'owo.

Our Igbo friends are striving to help us fix our history in proper linguistic "ancestry" made possible through precision machines and linguistic theory.

May we not be a spectator in our own history.

It's not straight about Ad but the clues derivable from it has really helped in decoding idumea and related ideas.

Thats the right approach. I have since ignored him and his contributions. Thank God he is doing it for Yoruba.....the only one with a rich history longer than human memory.


Yoruba Imperial said he was going to do something on Ad. I think his many bans have interrupted the work. Now, ive been lazy, I said i was going to keep that thread alive but i have not. He is going to be upset when he returns. I want to see what he uncovers.


I love your thread on Oriki. I just posted on it.

God bless you!

Before we go into the Oriki, let's establish first some historical connections.

Ado, Edo, Ido, Odo
These are all Yoruba ancestral words to denote features of settlement in a geo-space.

Originally, Edo (as in Edo people, Edo State) is a class of emigrants in ancestral times. They left Ife and occupied settlement in a new land in the forest. The aborigines of that forest were known as Efa, hunters and gatherers with no recognized rulership or form of civility.

The Edo of today is a political new-entity, on the surface devoid of its Yoruba ancestry but retaining in its roots traces of linkage back to Yoruba.


Ogiso >>> Oba
The ancient Edo settlement was ruled by Chiefs of Ife known as Ogiso. The settlement prospered and expanded and was characterized by constant clashes of interest between the settlers and aborigines. The capital was Igodo.

Yoruba lexicon does not have "gh" sounding words which is common in the Efa lexicon. We also dont have 'z' or 'v'.

Igodo is same as Agodo - shrine!

The Ogisos brought Ife deities to Edo and built shrines for the deities around their metropolis and took the alias Igodomigodo.

At the arrival of Oranmiyan he and his court camped in Use or Uselu.

Place names like Ughoton, Ughelli are in the aborigene language.

Given names like Akenzua are assimilated from Yoruba Akinsua, popularly used in Eastern Yorubaland.

Eweka was born in Uselu and coronated and reigned from there over the aborigene land.

The Kingdom also took a name and was called IBINI. The King at Uselu ruled over Ibini Kingdom. Eventually a new settlement was developed and the King relocated from Uselu to the new capital now called Ibini - later corrupted to Benin.



What is the connection between Republic of Benin and Benin Kingdom?

This relationship pre-dated 1600.

Both thrones at Oyo Ile and Bini belonged to same bloodline and ancestry but separate dynasties.

The greatest threat and opposition to their rulership was from the Empires of Dahomey and Ghana in West as well Songhai in North.

Hausa, Bariba, Nupe and Yoruba were the immediate contact points to those three threats and so Oyo Empire was under great pressure to preserve its rulership.

Oyo's method of warfare was well suited to the Savannah plains and wooded Guinea belt but insufficient and not suited to deterr threats from the forest and sea coast. This is where Bini Kingdom came in.

Bini itself was not a coastal kingdom but it could form alliance with sailors on the coast to put up a defense shield against intruders from Dahomey and or Ghana using vulnerability to invade and destroy Kingdoms in Yorubaland.

Bini created a sea force using alliance with Itsekiri and Ilaje. They created a seabase at Ado.....

Bini had not settled in Eko by this time. They would travel through the creeks from Bini River through Ijebu to Oto to Amuwo all way to Iwida (Whydah, Ouida).

Oto was the seat of Olofin at that time. Oto is also known as Ido.

He would host them on stopover ...kinda like a modern day Bed-and-Breakfast before proceeding on the journey.

The purpose of Bini in Iwida was to setup a fort and a defense shield against intrusion from threats in West.

Oyo had a similar arrangement in North....in Ilorin! Ilorin was a Yoruba Army fort.


It was much later that Olofin advised that if the fort in Whyday is successful in keeping enemy away, he would need one too because their pepper farm was always raided by intruders in the creek and is damaging trade and commerce with interior kingdoms.

Bini replied that they had no land and cannot fight Olofin to take land for the fort. The compromise was for Aromire to carve out land for Bini settlement.

Bini has never fought Lagos. Bini had a fort used as a defense shield to deter enemy invasion into Yoruba South....as Oyo had also created one in Ilorin that was very effective in supressing Dahomey ambitions.


Lineage and Events...
After Asipa had settled in Eko....

(Notice connection between Edo, Ado, Ido, Eko)

After Asipa settlement he coronated and started the first dynasty.

Oba Akinsemoyin had an alias and he was called Alado. The one who possessed Ado or one from Ado.

His first daughter turned down request to marry Baba Alagbaa (The Palace Priest who was from Ijesha) and instead married a man from Whydah.

Akinsemoyin's sister, Erelu married Baba Alagbaa to bear Ologun Kutere.

Ologun Kutere became King after Akinsemoyin and married an Ijebu woman who bore Eshinlokun.

Adele became King after Kutere but was deposed and left for Whydah.

Eshinlokun became King after Adele.

After Eshinlokun died Kosoko was to become King but Idewu Ojulari was coronated and Kosoko went on exile to Whydah.

After Ojulari died Oluwole became King. He was succeeded by Akintoye.

Akintoye's mother was Egba. He recalled Kosoko from Whydah.

Kosoko overthrew him and sent him on exile.

He later returned with help of British force and deposed Kosoko and regained throne. Kosoko went on exile to Epe.

Akintoye died shortly after. Dosunmu became King. Dosunmu's mother was from Whydah.


So....you see the back and forth relationship between the uproots from Bini setting up a city in Ado (Whydah) and actually marrying from there. Prince and Princesses back in those days married into royalty or a non-royal noble family.

Is it possible that when they settled into Whydah originally, a part of the family took Olofin's invitation to resettle in Lagos while another part remained in Ado?

There is a Quad-City relationship connecting Bini - Oyo- Ado and Eko.

In Lagos there is confusion whether Orisa Adimu was originally the property of Oyo or Bini. You can see the depth of link and how it should not surprise qhen in the Oriki you begin to see elements of Oyo, Bini, Ado and Eko.


Omo Ibini Arokun Yo!

The son of Bini who dominated the Sea!

This is common Oriki for all the Akarigbere White Cap Chiefs.

On the other hand, the Oriki of Oba of Lagos is Omo Erin Jogun Ola.

The son of the mighty who inherited the land!

Erin is a totem of Oyo! But Oyo is younger than Bini.....therefore it can only be traced up to Oranmiyan.

Make i stop here Oga mi!

2prexios:
Yes bro, quite a while. Hope you are good bro? Thanks so much for your interest. I believe you have read my findings on the Ad?

Great knowledge is infective.

You see that they are incapable of addressing the issue questioning their identity. Even the most callous criminal breaks when you get them, imagine if they were the ones having that to use against you.

They will turn the anger to something else and you must be careful not to play their game, just keep the cool to see where else they want to hide. It's for the destroyer to find a prey.

The point is already made, only a fool wallow in their kind of polemic. Macof and ihumadinuoju were both Igbo, they needed Yoruba to be what they claimed for a purpose.

But can a total stranger become authority on Yoruba history? They were "phantom authority". They will strive but end up in shame at the end. The end is the progression of now.

Long time bro! Hope you are well and prospering.

No, i havent seen your writing on Ad. I would love to read it.

Na one by one Edumare dey reveal them. They say everyday for the thief one day for the owner.

macof:
I said you're a buffoon so obviously since your stupid claims have been rubbished the best thing you can think to do is to run a new campaign calling those more Yoruba than your father non-yorubas
I didn't know you knew my origin more than me, no wonder you are so bold to think you can dictate Yoruba origin to Yoruba people.. Now you want to also dictate whether I am Yoruba or not
Clowns

I didn't know I was Olufemi the igbo/Edo journalist until you guys told me
Same way your imagination is leading you to all sorts of conclusions on yoruba history is how you have been led to think you know my identity and that I am not yoruba
Keep it coming. Tell me more about myself that I didn't know

Stop typing rubbish and beating around the bush. You are a Yoruba-wannabe! We have seen it and know who you are. Nairaland rules forbid posting of personal information about members. Your cover is blown.

Do you not see that we no longer respond to macof on Yoruba topics?

Your cover is blown, omo atohun rinwa!

Ikpeazu had sealed an oath with coronavirus to stay out of Abia.

Which kind country is Nigeria?

Why spend pension money on infrastructure? Haba!

PapaBaby:
I knew you were jobless.
Considering your level of intelligence on this forum, walking a dog should be considered too advanced for you.
I mean who will walk who? Will you walk the dog or the dog will walk you?

Aah ah!!

On Sunday....na hin you open mouth talk like this?


Did i tel you im looking for job? I fit pay your monthly salary for the next five years and i no go shake. Infact, take leave from work......write it off to coronavirus, your salary will be replaced from my pocket. Anuofia like you!

Yeye

sammyj:
We have a lot of them around VI. Anyways, they look happy doing the job

You are kidding me!

Dog owner is different from professional dog walking.

An individual can walk his dogs. Thats a dog owner. No one pays him to do that.

A professional dog walker is hired and paid to walk dogs.

We have dog owners in VI, not professional dog walkers.

Do you not hear the girl say "you c'nrav upto 6 rormore clients". She is talking 6 dogs on the walk!


Nigeria never reach that stage. But it sound interesting sha.

IfeMiLove:
What a sad day for the bride. May God grant her and his family the strength to bear their loss.

Amen!

May his soul rest in peace!

Check this out! This thing is big!

I need help, the girl talk too fast and make it hard to understand everything. So how much did she say to price the service.

Its not bad, I love animals.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0tGSSB1l4

Sokosuji:
Are u interested?


I have a more dignifying job for you meta

So is professional dog walking a non-dignified job?

Aah, orisirisi! How much they earn?

After corona departs many of the pastors will have stories of miracle healing.....of how they were covered by blood of Jesus and corona could not touch them.....or how corona touched them but their anointment "killed" the corona before it had done damage.

For a whole year after end of corona these pastors no go let us hear word.

Kemz77:
Afonjas opening Igbo, Biafra and Nnamdi Kanu threads to keep Nairaland alive...that's what sells!

Shut up!

BabaOwen:
Yes, I have heard of it, but I don't know how much they earn.

So whats their job?

Do they go to school to learn how to walk dog?

Orisirisi!

Ibo leaders have mortgaged SE to krishna.

Which kind question is this?

If they lockdown Oyo State then Ibadan has been locked down be dat.

To some of you that paid tithe with bank transfer today....daddy GO is yet to receive your alert. You know yourself.

How much are they paid?

macof:
another buffoon that hasn't lost his buffonery.

Your cover came off, your identity is no longer a secret. Yoruba-wannabe.

I wonder why you guys are ashamed to show pride in your own background.