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Music/Radio › Re: What Music Are You Listening To Right Now? by Olu317(m):
Konquest:
Olamide ft Wizkid - "Kana" [Official Video] 4:55mins
Released: June 2018



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJ4vkDa5rI


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Olamide and Wizkid - "Kana" [Official Audio] 3:29 mins


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxyay4m584Y


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Olamide ft Wizkid - "Kana" [Official Dance Video] #16 Best Dances 10:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VegjzGZy7tw


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Nice vibes... grin
Nice vibes but I find it surprising when Wizkid didn't feature in person in the video but voicing only. These young men are just too unpredictable with the way they go about being featured on musical videos. If Wizkid featured in person in the video shot,it would had added more value to it
Culture › Re: Igbo And Yoruba Share The Same Ancestors by Olu317(m):
Rossikki:
LANGUAGE SIMILARITIES


Igbo Yoruba

Onu (mouth) Enu (mouth)

Imi (nose) Imu (nose)

Nti (ear) Eti (ear)

Gini (what) Kini (what)

Mbala (backyard) Abala (backyard)

Iba (fever) Iba (fever)

Agba (calabash) Igba (Calabash)

Okute (stone) Okuta (stone)

Aga (barren) Agan (barren)

Ise (amen) Ase (amen)

Ejime/Ejima (twin) Ejire (twin)

Osi (he said) Oso (he said)

Ka (big) Ga (big)

Siri (said) Soro (said)

Miri (water) Omi (water)

Odinma (it is good) Oda (it is good)

Ewu (goat) Ewure (goat)

Awi (grey hair) Ewu (grey hair)

Okunrin (man) Okenye (man)

Obinrin (woman) Aborun (woman)

Owambe (it is there) Onoeba (it is there)

Eniyan (person who..) Onye (person who...)

Were Eniyan (mad person) Onye Ara (madness)

Enyin (elephant) Erin (elephant)

Dimkpa (strong man) Igiripa (strong man)

Wambi (come here) Bia eba (come here)

Kurombe (go away) Puoneba (go away)

Kene (greet) Ki (greet)

Alusi (the gods) Orisa (the gods)

Ifufu (wind) Efufu (wind)

Nata (return) Pada (return)

Ofe (soup) Obe (soup)

Nwu (die) Ku (die)

Anwu (sun) Oorun (sun)

Ebe (place) Ibi (place)

Akpara (basket) Akpere (basket)

Ifena aku (what time it is) Akoko (time)

Aru (abomination) irira (abomination)

Ebe kibi (where do you live?) Ibo longbe (where do you live?)

Giwa kwan (and you?) Iwo nko (and you?)

Udu miri (water pot) Odu omi (water pot)

Ebe (where?) Ibo (where?)

Let it ( ko) Let it (ko)




Yoruba Are 99.9% Genetically Identical To Igbos – Study


Genetic research finds that there is little genetic difference between most African ethnic groups and less so when they are closer together. A study published in the Bio Medical Center found there was little evidence for significant population substructure in the four major West African ethnic groups, the Yoruba and Igbo of Nigeria and Akan and Gaa-Adangbe of Ghana.


The findings, according to the team, “although not entirely surprising given the geographical proximity of these groups, provide important insights into the genetic relationships between the ethnic groups studied and confirm previous results that showed close genetic relationship between most studied West African groups.”

The study was conducted by Adebowale Adeyemo, Guanjie Chen2, Yuanxiu Chen and Charles Rotimi of the University of Ibadan, National Human Genome Center and Howard university. Analysis of Molecular Variance, AMOVA was used.

Adebowale et al made the shocking discovery that whereas there was 99.9% within-population variance, the between-population variance was less than 0.1%. This means that Yorubas, Igbos, Gaa and Akan are 99.9% similar as populations, while within each of the groups there are differences/variations between individuals as high as 99%, i.e. One Igbo may be 99% variant to another Igbo, or one Yoruba to another Yoruba.

http://newsrescue.com/yoruba-are-99-adangbe-study/#axzz4EytOCs6T
Your comparison with Yoruba aren't as correct with interpretation? Do you not know,some words are borrowed? grin Funny enough your comparison is basically modern day Yoruba,patterned after Ajayi Crowther's ideology and not the dialects spoken in different Yoruba enclave,even till eternity.

These dialects are not easily understood non speakers of yorubas.Olukumi(Yoruba people of Igbodu clan) are in the deep part of Delta state,surrounded by Ibos,why doesn't the language assimilate and be unified with their Ibo neighbours? Tell yourself the truth.

Anyway, believe whatever you want to believe but Yoruba aren't genetically related with Ibo,after careful DNA studies nor did Yorubas had same ancestry. This is practically a false.

Trust me on this,I have nothing to proof to you but if you are damn sure of words similarities between Ibos and Yoruba, then go and write out the Ibo meaning of over 150 words that is written in Yoruba, which are spoken in yoruba dialects and its English meaning,to see if you are inline or not,in a thread,with the topic; ‘Arab origin of Yoruba'. Perhaps, you will realise the deviation of your opinion from reality and historical facts.


Cheers
Culture › Re: History: Get To Know The Legend Of Usman Dan Fodio,wars,politics And Works. by Olu317(m): 7:50pm On Jul 29, 2018
watchindelta:
so painful bro
It is the bitter truth before us all in our different lives. I hope people can own up say it ,the way,it was said in the past. The past has history to connect to itself with the present and the future. God help us all.
Culture › Re: History: Get To Know The Legend Of Usman Dan Fodio,wars,politics And Works. by Olu317(m): 7:47pm On Jul 29, 2018
watchindelta:
so painful bro
Culture › Re: History: Get To Know The Legend Of Usman Dan Fodio,wars,politics And Works. by Olu317(m): 8:33am On Jul 29, 2018
watchindelta:
Why naija history na only different version. This Country is very bad with lies history.
It is because, those lies are for self, groups,tribes,ethnicity glorification,which isnt necessary. Truth cant be changed in as much that the western world had documented the contact they had with many so called leaders in Northern and southern southern Nigeria, centuries ago,then it is not worth it with all the fabricated lies being peddled online . So bad
Culture › Re: The Yoruba History Of My Grandfather-by Adeleke Adeyemo by Olu317(m): 10:47am On Jul 28, 2018
MysteryFinder:
Latinu okunkun oju orun ni imole ti tayo
Ni mo ba ri emi kan bi omiran to funfun bi eyo
Iberu bojo, ki ni oju mi tun fi agba ara ri yi?
Sugbon n'o mo wipe iriri yi a le gbe mi niyi.

Oruko baba so mi ni Adeleke
N'o ma bori, n'o si maa fojojumo leke
Oruko baba nla mi a ma je Adeyemo
E ba n gbade ki n fi maa se 'demo'.
Your baba's story is more or less his family background and experience on earth. Is there any part of it that really deal precisely on Yoruba history? Perhaps, you can shed more light on it.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Too Are Jews - New Research by Olu317(m):
Hebrew: Beyt
Meaning: Family

Yoruba:Ébì-e
Meaning: Family
Culture › Re: Yorubas Too Are Jews - New Research by Olu317(m):
absoluteSuccess:
Ijapa ni "ojo ti moti ja'gbon ho, l'orun oti wo mi mo".

The day you realize you owe nobody any explanation (than you can afford) for your findings, observations, and inferences, you become really very relieved of stress.

keep on the good job bro.
Ógbón ólóngbón nì à mà fì sè gbón. Abó óró nì à mà só fún ómólúà bì to bà fè ìnù è à dì odìndìn. I appreciate your wisdom. I would have replied many hours ago but had bot problem.


I salute you my brother with great humility.
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Visits Ooni Of Ife by Olu317(m): 1:13pm On Jul 26, 2018
Obalufon:
Read more books.. Yoruba is different we had Islamic scholars and traders as earlier as 11 century going around Africa trading .. Even Awujale claim direct lineage from Sudan check out our dressing style.. Language cultural similarities .. Yoruba is mariage of two culture
There are so many things unknown to a lot of people that parade themselves as lettered. I hope you will use the knowledge the God of our ancestors gave you to use it judiciously. Èlèduà à gbè wà
Culture › Re: Images Of Some Of Ethiopia Past Rulers And Other Aristocracies by Olu317(m): 10:15am On Jul 26, 2018
Good work you are doing out there Hati13 . Keep it up
Culture › Re: I Want To Learn Itsekiri Language (get In) by Olu317(m): 10:17pm On Jul 25, 2018
OlaoChi:
I don't post my opinions. It is true my opinions are irrelevant because I'm not a linguist or historian.. I rely on them
But you as a whole are irrelevant.not only do you post your own opinions and demand it be respected as sacrosanct fact you belittle the work of actual researchers and scholars when you never even attended a diploma course in history/linguistics/African studies or any Form of social science for that matter

PS. Im not igbo.. Keep telling yourself that though cheesy

Hebrew ass licker cheesy I bet one day you will take back your land in Isreal Abi? grin
How ignorant can a young lad like you be? Everyone you seem to have come across on here see you as irrelevant so do I. Imagine, someone who had nothing connecting him to any field, related to human history becomes a 'sudden professor?' Oh yes, kindly say my discipline, since you are knowledgeable about it. arrant nonsense. Anyway, the best way to qualify you is that you lack etiquette.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Too Are Jews - New Research by Olu317(m): 8:24pm On Jul 25, 2018
OlaoChi:
Actually im the thorn in your flesh.. You feel so miserable being an African that being reminded of it and called out for your bullshit torments you

Research.. You carry out research cheesy. And yet you are unable to prove a single one of your claims
When asked you say you will keep mute cheesy
GO get a university degree and /or get a job
Ok ! you are. I Siddon look.
Culture › Re: I Want To Learn Itsekiri Language (get In) by Olu317(m): 8:14pm On Jul 25, 2018
urahara:
Actually he is right


It is a fact that these languages where once one.
How right can he be? I don't seem to understand the kind of mindsets that are on this forum. Is it also not true that the world language was once same? If I may ask you,how are germane words among Yorubas not found in all those languages? The point here is that through each world grouping of ethnic development, spiritual doctrine brought about the difference. Olaochi is an Ibo young man and his opinion is basically his and not relevant. And if you are damn sure of your belief too,then show me linguistic evidence of words shared amongst these three group in the ancient time that are over 200 words.



I sincerely want to learn.

Cheers.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Too Are Jews - New Research by Olu317(m): 6:56pm On Jul 25, 2018
OlaoChi:
I have no evidence? Lmao.
The entire world of linguistics and anthropology put yoruba as a native African civilization which in itself is no cause for shame but you are ashamed of Africa and run away from anything Africa despite the linguistic cultural and genetic evidence
You don't need to look too much to find materials published by renouned researchers and professors in some of the biggest institutions

Yet it is some jobless guy who has never taken up a simple diploma that knows more than all the professors of the world cheesy grin

Ogun, Ebi etc are Hebrew words cheesy cheesy
Are you educated at all? If you feel bittered about research,then it is your problem. After all, it is inconsequential at all to me. You send message like a frustrated being. Any way, feel free to quote me because my information is a thorn in your flesh. You kept mentioning ‘youth' as if I am your contemporary? Anyway, I'll keep mute on some things.


Enjoy your purchased Ignorance.
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Visits Ooni Of Ife by Olu317(m):
Obalufon:
laughing my head off here moor ..Nice on ..let's talk and make a joke out of it no physical fight .
By Felix Omachoko:

“IGALA” IGALA is a compound word with “Iga” as its root and “Ala” as the qualifying noun. In Igala language, Iga means a partition, blockade, a dividing wall.
The name gradually metamorphosed from Iga-ala to IGALA as a result of the combination of the two vowels (a + a). The nomenclature then became IGALA
They were then referred to generally as the IGA-ALA people. The name must have come in the figurative sense of people referring to themselves, as the sheep feels shielded and protected under its shepherd.

How are these related to Yoruba?

Ọjọ : God

Ọchamachala: owner of the entire universe

Odobọgagwu : the ally powerful one

Anẹ-magẹdọ : the all-courageous one), etc.

There is no iota of doubt that these people linked with Yoruba people in one way or the other but not genealogy even if we intermarried and mixed with them slightly because Igala are Bantoid group. Igala,which is a particular antelope isn't the same as a name to identify these group because,the translation seem to refers to ‘sheep' protection set of people. In some account, it was a name of man that founded the sub clan of larger Nupe-Ibariba people etc. And on Itsekiri,they are linked to ILE IFE through Okè Taasé and Owoka-Eweka-Oranmiyan- Odua
Culture › Re: Yorubas Too Are Jews - New Research by Olu317(m): 7:00am On Jul 25, 2018
Rossikki:
Had no idea. Doesn't surprise me though.
They meaning is the same thing even if the spelling slightly different. One of the reason I decided to stop posting these cognate Afroasia-hebrew-yoruba cognate is because, I discovered that some evil minded, ignorant, and sadists thought many international scholars of great reputation wanted Yoruba people to be called Hebrew for no reason or to have lived in the same environment at one time or the other. I wonder if these empty heads ever thought the implication of such of comparison of Yoruba with one of the most humiliated groups in human history ,that has been backed with archaeological evidence? Yet,you will find NL people who virtually know nothing about human history and based their opinion on their little knowledge they have about Yoruba history. Funny enough philology tool has shown that there are many words shared between Afro-Semitic with Yoruba. The question before many scholars was,how did these Semitic people migrate to the the extreme part of West Africa,without influencing or having some form of link with through which they arrived? Evidence to the route have been postulated by some authors.
Bro,if you want to really know the people within West Africa,with Yoruba ancient connection, then use this daily spoken words in Yoruba land and see if there is a cognate with each existing groups in West Africa.
Namely:

Father: Bà,Ùba,àbà

Mother: Iyà,Iyè

Grandfather: Bàbà

Grandmother: Iyàiyà

Family: Ébì

king: Obà

Chiefs:Ijòyè

Sea/Ocean: Okùn

Thunder: Àarà

God: Olorun,Èlèdumarè,Oluwà

Head: Ori/Èrì

Hunt: shodé/dé

Basket:àpèerè

Dance: jo

Visitor: àlèjo

Lantern: àtùupà

Twin:Èjiré,Ibèji

Sleep: Sùun

nap: réejù

come: bo,bo'a,bo wà,wà

cloth: àsó(r),àshó(r)


There are over 500 words that I haven't seen same meaning or cognate with the so called language family with Yorubas. Amongst the above words, there are Semitic words and these words aren't existing in any other groups in West Africa, apart from Yorubas.

Study being carried out are always updated once new finding are discovered.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Too Are Jews - New Research by Olu317(m):
Rossikki:
We'd appreciate the info... cool
Trust me bro, I am not willing to sell my research cheaply. I want to be paid for it. Forgive me if I informed you in an unexpected way . Although I will post few ones here because of your scholarly approach even if I had posted on another thread but for you to see, I will highlight few ones. Like I had said, Olaochi is an Ibo man,whose knowledge isnt deep but Niger-Congocentric without evidence to show anything on scholarly adventurism
Quickly, do you know Ebi,Shodé,Ogun,etc are Semitic-Hebrew words with same cognate.
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Visits Ooni Of Ife by Olu317(m): 11:14pm On Jul 24, 2018
Moorish:
That clown believes in edo superiority do not fall for his tricks
You don't seem to get Moorish? I am no lover of Edo inferiority complex or superiority complex but about his assertion on humanity. I am a representative of reality and I expect you to eschew some form of principle that pronounce Yoruba as a great empire. Irrespective of anything,Oranmiyan paved way for Oba dynasty in Bini.
Car Talk › Re: 10 Limousines That Are Almost Unheard Of In Nigeria. by Olu317(m): 7:40pm On Jul 24, 2018
Konquest:
^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^
Massive History... very informative!
Thanks for sharing. grin
Thanks for bringing back the memory of yesteryears. Seeing this Citroen reminded me of early 1980s( 1980 or 1981 or thereabout) that I went with my dad to Murtala Muhammed Airport for site seeing and when coming back, through Ikeja,somewhere around the Awolowo way in Ikeja, that I saw this red glittering car that drew my innocent young boy's attention because of the design . Immediately I got closer to the car,I touched it and my dad drew me backward and asked me if I liked the car and so did I nodded my head to it . My father was the one who told me the car's name as Citroen and the name registered in my memory,ever since then. In the early 1980s, classy men drove the car which was different from the regular 504 Peugeot that is seen easily ,those yesteryears.


Great work you've been doing.

Much Love Bro.
Culture › Re: I Want To Learn Itsekiri Language (get In) by Olu317(m): 4:38pm On Jul 24, 2018
OlaoChi:
I will always know more than the African who believes he is not African but Semitic

Goodluck on your book. I hope you won't have wasted your money and energy because I know you are not a scholar neither have you conducted any field reaserch
Oh K oooo, Thank you for telling me who I am from your perspective. Waste my money? Wait till then. And all I need say to you is to watch out for my book and other things coming from me.

Proudly Omo IWA–UWA
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Visits Ooni Of Ife by Olu317(m): 4:24pm On Jul 24, 2018
davidnazee:
Bro don’t get me wrong? I didn’t say I love whites more than blacks or think whites are better than blacks, not at all. I don’t even know if I love whites but I don’t hate them. I’m very wary of them and don’t trust them because I know they some of them don’t like blacks. Even the ones that claim they love blacks are still sceptical of blacks.
But I’m not like your brother moorish thAt has allowed himself to be eaten by his hatred for whites, he has now become a fanatic and deluded with his obsession. He has become what we accuse whites of.
There should be no place in society for anyone that believes in racial supremacy (wether black, white or Asian). We can all work toward the betterment and progress of our individual races but promoting racial supremacy over others is a no.
So if you love your idiot brother moorish tell him not to fight any Edo man. He will loose his life.
I’m from Edo south.
100% correct on not hating any humanoid, irrespective of colour or race.
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Visits Ooni Of Ife by Olu317(m): 4:07pm On Jul 24, 2018
davidnazee:
Do you consider his opinions scholarly? If you been following his posts u will realize he is just a fanatic, obsessed with black supremacy and filled with extreme hatred. It’s this mental state he put himself that made him fail in his sojourn in Europe.
That fool is getting killed the moment he step on Edo soil to preach rubbish or throw insults.
Edo boys no get joy for idiots.
I hope the differences in opinion doesn't go out of the forum. Threat of some sort isn't acceptable to me.


Cheers
Culture › Re: I Want To Learn Itsekiri Language (get In) by Olu317(m):
OlaoChi:
Yoruba linguists have proven that Igala is Yoruboid and the more eastern the yoruba dialect the more ancient elements it still possesses

That aside, using linguistic evidence it is already an established fact that Yoruboid, Igboid, and Edoid languages split around the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers about 3000 years ago, which happend to be closer to the Igala homeland... so people who suggest that Igala is an ancient version of Yoruba might not be totally wrong

Ps you do not need to reply, I am just putting this out there... I have no energy to do another back and forth with someone who dreams of being Hebrew
You have problem and I know it. Sit at the comfort zone of home and wait for the revelation. Oh yes, I love being called the descendant of IWA–YHWH. Wisdom rest not in the bottom of the haughty mind. Please continue in your delusion that Linguistics claimed Yoruboid language separated from Igboid, Edoid 3,000 years ago. May be you need tell us the year the world language separated in present day Africa. You claim you know but you know nothing Mr. Proof ‘Ébi', Èlèdumarè, Èshù, Orisà etc that are eternal words with Oduduwa-ancient Yoruba . Proof the cognate among your so called Yoruba related languages and stop making mockery of yourself. Mind you I will taunt you with linguistic evidence and archeology. I mock you hilariously because you know nothing. Soon or later , you will subscribe for my journal or my book at the right time.

Note: You are a distraction .

C'est fini
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Visits Ooni Of Ife by Olu317(m): 2:50pm On Jul 24, 2018
Moorish:
I am actually going to be in Benin 2mrw

Please let us meet at your location of choice
I hope you aren't going to fight? I am not comfortable with your anger if you have such at back of your mind . Scholarly opinion shouldnt lead to physical engagement and would advise you to take off your mindset from engaging anyone in physical combat. I expect you to be a son of IWA .

cheers
Culture › Re: The Meaning Of Edo Flag Of Benin Kingdom by Olu317(m): 11:49am On Jul 24, 2018
Obalufon:
I believe you but igala and Yoruba are from the same source but split along the line we dressed alike speak the same language With some variation and they have their own account on oduduwa which I believe was distorted to suit them..Nupe and Bariba too has their own history regarding the Yoruba... igala gave birth to Nupe
To believe is different from the evidence before you and I. Convince me about the ébi(e) system in Igala with same cognate and I may see it from your perspective.
As you seem to think that Igala gave birth to Nupe but the other way round is most like because of Igala has an account as the name of a man.Nupe-Ibariba-Borgu-Tapa existed before the Igala as a name.Go to Benue state and neighboring, you wil notice ‘Idoko' as a name amongst them . Why is this not amongst Yorubas? Tell yourself the truth my dear brother. If Yoruba is linked with these people,there would have been an account to this effect via a prince(s)/princess(es) migrants. Despite Nupe influence on Kabba,she still retain oral,panegyric, language, etc with Yoruba. In fact, there is a quarter at ILE that still speak same form of dialect with Yagba and Okun people as a whole even if there is slight deviation from the dialects. This can't be said about Igala- Nupe ,that you assume as linked to ancient Yorubas. If you refer to assimiliation, I wouldnt doubt because,this is the way intermarriages came in between different groups. Whatever account being claimed by different people are modern on Oduduwa. Beside, Odua had so many names that he was reffered and the Iconic of it all was ‘Oorni', Oonì O o nì ( owner of vast land ) . Many people want to be connected to him but are all these people his descendants ? Practically ‘no'. Like I had said,let us not engage on Igala- Yoruba connection on this thread.

Note; my last take on it on this thread.


Cheers.
Culture › Re: The Meaning Of Edo Flag Of Benin Kingdom by Olu317(m): 11:21am On Jul 24, 2018
BabaRamota1980:
Whatever Ijebu is to Yoruba, thats what Itsekiri is.

They are dotted to Ijebu same way Ugbodu is dotted to Owo.

I will agree they (Itsekiri) are ruled by a dynasty that is an offshoot of Yoruba.
Nah! I disagree because Ijebu is a towering name that each group that found its way adopted as suffix to her independent clans in the same way the Ekitis did too. There are speculation that one or two crown(s) is/are older than Ijebu Odè. Itsekiri is a conglomeration of different clans of Yorubas that found her way to bank of the Atlantic and very little outside influence on her language, using Yoruba language as the 'evidence'.
Culture › Re: The Meaning Of Edo Flag Of Benin Kingdom by Olu317(m): 9:25pm On Jul 23, 2018
Obalufon:
we are OLU have you heard igala people speak..?. they find it easy to understand yoruba,, they are yoroboid .. just like the itskeri
If you say so but we are not. Kindly note, Itsekiri are Yoruba offshoot. Igala are not ,even if they are Yoruboid. Do you know the ancient Egyptians and Hebrew spoke a related language ? This didn't identified them as same offshoot. Infact they were brownish-Dark skin in nature that you hardly could differentiate them but only on tradition. The point here is that Yoruba had a system unique to them because of today. Yoruba may be related to Igala-Idoko via the after mentioned but doesn't go out of it.
Culture › Re: Yorubas Too Are Jews - New Research by Olu317(m): 9:11pm On Jul 23, 2018
Rossikki:
Don't be naive. The OT comprises stories about a people who lived in Israel at a certain point in time. Why would the names of the protagonists be the same as names in iFA accounts? What we are referring to is not identical stories, but identical cosmology.





Do not expect the names and stories to be the same. Look on the cosmology.




The original Babylonians, like the original Egyptians and Hebrews, were BLACK PEOPLE. The entire Middle East you see today was once a part of AFRICA, and was inhabited by majority black people. Only years of European influx led to intermarriage and a lightening of the skin colour of the people of that region. Those areas are now 'Arab' for the same reason the once all black SUDAN, is now part-Arab. Foreign influx/conquest.

So WHY would there not be certain correlations between IFA and the Old Testament, which you noted is derived from Babylonian/Sumerian texts?

Especially pivotal areas like Creation accounts? Those are bound to be similar, and they are.

Excerpts:

Many scholars have concluded that the founders of the first Mesopotamian civilization were Black Sumerians. Mesopotamia was the Biblical land of Shinar (Sumer), which sprung up around 3000 B.C.

After deciphering the cuneiform script and researching ancient Mesopotamia for many years Henry Rawlinson (1810-1895) discovered that the founders of the civilization were of Kushite (Cushite) origin. He made it clear that the Semitic speakers of Akkad and the non-Semitic speakers of Sumer were both Black people who called themselves sag-gig-ga or “Black Heads.”

Interestingly, Igbos call black people by a similar term today, ''Ndi isi Oggi'', or Black headed people.

John Baldwin wrote in his book “PreHistoric Nations” (1869): “The early colonists of Babylonia were of the same race as the inhabitants of the Upper Nile.”

This was corroborated by other scholars including, Chandra Chakaberty, who asserted in his book “A Study in Hindu Social Polity” that “based on the statuaries and steles of Babylonia, the Sumerians were “of dark complexion (chocolate colour), short stature, but of sturdy frame, oval face, stout nose, straight hair, full head; they typically resembled the Dravidians, not only in cranium, but almost in all the details.”

http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/04/16/5-ancient-black-civilizations-africa/5/
Awesome piece of information. But leave Olaochi, he will always antagonise because he is Yorubacentric in nature. I have more than 100 words of Semitic, especially Hebrew word ,same as Yoruba's. Meanwhile, Yoruba have large chunk of Egyptian lexicons in Yoruba's. This simply sum up the identity of Yoruba with IFA as a leeway to it.
Culture › Re: The Meaning Of Edo Flag Of Benin Kingdom by Olu317(m): 8:37pm On Jul 23, 2018
Obalufon:
igala and yoruba are from the same lineage
We aren't . Anyone whose family isnt connected to the people at ILE IFE isnt/aren't Yorubas. Oriki(panegyric) and Ebi system nailed who is/are of ancient Yorubas. The same way Ibariba(Tapa) intermarriages brought about the relationship with Yoruba is the way Igala-Idoko is related to Yorubas. I don't belong to the group of Yoruba that's economical or emotional about the truth. I say it as it is. Ebi system knock 'em all off.
Culture › Re: The Meaning Of Edo Flag Of Benin Kingdom by Olu317(m): 6:34pm On Jul 23, 2018
Obalufon:
Olu tell me more about the IDOKO PEOPLE
This thread isn't about Idoko but Edo. Although I had to made mention of it because of some Edo lies peddler on here.Briefly, Idoko are Ata ( Igala ) offshoot people who were the aborigine amongst the Nok culture that changed their names at different times because of migration and parents names identification. They can be found in Benue, Ekiti,Ondo,Anambra, Edo etc under the guise of Igala .They were/are heavily influenced linguistically by Yorubas ,Ibos,Jukun,Bini people etc.
Culture › Re: The Meaning Of Edo Flag Of Benin Kingdom by Olu317(m):
Obalufon:
this useless people don't know connection between oyo,ife.and owo. They are bastards son...their significant in ekiti and ondo is due to revered nature of stool of oba benin .Oyo controlled the coast from Lagos Badagry to portNovo to Lome. And gave Lagos island a degree of autonomy Oyo Will never go to war with Benin..
The present day ekiti and Ondo-Akoko wasn't heavily occupied by the Yorubas but by Idoko, Ika, efa people etc when Bini kept attacking which brought emigration back to Eastern part from where they came from. Chima,the founder of onitsha,wasn't any son of any Bini Oba but Ika - Ibo man . There were Ika extraction in Edo before they had problem with the Oba . The migration then begun around 13th-15th century,Eastward and resettlement begun to happen by these different groups. Same problems took root with Urhobo,Isoko etc migrating away from Bini.Ika, and these other people were part of Edo before Oranmiyan came. And the maltreatment and heavy human sacrifices depopulated Edo.

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