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Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m): 9:44am On Aug 31, 2018
grin grin grin So it is hard for some people to understand divinity-as a form of inspiration to one's research cheesy? Do you even know how studied I am? Anyway ,I give glory to Eledumare, who is my God and who was the God of my ancestors and will always be the God of my descendants. Who is your God?

Okay,how did Orunmila had all the knowledge he encoded in Yoruba's IFA? I guess he wasn't divinely inspired grin angry ? Wonders never ends.

Anyway, I have screenshot the institute word for ‘water' because it seems you are making frantic effort to proof me wrong but you can't fight the information I display on here. I have done justice to the meaning of water and I can do to all word shared online by me,which is contrary to your self acclaimed knowledge, that can't differentiate between plural form and singular form of ‘water' which is ,‘mayim'or ‘mayeem'. Infact th mayim existed during the ‘late age '. Unfortunately, the non Western world speakers are the ones bringing out this information. grin grin to show to the world of the ancient language of Hebrew.

Stop chasing shadow and be humble to learn about ancient Semitic and ancient Egyptian language. You can look up egyptologists account on the web.

Lastly, I will not say to you, ‘ get a life grin grin ,' because you are the one who is struggling to stay afloat on this overwhelming information,which you got through me that you CANNOT know it exists in your lifetime .All thanks to divinity and research work .Give credit to me grin cheesy for exposing you to things your like minds and you don't know.
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
In as much as the people who feel the need to attack my personality are irrelevant to the reality and evidence to this thought provoking information being shared.Then I see no reason to stop informing the right mindset who need to be intellectually provoked to see reason that Yoruba as the people of old were emigrants to this present day Nigeria.

Categorically, there is no iota of doubt in my mind about the mystery of Yoruba Race,which researchers are trying to resolve through all form of Genealogy theories which include, Oral ,written and genetic-DNA link.

The western researchers kept bringing out information through hieroglyphs, pictographs, cuneiform inscriptions,but here, few elements think it is being emotional attached to Hebrew, which I laugh over reading their attack on my personality but little do they that attack on anyone's personality doesn't change the empirical and theory of ancient Yoruba language.

Hebrew: mi-mem-ma-mah (singular)
Meaning:water
Hebrew:mayim-mayeem(plural)
Meaning: any form of water,sea
Hebrew: yam
Meaning: sea

Yoruba: omi,àmi,ùmí
Meaning: water
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m): 8:42am On Aug 31, 2018
cheesy
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
hayoholla:
@ obalufonlll. Please let not degenerate to insult. we are all here to learn. no one knows it all. you are yoruba, neans you should know better than attacking your brother. Although, I dont agree sometimes with olu317 assertion in yoruba history. but I must say he is doing a fantastic and great job at unravelling our history bit by bit and sharing it here in this platform. That he qouted a scholar research paper does not means he is wrong and that does not makes you right either. we all have our divergent opinions on various issues based on the angles we sees it. I must say yoruba history is a very complex and knotty one due to a lot of dispersion, intermingling, migration and emigration, which makes it very difficult to agree at a consensus. no matter how right both of you are in your view, I still hold to my assertion that no scholastic view of the yoruba race is so sacrosanct that it should be taken as final. if you ask me, just take a look at the bickering between the olugbo and the oni different view of history of yoruba. The qulams is yoruba leaders and Kings has done little for the yoruba race to even reach an agreement on our origin largely due to the influence of religion and western influence. Please obalufonlll and olu317, call a truce. table your opinions like respectable yoruba men, else we become a laughing stock to others. thank you. omode gbon agba gbo li afi da ile ife.
Àwón àgbà pè ,‘ Iwà l'òbà àwùrè .Hmmmm I don't always engage people with who are emotionally attached to what they dont but uses negative terms because I wasn't brought up in that manner. Well, I belong to a generation that cane was the order of the day to straightened any erring child, so being a deep thinker before reaction has mastered my personality. So ,I am always careful because I don't know who is reading as it concerns here.

I must confess, I appreciate your concern over a lot of issue and obviously the person that attacked my personality is of the same ancestry with Olugbo....So I know where his strength lies and his hostility. And I don't expect everyone to agree with me as you had clearly stated but when it gets to negative words being used on me , I stop quoting such person when it degenerate to such state because if one need a defence line on a subject matter, references should be in numbers and not defamation of character.

You see, I am on this platform temporarily to inform and I don't have any intention to discredit my lineage or Yoruba history's account but germane questions are unanswered ,which made the history of Yoruba inconsistent. Take for instance, the following questions:

1. How can Yoruba and Ibos came from the same source and not known?

2. How can the list of all the kings before Ooni Odua not made public?

3.How come Ibos Igbo ukwu artifacts is older than Ileife's?

4. How come lamb serves this same purpose as the ancient Hebrew ?

5. How come Yoruba is the only group in subsahara that recognised Aries power ( Ram) as a symbol of royalty and still kill it for sacrifice ?

6. How come Yoruba language stand alone in southern Nigeria,even the Igala that shared semblance don't have strong affinity with the germane Yoruba lexicons?

7. How come Yoruba word are shared with far away people in middle east( ancient Hebrew,Arabs and Egypt?

8. How come Yoruba had knowledge of eternal knots ,which is also known as Solomon's knot stand as royal design in Yoruba world?

9. How can Orunmila ,who is the pioneer of Ifa's knowledge was not known by Ibos, Hausa and Nok people if it all started in Nigeria?

10. How come it is hard to interprete the hieroglyphs on oranyan's staff since over 1000 years?

11.How did they gave birth to Olofin Ooni and Obatala?

There are so many ‘how '... without answers. And when I make reference to scholar work,they use negative words.

12. How come Àarà is used for thunder in Yoruba land and not used in Hausaland,Igala,Borgu,Ibos , Fulani West Africa, subsahara Africa etc but has Semitic link?



These were some of the things I asked they should explain to us but instead they use negative words on me .
Lastly, I had stated previously that time will tell.


Regard
Culture › Re: Names Of Various Animals In Yoruba Language by Olu317(m): 11:25pm On Aug 30, 2018
godfatherx:
I have made my point, no further arguments, tiger is different from leopard.

What's Yoruba for Kangaroo, Koala or Panda?
I have no intention to deviate from the posting. I only made mention on the knowledge I had long time ago. K



Cheers.
Culture › Re: Names Of Various Animals In Yoruba Language by Olu317(m): 6:11pm On Aug 30, 2018
godfatherx:
Not all animals are named by English, they adopted native names too.
Contrary to your opinion, Èkun as a tiger's name had existed long before the arrival of Europeans/Colonial masters in Yoruba land. In fact, its skin is amongst the paraphernalia you find in the Yoruba's King's palace and also with Princes in the ancient time to show status.
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
absoluteSuccess:
Suddenly, life's got new meaning to me...

Baba 'beji, etoju awon ejire o, omo meji awon alaisiki omo, winninwinni loju orogun, ejiworo loju iya e' nba bejire inu mi adun o. Men you are blessed my brother. Oluwa awo wapo ooo. Nijelo, olugbodi ni mo koko bi o, olugbodi naa ni baba to bi emi naa l'omo. Ika mejila ni baba mi ni. Mii mo meaning Olugbodi o cheesy cheesy cheesy,

Ko easy lati je omokunrin o, aranse Olorun ni eniyan fi nje eeyan o, ti mo ba wo bi elomi se nsurvive nigba mi ehn, maa tun dupe temi. Eyi to daa ju (kamaa somi) ni ki eyan maa se business ara'e, kawon customer mawa tunwa. ko easy ko easy ni gbogbo araye kan nso.

Sugbon ti Olorun bati gbo adura eda, asiko iserere oluwae ti to niyen, but oun naa kode tun gbudo lo f'ayo fo o, if not, mo sorry gan, tori ki circle yen tun to wa, Olorun lo mo. Amosa, Alanu l'Olorun, Oba t'oun pese fun eye oju orun, a maa pese funwa lojojumo o, amin.

You know, already the idea has been firmly established, you can't always tell what news will break next that will further our understanding the more. But already, the truth is being gradually deciphered.

Yes, it is from Yorubaland and all Nigeria that God will reveal Himself in another dimension of biblical proportion in this end time, and the prophecy will come home to roost as written by Isaiah the prophet...

Arise, shine, for thy light has come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.

Isaiah 60.
Àshé oo. Ba' Ibèjí n jè oo cheesy . Ée édà n gbíyánjú ní nítorípè olorun ní nwo omo . Amó o bí éní tí o bì mí l'omo shè wo mí d'àgbà bée ní èmí nà à wo àwón omo mí l'àshé èdúmáàrè.


Éní'rè, àwón àgbà'gbà wípè ílè àyèe ílè oogùn ní.Bée ní ómó àrà'yè o fé'ní fo'ro àfí orí éní. This is the reality about the world we live in. Our ancestors were challenged too in the same manner as you ,I or anyone is on the path of revelation that is not known to anyone but given divinely.These people became the deities being honored and offering of ancestral sacrifices to as to connect to them. So ,your callling must not be ignored. Ájánákù kó já mo rí nkán fírí tí à bà ní à rí èerín kà ní à rí èrin. You are awesome cheesy


In as much as you are inspired by the divine power please do not ignore it because it will pay out once you don't quit. Má pé l'àyè Ojù mí o ní rí'bí, wà mú ókàn nínú é ní o. This is the life we all choose as humans for success or failure . I stongly beilieve your name will be written on the sands of time and God almighty will make you succeed no matter the challenges . Tí à ro ìbon àmà tún kíì ní.

There is something I will like to draw your attention toward and it is about being unique in what one does. Trust me there is a right time for everything and I am definite that your glory will spring forth like the way the morning springforth. Àfí àílà ójó bí ójó bà là áà là kèdèrè l'ashé èdúmáàrè àtí gbogbo éní ti o fé gbè yorúbà gàa .

Remain lifted forever

Cheers.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m):
Obalufon:
black Jews are treated like slaves in Israel go online read about it.. .Accept it ...why 're you covering the fact that the whites hate blacks.. is a known fact ..you can't change it..they 're born with the hatred And phobia towards black....
Let me clearly let you know the following:

1.Dont rush into issue to score a point because it is more complex than you think.

2. Have you see where I quoted in the Bible to nail the Darkskin-Pale Yellow complexion of The Ancient Hebrews from King James Version? They were not white but a variant Dark skin Race

3. The maltreatment of some of the darkskin people in Israel , was borne out of inferiority complex of some diehard Blacks, the Falashas( Ethiopians- Jews) that were transported from Ethiopia to Israel which begun around,1974 . The Bible say, be deligent in your work and you will stand among princes and not mean men . This has been the natural belief among Yorubas because it is inborne with Yorubas.

4. Th richest ethnicity in Africa is no other group than the Yorubas.Do you really think it is a fluke? The most recognise kings in Africa by the western world are Ooni and Alaafin. Do you think,it is by chance? Do you think the white wuldnt make mockery of Yorubas if Yorubas were like ‘ COMMON AFRICANS as some white-caucasians calls some Africans without respect grin grin grin . The information in the care of the western researchers is overwhelming ,which made them recognise Yoruba Race.

5. Unlike many other people in Africa,who are fearful, The Yoruba are accommodating because they see themselves as not inferior to any Race,which is the basis of the inquision on Yoruba people. Yorubas dont see anyone or Race superior to hers. In fact, during the colonial Era, Yorubas were said to be most developed ethnic group in sub sahara Africa.

6. Black Jews and Other Jews in Israel don't speak the ancient Hebrew, if you are interested in this history,you can check the period of the modern Hebrew language that developed ,over two centuries ago. And Ethiopia Jews are like the Ibos who claimed Jewish ancestry through oral but not strong evidence either through linguistic or archeology. Research carried out showed the Falasha were a convert through Ethiopia's Coptic link to Israel. The Falashas population was small,which made it easier for them to be uplifted to Israel gradually eversince 1974 or thereabout till 1980s. Funny enough, there are Yemeni Jews who were dark skin too. Have you read about them ?

Furthermore, check this link,which is provided by MetaPhysical;
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.tz1k9h view=1up;seq=1

Once you get to the link,go to search engine and type Yoruba. Once you do this, go to
pg37; it says, ‘Yoruba had commercial intercourse with Egypt, is rendered almost certain by the fact that "segi," a kind of ancient Egyptian beads, are dug from the earth at Ife and other places'.

The Bible says;

Proverb 22:29

King James Version
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

World English Bible
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.

The above biblical quote is the reason YORUBA RACE STOOD TALL AMONG ALL DARK SKIN ,EVEN DURING SLAVERY ERA. Today, the Yoruba Race is celebrated worldwide.

On a last note, what do you know about the myth of Yoruba account from ILEIFE that claimed even white descended from Yoruba Race? Kindly share your experience

Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
absoluteSuccess:
Just when you thought that you lonely,
and that your life is not well spent,
wake up tomorrow you gonna be,
living the right life.

-Seal.

Being the best at what you do means a recluse kind of life, you need loneliness to concentrate and decipher great many secrets that the ancestors will send to you. Many times you may even be enveloped with the thought that your quest may not be relevant afterall, but never give up.

When I did the post on Olokun, I was struggling and barely surviving and was seriously sinking in debt of not so much money. However, the tide turn when I got married and I'm doing just fine, hoping for the best that life can bring, praying not to go down on another downward spiral as usual.

cheesy cheesy cheesy

Thank God that you came on board, it gave me an ease and I believe you are God sent, God sent you to take over from me so I can concentrate on what I needed to do to put my house together then so I could have a home. My prayer is that God of Creation will send great help your way always.

My prince, you have also been choose by the ancestors like some of us here. may the good fortune reward your effort.

You will succeed.
Smiling while reading this piece of information that's heavily challenging considering your belief on my personality, which made me remembered three decades ago that my mom had a vision.......

Hmmmm, contrary to your believe in coordinating of your home through self effort, which is absolutely incorrect because, ‘no woman in every thousand(1000) is found to be good'(Ecclesiastes 7:28 ).Only God grants man with a virtuous woman(Proverbs 19:14) .Trust Eledumare , your home is already built on Olorun's foundation and you should only consolidate on it. And I do believe your wife knows your calling and supportive of it as regard the work you do and doing in showcasing the glory of Yoruba to the world.The
Yoruba people who were the chosen people of God because they were the ones God started to manifest himself in physical to the world.


As regard the duty call , I am not different from you nor others Sir, because being a husband and father isn't easy at all whichever way you look at it,especially,he that wants OMOLUIWABI children as descendants.Èemí olu317 ti o bèerè fún ókàn, tí èji lo wólè to mi wà,mo jùbáà. And see me not as someone who is taking the mantle from you because it is not possible because you are among the chosen and I am a mortal man with flaws ,who is learning from all of you that believe in this school of thought. Omodè gbón àgbà gbón ní wón fí dà'lé Ìfé .

We must walk the work to make it work because all have a role to play in this work. And I became part of this forum to support you,MetaPhysical and others that have Knowledge ,wisdom and understanding on this subject matter. Èlèdúmáàrè à fùn wà níi okùn àtí àgbárà làtí lèkè


Seal seal seal.....Nostalgic grin grin Unforgettable.... Billy Ocean's ‘Suddenly,' was my favourite, when I was really younger...

On a last note,‘winners never quit and quitters never
win'.


Cheers
Culture › Re: Inspection & Examination Of Yoruba And Its Footprints In Ancient Times. by Olu317(m): 3:18pm On Aug 28, 2018
@ MetaPhysical, have you knowledge of a known download link of this Journal or pdf's ? The information therein is useful for my work. So, I need a full copy of the Journal,preferably, the e-copy .




Regard.
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
Who exactly were the controversial Hebrew that had a culture that developed through Ethiopia, Nubians and Ancient Kemet?

First the story of Hebrew started with Abraham, the documented patriarch of Hebrew descendants. To know the history, we must find out the genealogy of Abraham ancestors before his descendants' and their complexion.

Who was Abraham's ancestor?

Abraham's father was Terah. And Terah's father was Nahor son of Serug , descent of Shem.
Terah who was relative of Nimrod was a merchant who sold Idols in the city of Ur . It is a widely known fact that Nimrod was the son of Cush. And Cush was the progenitor of Nubians and Ethiopians.
Both Nubians and Ancient Ethiopians were known as Black people, which made Nimrod a dark skin man.

Who was the Hebrew's ancestor ?

Since Abraham ancestor had being linked to a dark skin people ,then his direct descendants must have a dark skin traits. Abraham gave birth to Ishmael and Isaac's Lineage. According to the Biblical reference, he was the first to be called Hebrew,(Gen 14:13). He was said to had came from the land of Ur(ORR) of the Chaldeans (Gen13:13),which is in present day Iraq.

Who were the Chaldeans?
Godfrey Higgins, a reliable English antiquary says,‘The Chaldeans were originally Negroes'.
Professor Rudolph Windsor is in total agreement with this , which he stated in his very noteworthy book, ‘FROM BABYLON TO TIMBUKTU'. He wrote, ‘ The Chaldeans and of that Region were jet black in their complexion'. Today, Basra people are dark skin people indigenous in Iraq to proof this point.

Etymology of Ur of Iraq

The root word which is ‘ORR' that has been translated to mean fire oven. The name is a descriptive of the heat of the sun in that region with over 120 degrees. This location was also the ancient Sumerian civilization begun . The Sumerians called themselves ‘Saggig', which is interpreted as ‘black headed ones' because they shaved their heads .

A roman Historian, named Tacitus, who lived during C.E 90, said, ‘ Many assert that the Hebrew are a Race of Ethiopian Origin' .
This statement showed that the Hebrews were compared to a dark skin Ethiopians, who were Ham's descendants.
Historian and scholar J.A Rogers commented, For the Romans to have considered them(Hebrew) as Ethiopians is a clear indication of their color, because the Ethiopians are a known black People'.
Tacitus also said that the Hebrew were Egyptians, who left Egypt during a disease outbreak.

The testimony of the ancients, the scriptures, & many Egyptologists, along with archaeology confirms that the Egyptians during biblical times were a "BLACK" PEOPLE.

How are the Egyptian and Hebrew Black People?

The bible on multiple occasions describes the ancient Hebrews as looking like the Egyptians in physical appearance.

In Genesis chapter 50 verses 7-11, scripture will describes ALL the Hebrews as looking like the ancient Egyptians.
After Jacob (who's name was changed to Iseri(e)– Israel) died in the land of Egypt, all the Hebrews and Egyptians went down to the land of Canaan to bury him (He asked his son to bury him in the land of Canaan with his forefathers (Genesis 49:29-30).Verses 7-8; states that all the elders of Pharaoh's house and all the elders of the land of Egypt along with all the Hebrews (except for their small children) went down.

VERSE 9 says, "It was a very great company."

VERSE 11 says, that the Canaanite saw the funeral procession and said "THIS IS A GRIEVOUS MOURNING TO THE EGYPTIANS".
But, remember this was a mixed multitude of Hebrews and Egyptians going to bury a HEBREW, and the Canaanite identified them both as Egyptians.

WHY?
It is because, the Canaanite saw a great company of dark skinned people who all look like native (black) Egyptians.
If the Hebrews were a white skinned people, as we have been led to believe.

The Canaanite who were familiar with both the Hebrews and Egyptians would have acknowledged them both by saying, "THIS IS A GRIEVOUS MOURNING TO THE EGYPTIANS AND HEBREWS." Without doubt white Hebrews would have stuck out like a sore thump among the black Egyptians.

The Canaanites never Identified the Hebrews separately from the Egyptians. Since it was a Hebrew being buried you know the Israelites were the ones who were mourning the greatest. The Canaanites seen this and though those Israelites in mourning were Egyptians.The scripture says that the Canaanite named the place where they saw this great mourning for a HEBREW Abel Mizraim which means the meadow of Egypt/Mizraim or Mourning of the Egyptians.
In Conclusion; During the World War II in 1939–1945, the so called Jews who were in the prison camp didn't turn Turned Black as Coal as the ancient Hebrew did.

This doesn't mean some of the Europeans arent Hebrew descendants which was due to intermarriages but the ancient Hebrew had Colour as light skin tone,brownish to the darkest hue.

Below Biblical passages established this fact:

1. Job 30:30
(KJV)
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

2. Lamentations 5:10 King James Version (KJV)
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

3. Leviticus 13:36-37
(KJV)
verse 36 says,‘ the priest is to examine them, and if he finds that the sore has spread in the skin, he does not need to look for yellow hair; they are unclean.
Verse 37 If, however, the sore is unchanged so far as the priest can see, and if black hair has grown in it, the affected person is healed. They are clean, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.

4. Lamentations 4:8-10
(KJV)
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Lastly, for the inquisitives,who windup sentiments because some of saw and resaerched works that claimed Yorubas as being linked to Middle East,should read out the biblical record that had passed through great Empires,which stated the color of the ancient Hebrews.

Empire such as the following had record:

1. Kemet, the original name of Pharaoh's kingdom-Empire, which was changed to Egypt by the Greek.
The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek's Aegyptos, which was the Greek pronunciation of the Egyptian name ' Hwt-Ka-Ptah ' (which means "House of the Spirit of Ptah ", who was a very early god of the Ancient Egyptians

2. Assyrian Era

3. Babylonian Era

4. Persian Era

5. Greek Era

6. Roman Era






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Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m): 9:50am On Aug 28, 2018
absoluteSuccess:
I intended putting the last post and this one together but when I was making the composition, it was bedtime already, and have to respect my better-half. If you are married, may the best of the blessings in marriage be your portion, if about to, may you finding the most pleasing and endowed princess of your people, good sire.

As to your question, yes there is connection: there is an harmony in what the pedigree says and what Yoruba tradition consent with. The Awori were said to be 'omo oloko nile Iseri'. So the tradition is 'kafeso gunle si Iseri imole'. Don't forget, Iseri is Yoruba for ancient Israel. Then Awori as the group name implies that the land was discovered by the ancestors explorers who first came to inquire or survey the land.

These explorers came through the sea, hence the Awori were called omo iwaju oloko tii sowo, implying that money was used to bankroll the exploration of Yorubaland by the ancestors of old. Perhaps the ancient Yoruba navy were well remunerated. Then it follows that Alaje (Oduduwa) was a rich woman who paid for the exploration, she and her contemporaries were onoja: meaning, merchants.

Yorubaland was often refers to as Oja in ancient traditions. The term Aye l'oja orun nile is reminiscence of Yoruba migration from her origin to Yorubaland.
Good to know that you recognised that having a better half is important in every man's life. I admire your gut and the respect you shower on your madam. Albeit, Orísà jé n pèe mèjí obínrín o jé but a good wife is the one that sustains her home with her hard work, obedient to her husband and almighty God. Indeed peace reside with those who are the chosen ones. And to your question on my part, I am. Àmó o àtí kí ojè sí ba'oloshá lówó o wà kú bàbà éní tí nbó.


Cheers
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
absoluteSuccess:
There are concepts within the Yoruba language that we have not really decipher, and may be beyond the grasp of people without hold on Yoruba words and their interpretations. This is gold mine of time tested insights and secret, or historical codes for people versed in the deep knowledge of terms and application in Yoruba intellectual culture.

Contexts and Contents in Yoruba Language

Earlier on this thread, (my last post precisely) I did referenced my lineage's 'oriki', which is a concept in Yoruba intellectual culture. Let's say someone invented the oriki that became a fad at one time or the other, such a person is the original poet and a fad-inventor. The same poet was a wordsmith and a traditional historian conceptualizing Yoruba history of his era.

Who Is A Wordsmith?

A wordsmith is someone who coin a word that becomes part and parcel of syllables, lexis and structure of a language known to a culture. For instance, our wordsmith of old coined the term 'oriki'-which compresses the history and social attainment of the patriarchs of old to serve as 'memorial' for the incoming generation of their people. Such is the context that inform the concept.

What forms the content of oriki? Social attainments, glimpse of history, peculiarity of icon or historical character are the favorites of the traditional composers of oriki. They left behind vivid pictures for the household that if ponder upon will definitely give a glimpse of political or social history of the particular household in question.

Once upon a time, on my way to the library, I visited a restaurant to have my lunch. I saw a souvenir, a calendar printed for the burial ceremony of an old man. On it is the oriki of the man in question. Although all other lines were lost on me, but one line stood out and caught my attention, 'omo akaimeye irawo'. This means 'son of one who count the innumerable stars'.

Of What Significance Is Oriki?

Oriki indeed is one of the contents preserved in Yoruba language and one of the precepts of Yoruba intellectual culture. I still recites my ancestral oriki each time my niece visits me. Well one pastor was telling me I'm invoking ancestral spirit on my niece, I told him, my ancestors are good people, their spirit never haunt me. Its unnecessary to destroy everything we don't understand.

Oriki is an example of a context in Yoruba language. The verses that make up each householders' oriki is the content. Another context in Yoruba cultural tradition is Yoruba intellectual culture. In harmony, oriki is one of the subsets of Yoruba Intellectual Culture. Thus in my book, Yoruba Glorious Secrets, I did a chapter on Yoruba Intellectual Culture. But not on Oriki though.

It is noteworthy that names of cities were equally coined by great wordsmiths of the ancient Yorubas who have great knowledge of the history of their people. There is no city, town or village in Yorubaland without a thought invoking name. Lets take Ogbomosho for instance. Though, I never lived in the 500BC (?) that this city was founded but the Yoruba wordsmiths did.

Coding Of Historical Words

The duty of the wordsmith is to 'encode' a word in cryptic form. As a student of Yoruba intellectual culture, a would-be Yoruba wordsmith must be equally versed in both aspect of content - concept appreciation and context - consent decryption. I choose Ogbomosho because we've already talked about it earlier. The wordsmiths of old did have dexterity of word usage.

From the story, Soun Ogunlola beheaded Elemosho, so he was nicknamed Ogbori-Elemosho. When you consider the name Ogbomosho for instance, you'll see the signature that confirms this name as historical piece and not myth. The fact is that the city name is a contraption of two words: Ogbori and Elemosho, or put more aptly Ogbo[ri] and [Ele]mosho.

Thus from prefix and suffix, a name was coined by the wordsmith. There is no crime in getting to know those that encode Yoruba names and terminologies for different individuals, concepts and things, names that makes us wiser. We must therefore appreciate that within our culture in certain remote time, great wordsmiths once flourished and had beautify our language with meaningful terms and ideology.

Cc: Olu,
metaphysical,
Rosikki.

happy weekend, big family.
I actually did a slight verification of the advent of the western world oriki(genealogy).The western world surpased yorubas method which is basically on oral . While the missing aspect in the Oral Yoruba's oriki is the possibility of the ‘gap' in between the panegyric of the Yoruba ancestors which actually made it difficult to be able to pegged the ancestors of yoruba's history that predate the civil wars that took place in the time of Olofin Adimula and Obatal a,which a renowned researcher, Sussan Blier muddled up with the time of Oranmiyan and Obalufon Alayemore
which the date is uncertain because there is no written record of it,and the hieroglyphic of Oranmiyan has not been able to be uncoded. In fact, nisai claimed there more than four of such hieroglyphs.

A lot really need be done becuase Europeans researchers identify the class of genealogy as , oral tradition; the second, that in which certain pedigrees were committed to writing. The third stage comprises the period from approximately 1500 in western Europe and later in the English-speaking world, during which the whole basis of genealogy widened to such an extent that it is now possible for the majority of people in western Europe to trace their ancestry.Unfortunately Oral tradition and biblical sources. In the early days of civilization, before written records were made, oral traditions were necessarily important but in modern times,there are a lot that make genealogy more robust ,especially with the scientific angle. Without the art of writing, reliance must be placed on memory. And this placed reliance on memory is the reason for distortion and foul play many times.

I sincerely hope a lot will be done to understating the meaning of the orikis and the interpretation because I have seen so many words in many orikis even IFA corpus that its descriptive meaning is lost to the whirlwind.



Cheers
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m): 8:47pm On Aug 27, 2018
absoluteSuccess:
Hmm,

The bolded tho. I believe the ancestors have their ways of choosing us to do their bid and fortifying us with the keen spirit to find resources to that end. I havent confirm my link with Obalufon, which Crowther define as the God of peace. I know you are referring to the spirit of prophecy in the song I once shared about the disciples of Oduduwa, in the Sheba thread. Its the prophecy of our ancestors, and it will come to pass at the fullness of time.

We have about three or four Igas (homestead or quarters) at Isale Ado, namely Itako, Ilaje, Isolo, Ileba: they are about one of the earliest places in Yorubaland. Ilaje are the custodians of Oduduwa Temple, of which Ado is famed in the 19th century.

Albeit, I'm rather from Iga-Isolo, we are affiliated to Ileba, (the land of Eber, which is the root word for Hebrew) and our lineage are the
'Owun-Olowonrin' meaning 'the custodians of 'the tradition of migration'. 'Owun' in Awori dialect is 'awon', which in Yoruba implies 'people' and Olowonrin 'handlers of the migrants'. Therefore, its the house of the handlers of Yoruba migration tradition.

Owonrin did feature in Ifa copus, and it is derived from ancient Yoruba migration tradition. It is also the traditional name for Lagos Island, Awonrin, which is clearer to decipher as 'awon-orin' meaning those that migrated. Till date, the Egun refers to Lagos as 'Ahonrin' which is yet a corruption of the word Awonrin.

Oriki
Omo Eleba Ori, scion of one pertaining to Eba the Seer,
Omo Ori Onoja Osan, scion of the Seer, merchant of daylight.

Stay bless bro.
Quite informative.
Culture › Re: Inspection & Examination Of Yoruba And Its Footprints In Ancient Times. by Olu317(m): 8:32pm On Aug 27, 2018
MetaPhysical:
The link below connects to a journal now archived with Hathi Trusts but originally produced by Harvard University. It contains scholarship work with scientific proof of common origin between Yoruba, Egypt and Coptic. The scholars explicitly rejected all ideas of coincidence between the three and firmly acknowledged co-origin.

When the page loads and you are in the Hathi archive you can find work on Yoruba by typing Yoruba as a keyword in the search field. The navigation through search results is easy and you can connect back to the main journal with no problem.

This is general to everyone interested but particularly to Olu who has pushed this idea tenaciously.


https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.tz1k9h;view=1up;seq=1
I have seen it and will study it patiently.



Respect bro.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 8:08pm On Aug 27, 2018
Obalufon:
thanks i will give it a try i will know if i'm monkey or not as whites claim
Where exactly did white men called Yoruba as monkey? Hmmm,this is indeed more serious than I had thought.
Culture › Re: Names Of Various Animals In Yoruba Language by Olu317(m): 6:57am On Aug 27, 2018
godfatherx:
"Lokili" is dog in Ondo language, Ondos take is that the name "aja" is not dignifying enough for dog which is a staple food for them.
Oh k.Thanks. I was just wondering if there is more to the name ‘Lokele' or ‘Lokili' before it was called Àjà apart from your information

Anyway, thanks again.I appreciate.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 9:59pm On Aug 26, 2018
Obalufon:
Bob Marley father was white he supposed to be legitimate white man biologically through paternal ancestry but white hatred would not let it be so... once you have a black ancestry or black blood running in your vein you are automatically considered a person of color AKA black Sambo coon laugh...talk about white scientists and scholar racist theories that full the books you built your intellect on ... White are racist admit it please they don't love us...
What about the founder of ford? was his father not white too? Bro, there things beyond all of us .The man was born of a white father and black parents.Mind you, the white have never disowned Bob Marley because till the end of time, the same white bring up idea of selling Bob Marley's to their world. In fact, Bob Marley descendants are ripping this their legendary Father. India hemp, has been legalised by some States in America and Canada too.

Sir, it is not about loving us because he who show love ,will definitely be loved. There are 1000+1 Nigerians that are married to white ladies and some white even came to prostate to their Yoruba Inlaw grin. I didnt shy away that some Nigerians do it for resident papers while some do it genuinely, especially the well educated ones. So ,reality is before us all and not to be filled with hate .

Let me ask you, how did Ajoke onibread whose real name is Jumoke Orisaguna became a worldwide model and famous after TY Bello and group took her photoshot grin grin?
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m):
Obalufon:
read more and black american history jim crow law ...Olu you love the white ,,i guess you have not been bitten before by these crackers ..if a white male sees you with white lady in Europe they get extremely upset some would be so irritated to the extent they would walk up to you to give a racial slur , ...Be warned most white ladies marrying black male is for their huge penis white ladies are adventurous schizophrenic in nature they love to try out new things they love the beast , Beauty and Beast Fantasy ..what you do you expect white ladies keep their canine friend"or pet ""Dog"" as conjugal partner ...
You are quite funny with your reference because great numbers of white men hated the Color community in the United States as you have mentioned doesn't mean other white didn't support Black community. I am sure you know about the south and North in America's history.

Do you know the owner of Ford had a color ancestry?
The C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a carriage building firm , and the first African American-owned automobile manufacturer. The company was founded by Charles Richard Patterson, who was born into slavery in April 1833 on a plantation in
Virginia. His parents were Nancy and Charles Patterson.

Do you know Martin Luther Jnr had great white supporters, that some work without being paid?
Here is Stanley David Levison who was born in New York City on May 2, 1912, to a Jewish family.He had initially been introduced to King by Bayard Rustin, a Quaker , in New York City in 1956. Though King had offered to pay Levison in exchange for his help, Levison refused on every occasion, as he believed "the liberation struggle is the most positive and rewarding area of work anyone could experience."

What about Bob Marley's father?
Norval Sinclair Marley (1885–1957) was a Jamaican Marine famous for being the father of the reggae musician Bob Marley. Born in Jamaica to Albert Thomas Marley, who was from Sussex in England, and Ellen Broomfield, a Syrian Jewish Jamaican. He traveled to England where he joined the British Army in August 1916 at Liverpool, enlisting in the Labour Corps (Home Service); he had previously been employed as a Ferro-Concreter in Cuba. Marley’s mother Cedella Malcolm (later Cedella Booker) began her romance with Captain Marley, a colonial supervisor, when he was sixty years old and she was merely seventeen.Norval Marley’s family was made up of white Jamaicans from the parish of Clarendon. He was relocated for work purposes to St. Ann where Cedella had grown up and resided.She gave birth to their son , Robert Nesta (Bob) Marley on 6 February 1945. No other children arose from this relationship. The couple split after a short time. Bob Marley, at his own admission, never really came to know his father.Bob was about ten years old when Norval Marley died of a heart attack in 1957.

How on earth can you be so sure that sex was the reason for white ladies having affair with Color men? grin ...I wish you know a lot about human psyche to understand this what love can do to the Heart of great men.

The great men that I have mentioned made difference in millions of lives with their impeccable achievement in human history. How do you want to be remembered Sir?

As I have said,I don't hate white nor anyone because we all are humans. So my school of thought won't change likewise those in my fold, even at the slightest provocation from anyone.


Cheers
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 3:22pm On Aug 26, 2018
Obalufon:
Yeah you are spiritually enlighten enough not to be controlled or influenced by emotional world but reality will always stand you just can't change that fact .I understand is hard to accept the reality after centuries of repression and forceful imposition of pale skin messiah and Angels on us dark skin hatred toward devil and demons. You can only change reality from within .. I am not hating just trying to awaken consciousness to see the truth.. White race are born racist is genetics they are scared of blacks..you may claimed not all white are racist yeah maybe some that are genetically superior among them but they are few they are less than 5% of their total population, they are considered sick by the majority of whites .. it was considered bestiality having sex with blacks and it was a crime in the 40s ...white are bestial in nature they copulate with animals they are sick people ..their love to me is bestial love nothing more. Same love they have for animals but once you're trying to equate yourself with them they will hate you with passion they will try everything to bring you down ..Middle east the Arab world are trying to reclaim their lost glory but white will never allow them to..Iran North korea China was able to break the psychological shackles read the History of China opium war you will know how this white devils operate play the fool to them the old good sambo they will love you somuch
My dear brother, I can see where you are coming from but I still insist that betrayal or feeling of supremacy isn't one sided but universal. As you know, the same views is always replicable even in Nigeria or the African world at large.

On love aspect, I guess you mean the US, but your information isn't correct because statistically mulattos are basically mixed Race of Color and White ancestry. The educated Color America preferred marrying white ladies, do you also call that beastly too? What about Latin America where Yoruba descendants survived as Mulattos and color Race.

Like I had said,there is no way,one can loose foresight of evil minded people but your % is far too weird. Èyìnkúlè l'otá wá ìnúlè ní àshèní n gbè (The evil ones that does harm in one's household is greater than the enemies in the public.

All I can say,is that let us make friendship across the borders,especially amongst those that value humanity.
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
Poorly studied aren't so scarce to know but always regurgitating over frivilous issue grin ,when the Western scholars are already reconstructing the ancient time by deciphering hieroglyphs , pictographs ,cuneiform,etc of to connect to the past,which was the basis for ancient form of documenting information and writing

Pity can't pity self because pity don't understand what pity stands to benefit when pitied...


Gravement drôle
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m):
Obalufon:
The fact still remains the white don't give a hoot about you ..you will always be seen as inferior to them no matter how hard you try to equate your self to them in their own knowledge no matter how brilliant you are you will still be seen as a monkey they do this for self-aggrandizing a delusion of grandeur to justify their evil act and superiority over blacks which is false believe, the most dumbest person have ever met in this world is a white man, they are so dumb they measure IQ based on their own knowledge.. they will do anything to justify this believe by repressing the black race through internal conflict and war ,biological war . Some one has to play the role of the slave and some one the master ..Do you want to be the slave ? Olu you are very intelligent guy you know the truth but you chose to shy away from it despite the awful things the whites has done to the blacks which they are still doing . white man's library is filled with hatred and racism towards blacks ..
Bro, I don't shy away from reality about human hatred toward humanity. And there is no part of my argument that some white supremacists don't play the hate card but does this mean,all white do such? In as much that Knowledge and invention rules in the world we live today as it was in the past,then this is a passing phase .

If German who were a mixed Assyrians group could kill 6000,000 or so Jewish group,then it is more than white hating Africans. Read the Mystery of Ages (1985), "The Assyrians settled in central Europe, and the Germans, undoubtedly, are, in part, the descendents of the ancient Assyrians." (p. 183). In this, Armstrong draws upon the opinions of Herman L. Hoeh, published in his 1963 Compendium of World History to know more about German ancestry. If I ask you if you had knowledge of the number of people that The Color Pharaohs of Kemet-Ethiopians-Thebes-(The land of Ammon-Amun) killed when Egypt ruled the world? Yet,when Roman-Greek subdued Egypt, their history weren't wiped out but today ,Egypt history is almost wiped out if not Europeans.... The same way Nigeria is trying to wipe out history from different group in present day Nigeria's foundational schools.

Until you and many others realise that the greatest enemy of the color people arent the white per say but the Persian that converted to Islam and used the sentiment of religion and fought even the so called white for a thousand of year . They still do today so much that they erased the history of Africans when Islam took control of Egypt after the Roman-Greek group were chased away,except few ones . The Roman-Greek group in Africa gave ; Egypt 's river and connectiont to valley,( both lower Nile and Upper Nile) the
name known as ‘NILE', which is etymologically of Greek origin and not Kemet or Ethiopians. The word " Nile "comes from Greek Neilos (ὁ Νεῖλος). Neilos came from the word "river valley". In the ancient Egyptian language, the Nile is called Ḥ'pī or iteru, meaning "great river", represented by the hieroglyphs shown above (literally itrw, and 'waters' determinative). Despite this, All powerful Kingdoms killed million of people but didn't erase tthe subdued history. I am sure you know the history of Turkey was of christian backgroup after the were converted through preaching but both Turkey and Spain lost to Islam dominance because Islam didn't allow the non believers to stay,which brought the revolt that made the advanced moors became expelled from the European Region.

I had to dig deep as this to show you that no one or group is monotonous over dominance and hatred but Africa people who held the power in Egypt were subdued and all groups in her dispersed because of religious conflict. The Color people who migrated to Europe in the ancient still have their historical link to them despite different regions. Have you for once see Persian of mixed that's known as Arab today ever wrote about their Color people connection? I bet it is ‘Between the devil and the deep blue sea' . And in between, Color people married the white 99% times than Arabs of today. I guess the truth is within you.


There is no iota of doubt that I know a lot of people want to be supremacist in life even on NL,especially some Yorubas that won't tolerate others because of superior opinion from others which is hinged on two reason: Religious belief and Pseudo Advanced Knowledge. Where have these people left their IFA orientation? A religion that strongly recognise patience,endurance, love,perseverance etc that is found in the Bible, so also found in the Quran. Today, the western world are trying so hard to dig into the past but can't do it as a lone group in reshaping history from THE WORLD'S MOTHER LAND,through hieroglyphs pictographs etc,which forms the advanced knowledge ,that is different from today's but the slumbering Africans,who are the selected few choose hatred filled hearts to proof their annoyance. Have also not seen different videos that went viral where some color Africans were killed and easten in part of Asia? Anyway, until the right group in Africa can stand up to form alliance with other group situated in the three corners of the world, then our fear and hatred will disappear.

Lastly, I know what ‘hate' means but does not take hold in me because I control my emotional world and when heavily challenged,I look up to the God of my ancestors for the solution.


Cheers.




Cheers
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 11:34pm On Aug 25, 2018
Sinistami:
God Forbid what is this?
God forbid? This is a tradition of an ethnic group when they get married, so that there won't be a cheating partner through this solemnization of the couple
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 11:31pm On Aug 25, 2018
Sinistami:
God Forbid what is this?
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 10:51pm On Aug 25, 2018
Obalufon,can this people be linked to Yoruba ethnicity? My point is that, there different people that made up Africa. So, kindly change your perspective about the world as solely in Africa. Eledumare dont nor didn't make mistake but human being did and still do .

Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 10:28pm On Aug 25, 2018
Obalufon:
We are in Race war.. . The sooner we realize it the better for us . problem of Africa is self hatred we are struggling as much as possible to be white as possible which is not possible ..self realization is what we need we are special people
I beg to disagree with you sir.There is no where Africa is or was in a hatred war. Kindly stop such notion about the way you see Africa. In fact, no one called Africa a continent until the Europeans gave Africa the name. So, I don't believe in what you think because I dont hate. Trust me, I am exactly the way I type info online.

Secondly, anyone who look down on himself or herself does so because of complex issue and I guess you don't do so. If you are willing to know,no one see you as inferior except the ones that sees you as a threat to them.Have you not read how Yoruba genes is found in many part of the world? I do hope you know

Thirdly, I hope you know Africa is a complex Continent because many kind of ethnicity lives in it. And I see myself as a human before anyone and proud of my ancestors heritage whom the world attached link to their ancestry.

Fourthly, if you think,it is self hatred,why did the Israel considered themselves as linked to colour people,despite the fact,that there is doubt about the Ethiopia Jews,that live in Israel today? Well, I used Israel as a case study because she is the only Race that is said to be associated with many ancestors as Yoruba's. This group history is one of the most documented in human history.

Fifthly, I am not one of those that easily fall prey to ideology without concrete evidence and until I am convinced enough with all possible methodology to proof this hatred, of self exist ,except envy from poor etthnicities against others in Africa,which is universal.

On a last note, I will post an ethnic group in Africa, and tell me if this is a group that had any link with Yoruba. The point here is that civilization had been with Yorubas for uncountable centuries . And this is basis for Yoruba's greatness .


Regard
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m):
Moorish:
Egbon

E Yin ni very wise Sage

I must learn this holy language by force and by fire cheesy
If you want to learn Middle East language, kindly dont learn the modern Hebrew because it was developed from Roman and Greek after the conquest of Juda but the ancient Hebrew will do the magic . And this will make you say wow at the possibility of so many thingsHebrew language as a mother tongue was revived in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Modern Hebrew used Biblical Hebrew morphemes , Mishnaic spelling, and Sephardic pronunciation. Many idioms and
calques were made from Yiddish . Its acceptance by the early Jewish immigrants to
Ottoman Palestine was primarily due to support from the organisations of Edmond James de Rothschild in the 1880s and the official status it received in the 1922 constitution of the British Mandate for Palestine . Jews from Arab lands introduced many loanwords from Arabic (e.g. na'ana , zaatar , mishmish,
kusbara , ḥilba , lubiya , hummus , gezer , rayḥan, etc.). The words gerev (sing.) / garbayim (pl.) are now applied to "socks," a diminutive of the Arabic ğuwārib ("socks"wink.Ben-Yehuda codified and planned Modern Hebrew using 8,000 words from the Bible and 20,000 words from rabbinical commentaries,which developed through Roman language and Greek's. And over 60% of Arabs have a good understanding of Hebrew. I feel challenged seeing the possibility the role of Yoruba ancestors to have played in shaping middle East history via Spiritual and scientific development.This is the reason the Israel community in Middle East or the world in general are searching for the lost tribe of Israel and cannot deny their link to Black Africans..
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
0balufonlll:
Loooooooooool wow! What school did you go to?

- The Professor highlighted major technical flaws, a lot of them in the work grouped in three parts & you call them ‘slight’? cheesy

- You keep talking about books & you haven’t cited one work. Not one. How many books have you read, list 10. No, I’ll make it easy 5. I’ll wait.

- I need to travel? Damn, abeg where have you been? Let us begin from there. Nairaland people nor go kill me. cheesy

- Arabs are part of Yoruba too? Jesu! Why do you keep exposing yourself as a poorly read person, my brother, why? While Arabs formed part of palace courts in Northern Emirates, they were itinerant preachers in Oyo. At a particular point, they were rounded up & killed. Read Clapperton’s journal. Ilorin & Kuwo took Islam/Arab culture later. 500 years back, Islam was in Iwo & Arabs were absent. Arabs did not begin to move down here until after Ilorin Jihad had succeded.

- What school did you go to again? ‘Using linguistic as a deterrent’ wow. You obviously failed to see that your Lucas crossed over into linguistic and has to be dealt with in linguistic. So your man’s work should be given a pass? Wow, Naija universities sha. cheesy. So to you technicalities & methodologies of every field should be ignored & the formula for solving a math equation should not matter as long as the answer is correct, right? grin

- Uncle, even 4 people from like 4 generations back & further can hardly trace their trees & siblings. So, using your logic, they came from Middle East too? grin. Are you like a non-Yoruba who is on a mission to ruin Yoruba ancestral records or what?

- If you were indeed on a divine Yoruba mission, you would know Awo is an essential part of Yoruba history & language. You should join one in your hometown, it will expose you to a lot of things.

Finally, if at the end of your entire work someone asks you about the methodology you used to guide you through, what would you say? grin

Don’t forget to list the books.
So,the ‘slight ', I used brought all this your opinion? grin...Oh k oo.Hold steadfast to your views with non beyond Odua and Obatala's lifetime in cosmopolitan ILEIFE during their time.

Why ask for books to be cited by me? I don't think I have such time anymore because you are basically not widely read. Trust me ,you aren't. But know it ,that YOU HAVE NO ANSWER TO ANY of the questions on Obatala's ancestors or Odua's. This should be your concern.

So, you don't know that Ilorin was a cosmopolitan too? grin grin . It is really disheartening reading this from the professor of yoruba history himself grin grin cheesy,about palace servants that usurped Afonja authority... Get book on Ilorin to feed your eyes . In the meantime, Ilorin community became culturally multifarious following the influx of a multiplicity of other cultural and sub-cultural groups so much that by the time civil strife occurred between Afonja and Shehu Alimi`s Jama`a about 1807 or thereabout, the combined population of the Jama`a in Gambari, Fulani and Okesuna areas who were mainly non-Yorubas had greatly exceeded that of the Kakanfo`s compatriots who were confined to Idi-ape and its environs, including Dada.
It is incontrovertible, for instance, that at the time of Shehu alimi`s arrival in Ilorin, the area now called Alanamu and Ajikobi wards were sparsely inhabited. The areas were opened up later for settlement by some Yoruba members of the retinue which accompanied Shehu Alimi to Ilorin under the leadership of Usman and Se`eni who afterwards became Balogun Ajikobi and Balogun Alanamu respectively.
It was a massive influx of people of assorted cultural background, after Islamic governance had been firmly established, that conditioned the demographic size, composition and texture of Ilorin. With the resultant ethnic and cultural heterogeneity, Islam became the common denominator and the only unifying factor. It facilitated inter-mingling, socialization and integration among the various peoples.
Consequently, a unique Islamic culture, into which the diverse cultures melted, emerged. However, the infectious Yoruba language became the lingua franca.
The consequent submergence of all other languages into Yoruba gives an illusory impression of monolithic culture by obscuring the cultural pluralism inherent in the Emirate, particularly in Ilorin, where a substantial proportion of the indigenous population is anthropologically non-Yoruba.
For example, the following non-Yoruba families randomly sampled in the seemingly Yoruba-dominated “Oke Imole” no longer bear their original non-Yoruba identities. This illustrates the depth of cultural assimilation that has occurred and gives a deceptive impression of the ethno-cultural complexity of Ilorin.
The core families in Agbaji namely; Ile Saura, Ile Aburo, Ile Baba Sa`are, Ile Agoro and Ile Imam Agbaji were originally Sudanese Arabs from a town called Ar-Baji on the Blue Nile. So also were the ancestral parents of the people of Ile Ara-Agbaji at Masingba, Oke Imole. Ile Hejebu, Ile Singini, Ile Oloko, Ile Oniko, Ile Ada-Ara and Ile Majo are extensions of the core families in Agbaji.
Members of Ile Ibrahim Bature at Oke-Apomu are Arabs by origin. They migrated to Ilorin from Agades from Niger Republic. The Ojibara family in the same area is of Fulani descent. They initially sojourned in Borno before they migrated to Ilorin finally.

Deal with the truth! Odua was a migrant as well as many others.

Cheers
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
0balufonlll:
Olu317

I hope you’ll notice the adjectives the professor used in qualifying your man Lucas & his work. You do know you are doing the same thing Lucas did & the same adjectives apply to you/your work & others foraging into Linguistics untrained? grin

I leave you now.

Enjoy.
grin grin I know about this criticism and slight flaws in comparison of certain error about Olumide's researched work. And as usual, it can't be taken away from his claimed Origin of Yoruba as Egyptians because, some Yoruba had knowledge of this. Funny enough Yoruba are groups of people of different ancestry that became unified. This is the bitter truth and Odua squad are the majority grin grin grin, which many shy away from this truth.Do you even think the Arabic lexicon found in Yoruba land were as a result of Islam? cheesy cheesy! You really need to get grasp of books and visit places to see the bitter truth,staring at you. Have you forgotten Arabs are part of Yoruba too? Kindly go to Ilorin,Kuwo etc. Like I had said, it is greater than you or I. What is required of you, is to contribute your quota via research. cheesy

Using Linguistic as a deterrent to Dr. Olumide's researched work showed exactly where Africans lacked the pedigree to understanding the world at large. How many among the western researchers were linguists in 1800 century that begun to group African languages indescriminately grin? Intead of more devotion by other researchers to do more on this work for criticism and more finding,on the possibilities of migrants status of many yorubas through the eyes of Olumide's work in the 1940s that the man saw what, not many of his contemporaries saw except the Western Researchers.
Many western researchers said these, even , Dierk Lange said this in his book in recent past . What a people angry! in Yoruba land.

Funny enough there is no account to showed any of the so called great men of the cosmopolitan ILEIFE in the ancient time had known ancestors and how they were born grin grin grin. Perhaps you know them? Kindly share and don't say it is classified as Àwo... grin grin :There are inconsequential perspective that keep trying to show as a support for your defense. Even Sussan Blier said my own ancestors worshipped ‘sungod'.Is this not enough for you to be provoked in your spirit? I guess you don't understand and can't. Bro, kindly go into research work to write from your own belief if you can.


On a final note,whatever I chose to work on is solely divine because you arent contending with me or I against you. Trust me, it is on a futile mission.

This is my world......


Cheers
Culture › Re: Igbo And Yoruba Share The Same Ancestors by Olu317(m): 9:23am On Aug 25, 2018
igbodefender:
Olukumi is am ancient Igbo language of the Igbo Aborigines of Ile Ife (Uhe).
If you say so but Olukumi didnt migrate from ILEIFE directly but Akure-Owo axis. You can verify their documented history from their people or from their royal court.
Perhaps you know the meaning of Olúkúlúkú in Yoruba land?
Culture › Re: Yorubas Are Moors by Olu317(m): 7:51am On Aug 25, 2018
Moorish:
You mean ur of the Chaldean ?

You are quite knowledgeable
Yes Sir, it is the chaldean's ur,that had been destroyed. To know all these things ,one need to read these people's history and comparing the semblance in names of inhabited places by Yoruba ancestors in the past as well as today's, while the oral history passed through generation to generation by on Yoruba's account of destruction of their ancient city called ‘Orù'.

Trust me, a well studied man in human history or any chosen field, isnt knowledgeable but the ability to question both rational and irrational angle of the world we live . While critics will always look for flaws and waste their time instead of them to improve on themselves. You see,one of the greatest mistake that always lead to backwardness is inability to discourage hatred toward people ,color or Race, with see as enemies. Until a lot of different people in Africa continent realise this, self development will always be a scarce commodity in this great Continent,which has 90%+ of world Resources in her.

This world is held in the hands of those who are fearless and have zeal to dare because the Earth has its FORCE and SECRETS. Discovery is what give the special ones advantage over others, which is the reason the Western world surpassed the many kingdoms of ancient times that only live on past glory.

On my own case of being knowledgeable, I am not better than you or anyone.


Cheers
Culture › Re: Yoruba Hebrew Heritage by Olu317(m):
absoluteSuccess:
There are things that I want to call your attention to, bro Olu, as it would be useful to you now or later.

there are people with the 'Jurasic Park' mentality to Yoruba history. To them, our history must be reconstructed in the same way scientists reconstructed the life of the dinosaurs before their extinction. But the point is, who saw the dinosaur when it was alive?

Why do men feel comfortable that that's the way a dinosaur look? Because most have conformed to the 'infallible claims of science'. But, have you ever seen the dinosaur? No, but you believe it exited. Have you ever see leviathan? No, what of dragon?

Education is also like religion, it has its dogma, you are meant to believe what you can't see, but the 'educated' person buys it without question once it comes wrapped in science. The conformists establish the idea as the fact of creation.

Science has its facts, fictions, myths and theories, some without proofs just yet. But some people's reality revolve around these fiction, myths etc as facts as long as its scientific postulation. Now how developed is archaeology in this country?

Some Yoruba folks are waiting for archaeologists to come and tell them about the history of Yoruba. Well, lets wait for the white man inasmuch as we have conformed to their standards. But however long it takes, they will definitely come to us.

And when they do, what would they be talking about? fossils. So, lets wait for the fossils that will unlock the Yoruba history to be dug out from the deep. Then the conformists would laugh at last from excitement at final blow on pseudo-history as they call it.
Wisdom is rarely scarce but to whom is given, they are called divine. I respect you as an Obalufon descendant because you are chosen amongst the godmen.
On what you inferred, do I have knowledge on but I chose to expose the educated illiterate who have not done anything but self opinion to justify their cases. A shame on them because all lettered people who stumbled on this,will definitely know who is informing on the the reality and truth via evidence.
Whoever quote me amongst them,I'll not reply anymore because they are knowledged people but dehydrated .Seriously, I don't have problem with criticism but do it with radiocarbon evidence, researched refetenced eork or archaeological evidence to disprove me opinion.

The well studious hearts aren't too scarce to know while foolish people litters everywhere,which make them fizzle out easily. When I read your statement on your meeting with a senior writer on your post about your book,then I saw the depth and how far you have gone to do the right thing on showcasing the wealth of Yorubas as a great people because publication of book isn't easy as it seems.Good work bro,kudos.

Bro,there is something I desire to draw your attention toward, which is on archeological and hieroglyphs finding which isn't anybody's fault but Yorubas because they discouraged the western researchers with their inconsistencies on oral information which made many western historians withdrew their funding. Trust me ,wrong people wrote many things and contradicted themselves.

Today, few people thought Olumide Lucas was wrong because of criticism by less than 10s out 100s scholars. Funny enough, he was right about the evidence of ancient Egyptian lexicon present in Yoruba's, which was buttressed by an African writer from francophone nation known as Philade Leo and discovery by ‘ Abarim publication' etc. I had to mention this because of these students who want to learn from me by force and fire grin grin

Let me share a Roman word that is found in Yoruba land through migration from Egypt.

Roman : Sangi
Meaning: blood

Yoruba: shéjé
Meaning: bleeding( blood)
Itsekiri-Yoruba : Sangi
Meaning: blood

Dead heads won't understand because few ones are dead heads and in minority.

On a final note, I will continue to post the useful information for whoever cares to see the non aboriginal status of Odua squad as I have proven with scholarly reference and 21st century evidence



Respect to you bro

Cheers

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