₦airaland Forum

Rossikk:
There was no group known as 'Yoruba' during the time of the ancient Egyptians. Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, etc are relatively recent ethnic configurations in the historical scheme of things, likely no more than 2,000 years old. For instance, those we know as Yoruba today are the descendants of immigrants from Egypt and the Middle East, which in ancient times, were largely black populated, who fled into Africa and intermarried with resident Bantu groups on the continent, over several centuries, and merged their languages, customs, etc, to form an entirely new ethnicity - Yoruba.

Igbo and other ethnic groups were also formed in similar manner.

YORUBA EXISTED MORE THAN 2000 YEARS AGO. YORUBA WAS A CORRUPTION OF JOROBOAM.

ElsonMorali:
If there's the possibility that Nok=old Yoruba, then there's the possibility that even before Yorubas were known as Nok, they first inhabited the Nile region.

Have you thought about the possibility that those terracota heads and sculptures you're talking about are miniature versions of those great sculptures of Pharaohs and the Sphinx head that they built while they inhabited the Nile area? After all, they were still in transit and wouldn't build anything permanent or gigantic.

My theory is that when the very ancient inhabitants of the Nile were forced to flee down south, they brought along with them their knowledge of artwork amongst other things and they intended to flee as down south as possible from whatever was chasing them.

It is possible that they got to their present location when they encountered the sea at eko. Or Maybe they got to Ife first.

Then they settled down and their propensity to build huge structures as evidenced by the giant statues of Pharaohs, the Sphinx and the pyramids got them to build the Eredo which looks like a gigantic fortress to keep out invaders or to mark territories, something you'd expect from people who had to flee their home because of a war or invasion.

So while I'm not disagreeing with you on the fact that the Nok evolved into the Yorubas, There's also the possibility that the inhabitants of Kemet along the Nile evolved into the Nok people.

How sure are you that the markings on your grandmother's body aren't hieroglyphics?

Do you know that the name "Yoruba" was given to us by later inhabitants of the present day Northern Nigeria whom we call Awusa?

So it begs the questions
1. What is the meaning of the word "Yoruba"?

2. What was the original name of the people now known as Yoruba?


You say it's more likely that the Fulani came from Egypt because of their nomadic lifestyle. I disagree. The Fulani doest just walk around aimlessly because He likes walking. He is a nomad because he looks for the best pastures to graze his cattle on. So tell me, How would the fulanis roam their cattle towards the desert where there's no grass for grazing per se

PLEASE DON'T DESTROY MY HERITAGE. YORUBA WAS NEVER NOK AT ANY POINT IN TIME OF HISTORY. YORUBA CULTURE IS NOT RELATED TO ANY IN WEST AFRICA AND NIGERIA. IT STAND OUT AMONGST ALL. THIS IS THE REASON THE WHITE RESEARCHERS WHO HAD DONE MORE RESEARCH THAN EVEN THE ARAB TRAVELLERS KNOW YORUBA HISTORY MORE THAN THE LOCALS


IF YOU REFER TO CONNECTION BETWEEN YORUBA AND EDO PEOPLE, YORUBA THOUGHT THEM ART / SCULPTURE. BRITISH MUSEUM HAS FACT ON THIS ISSUE.

stubornnn:
There is not one single historical artifact as significant as this in the whole of the South East and I guess that's why the Igbos are constantly jealous of Yorubas....

....heck, they are not even sure whether they're Africans or Isrealites. Shame and inferiority complex has made them to trade their historical culture for a foreign one...

The irony of it all is that the Jews are unrepentant racists that would mostly avoid any genealogical links with black Africans if possible.

A few Elements amongst the Ibo people who claim Israelites as their inheritance may be true. Although, blood traces / Blood types of Ibo people are restricted to Nigeria,Cameroon/Congo, Bénin/Togo,Ivory Coast /Ghana. And I find some information as ISRAEL HISTORY is concerned to more connected to AFRICA than the rest of the world. The ISRAELITES AREN'T A TRIBE BUT A RACE.
The Jew sponsored a project to begin test of blood in Ibo land because ISRAEL KNOWS THAT THEY WERE ONCE A DESCENDANT OF A BLACK MAN CALLED ABRAM


MANY OF YOUR LIKES ARE SO FUNNY BECAUSE YOU DON'T READ. AFRICA, AFRICA IS NOT A TRIBE NOR A RACE BUT A CONTINENT HOSTING MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH OVER 3000 LANGUAGES. SO, STOP THIS AFRICA'S PRIDE AND FIND OUT THE TRUTH.


BELOW IS FALASAS(BNAI ISRAEL) OF ETHIOPIA WHO ARE BLACK OR BROWNISH OR PALE YELLOW

Good write up for us to acknowledge the purpose and love the Supreme being have for the his people in the land of AFRICA

Zane2point4:
Shame thats all i can say.. ...outdated soviet era planes.. ..except for the transport plane, which is even somehow phased out in other countries.
For christ sake we are at war, why don't dey procure state of an art jet fighters.

Standard war jet won't be sold to Nigeria government because the world powers see Nigeria's government as having a Human Rights abuse records. Imagine the British government who colonised Nigeria isn't also ready for such deals with sales of wars ship or jet fighters to Nigeria government. It is really a shame on Nigerian government.

Aburi001:
Now you will agree with me that Police is not your friend

RIP the dead

The Nigeria police men were not our friends and will never be our friends. They engage in different shades of corruption to detriment of the citizens. It is only in Nigeria, where police will arrest criminals and set them free....A wasted society, where the police that are paid by tax payers money do not represent the interest of a law abiding norm... A big shame to many of these police officers..

ILORIN WAS PART OF YORUBA KINGDOM . NO MATTER WHAT IT CANNOT BE CARVED WITH NORTH. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A CHILD'S PLAY. NIGERIA GEOGRAPHICAL STRUCTURE IS A FAUX.

Nigeria's government and lies....doubtful program

RIP to the dead. And may almighty God give the father, the strength to bear the loss IJMN.

The power and plan of God is unchangeable.

I do hope this N-POWER stuff is free and real because Nigeria's government empowering programs are worth checking and confirming over and over again...

YonkijiSappo:
Every Yoruba Obas used to cover their faces with beaded crowns in the distant past - now they are moving with the times and blending modern and traditional.

Not like an Oba somewhere wey him subjects talk say no dey comot for palace.
By so doing becoming a Palace Egungun.

Are you now denouncing your cousins in the other kingdom? After all he is OBA of that kingdom. And at the right time, WISDOM will take over their knowledge......

To the out caste and the perpetual slaves in the South East are welcome in Yoruba land as long as they OBEY Yoruba culture and follow the law of Yoruba land.

OLAADEGBU:
The evidence of those striving to work for the progress of humanity can be seen in the picture below. The difference is clear. God bless Israel.

God bless Israel

spafu:
Forget about your profile, an Igbo person will not say what you put up there, except if you fall into the number of "my Mama say I be Igbo". I am from Edo state, born and bred in Kaduna, visited up to 30 states, I can say that I am more Igbo than you. The Fulanis that have being killing other Nigerians, they are from Jupitar right? You must have heard of The Matatsine killings in Kano, Kafancha riot in Kaduna, Zango Kataf riots in Kaduna, Ife-Modakeke crises in Osun, Jos riots in Plateau, Kano Killings in Kano, Sharia riot in Kaduna, Miss World riot in Kaduna, Boko Haram insurgency in several states, Fulani herdsmen killings in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, Abia, Enugu, Delta states and others, how many have the Igbos be going about to kill others or themselves. I only refrain from calling you names because, that would make me look crying more than the bereaved. I support any section of the country that wants out because Nigeria is a failed system. After the recent skirmish between the Hausas and their Yoruba friend in Ife, I heard that a traditional ruler was arrested did that ever happened in the North? Well, you and your afonjas friends can be slaves to the Gambaris, but where I am from, we don't accept servitude to anybody, go and read about the first white men that came to the land of my root.

Kinda cool reading this piece. It is thought provoking.

Flamezreal:
African history is complex n complicated .

It is not that complicated as such but Africans themselves make it very complicated for themselves. Oral history is helpful but not absolutely without its flaws. Although it is a guide as far as I am concerned.

shortgun:
Dino graduated unlike one cattle rearer who never went to secondary school.

Do you mind some people that rode to fame as ingrates? There is nothing as good as being a stubborn politician with school certificate to back it when enemies shows up to ridicule such personality....Despite the fact that Dino isn't a holy chap, he definitely got this one correctly...

KINGOFTHEEAST:
this is super story nonsense kill those miscreants they deserve to died for disturbing our national peace

Don't worry, there is a season for everything. Don't laugh or feel overjoyed because the Yoruba people you referred as miscreants to be killed,won't be killed. However,wait in lane for same fate to befall your people.

Fireson:
A life without christ is shattered dream! RIP

Are you really a Christian?

jcmaiah:
I will live to see this country split. I am tired men!

Almighty God is reading and listening.

Rossikk:
If this monument was in the UK, they would have restored it, publicised it, and prepared it for various tourist packages.

Ordinary Stonehenge that is just a circular structure made with some rocks, they've made billions of pounds from tourists visiting it.

We need to do better.

The information on EREDO would have gone far if Yoruba nation was a country of her own. The federal government of Nigeria Will not spend their money on UNESCO potential monument. As far as the government is concerned, it is a waste of money.

Flamezreal:
I've been thinking about this for a while now. Before oduduwa came liberating Yoruba , there was Yoruba nation I.e several Yoruba towns/settlements were in existence . He then had children and these children started founding or better stil having dominion over the existing Yoruba settlements. Before reading this your post , any time there is battle of supremacy between alafin and ooni , what usually comes to my mind is "Oduduwa was a stranger that came dominating, Ooni was a son of the soil, God knows how to restore throne back to the rightful owner"

Odu'a was the first HONI/ORNI/ONI/OONI and not all these jumbo mumbo cooked fairy tales being spread around about OMO OLUWO LO NI by Late Samuel Johnson...The word “OoNI"appellation need be studied very extensively The truth is that there were many interrelationship between Odua group and the other elements. These other elements aren't Obatala group because the progenitor of Yoruba must have had knowledge of Obatala family grouping before the fracas begun that one group believed he was the true lineage of head priestly group, leader and king. This was the problem when Odua group arrived. If it is not true, Can you decode the reason Odua didn't kill Obatala when Obatala was defeated?, This wasn't the norm during the old order. I want to know if the people they call Yoruba today were more sophisticated than Egyptians? I mentioned this because Obatala moved away voluntarily or forcefully for some period but was later absolved into the newly arranged family system created by Odua while Obatala was given a position to occupy. I am tempted to emphasise here that the name Odu- du-wa was not the Yoruba progenitor's name based on correlation and considering few names of his sons such as AKiN OLALOMI FAGBAMILA, OGUN , OKANBI, ORANMIYAN etc. ODU is a IFA term which literally was used to qualify his leadership quality of divinity and coordination. I am still waiting to read the reason, the ancient lineage of Odu'a sons or descendants being referred as OMO UWA /OMO OWA or better still “OWA" which was a more modernised for “UA" or “UWA". The progenitor's name need be carefully examined because the name was a fusion of descriptive word which was fused with his name to become appellation. ODU -DU -WA / ODU -DUA .

Rossikk:
Yes. Thousands of people visit her grave each year in honour of the queen. Bilikisu Sungbo. It is said she was a giantess, and that her grave is very long.

Queen SHEEBAH Was different from BILIKISU SUNGBO because Queen sheebah existed about 3000 years ago while BILIKISU was 800AD. Precisely after the existence of JESUS CHRIST. They are not connected . Although the assumed burial location of Bilikisu seems unique with myth associated with it.....

Rossikk:
Yes. Thousands of people visit her grave each year in honour of the queen. Bilikisu Sungbo. It is said she was a giantess, and that her grave is very long.

Queen SHEEBAH Was different from BILIKISU SUNGBO because Queen sheebah existed about 3000 years ago while BILIKISU was said to be around 800AD. Precisely after the existence of JESUS CHRIST. They are not connected . Although the assumed burial location of Bilikisu seems unique with myth associated with it.

searchng4love:
Ijebu is not Yoruba

If Ijebu aren't Yoruba, then,who are they? This is my problem with people like you.... Non conversant with history and unwilling to study...

searchng4love:
Ijebu is not Yoruba

If Ijebu aren't Yoruba, then,who are they? This is my problem with people like you.... Non conversant with history and unwilling to study...

amazon14:
Op this is rubbish you know because I know a lady who possess all these traits right from when she started growing up and up till now she is still single. What you men what mostly is big breasts, big nyash. 80% of men thinks with their penis. As long as the woman is giving it to them hot any time any day they won't bothered to visit ijebu restaurant.

YOU ARE 95% WRONG! MEN SEEK SUCH QUALITY ALL THE TIMES. IF A LADY GOT THE GREATEST LOOK, CURVY BUTT, SEXIEST LEGS, ADORABLE ACCENT AND LACKED THE QUALITIES EXPECTED FROM HER,THEN SHE BECOMES A DUMP GROUND. THE LADY THAT YOU MENTIONED COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE THOSE QUALITIES AND GUYS DUMPS HER IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. LASTLY, MANY MEN GOT SECOND WIFE AS A RESULT OF FRUSTRATION AT HOME.

plaetton:
Except for Fayose, the great lion of the West, Obasanjo, Tinubu, Soyinka and the lagoon Oba have been DEAFENINGLY MUTE.

These political opportunists only speak when there are political votes or political loot to be shared.

Big Shame on them.

All of them can't talk at the same time because it will seemingly look as if they support the action of the avengers. Meanwhile, it is a strategy the Hausa-Fulani uses as well. How many of their leaders have come openly to condemn killing of the other tribes by herdsmen?, when the Yoruba woman preacher was killed, how many of them came out to condemn it? This the Nigeria, they want, built and live. Absolute lawlessness.

OLAADEGBU:
They even have the guts to call for the boycott of anything Israel.

Are some of their leaders not hypocrites? They fuel religious hatred and many of their offspring lavish money in the western world. God bless us all who are striving to work for the progress of humanity.

DerideGull:
Some peeps from certain part of Nigeria are very comical. They usually think that the act of bearing a falsehood is pure romantic. As for the bolded, such radical pronouncement belongs to Oyo- ile, 30 mile north of Ilorin. Fani Femi-Kayode, the stanzas of 1966 are not too long ago to forget. This statement "And neither do we bow down before our oppressors" is not even close to reality. If "we" in the statement referred to Yoruba, I would like to remind you that the son of the soil in the military governor of western region of Nigeria was killed in Ibadan, the capital city of Oduduwa, in a cold-blooded manner yet Yoruba not only bowed to the aggressors and oppressors but supplied beautiful ladies and joined hands with them in a war that ensued afterward.

WAS YORUBA SON OF THE SOIL NOT PART OF THE FIVE MAJORS THAT STRUCK? HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT IBOS AND HAUSA FULANI WERE THE MAJORITY IN THE MILITARY? HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT AWOLOWO WAS IMPRISONED FOR TREASON? DO YOU NOT KNOW FOR EVERY TRIBE, THERE ARE BETRAYALS. IF YOU ARE A YORUBA MAN, THEN YOU NEED STUDY WHY DID SUCH HAPPENED? WHERE ARE THE AKINTOLAS AND CO WHO DINE WITH THE NORTH IN TODAY'S YORUBA LAND ? YORUBA ETHNICITY IS A DIFFERENT GROUP ENTIRELY. IT IS EITHER YOU UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE OR REINTEGRATE YOURSELF TO ACQUIRING YORUBA'S FIRM IDEOLOGY. HOWEVER IF YOU AREN'T YORUBA , THEN YOU WON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE TO UNDERSTUDY YORUBA ETHNICITY FROM THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF LIFE.

thinkdip:
You hailed DSS when they arrested Judges and
also hailed them when they arrest Fayose's
aide. Now condemn DSS for writing against
MAGU, are you okay?

Let them mourn. MAGU who doesn't obey court order alongside his boss. Despite the rejection, I would not be surprised if MAGU continues to work in the capacity of “ACTING " EFFCC BOSS. But let them not worry because 2017 is gradually walking away.

OLAADEGBU:
With all the wickedness and atrocities of the Arabs I wonder why they still end up on the losing side.

The answer isn't farfetched because they aren't the chosen people of God. As Yoruba proverb depicts; Many are called but few are chosen(English translation). It simply show that God don't support such act of killing people who are harmless. They cut cut people's head to display as if they can create a SOUL. The almighty God whom YORUBA knows don't support killing for pride. How on earth will such people develop scientifically? If God grant such people power manufacture weapons of mass destruction, they will end the world population in a speed of lightning..

lordwar:
you're right but many people don't know this especially it unlimited features

You know Africans and the mentality of throwing things away instead to develop such products with enhanced productivity but nay we won't. The advent of more sophisticated machine phones and alternative in the Telecom sector made a lot of people think it is outdated but lacked the projection on the fact that once ITC improves, all the telecommunications gadgets will always be directly improved upon. Little do many people know its accessibility and timely capability. Even big companies hardly use anyone in Nigeria. They just make me laugh every time I hear of such or remember it .