In case you want to see rich culture

I doubt. Where are the buildings

BKayy:

The picture is from early 20th century (after Amalgamation).
By then, Igbo businessmen have started developing estates in Lagos.

By the way, I never knew we would get to a level when Yorubas will start celebrating what the white men built as theirs.

Lol. These people are more Shameless than I thought.

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SlyDev:
"A rare photo of a Diviner, Alaafin of Oyo & the almost legendary Capt. William A Ross. Who helped Alaafin of Oyo gain prominence again as paramount ruler of Yorubas- He was resident of Oyo 1914-1931. Ross was a friend of Alaafin Ladigbolu I. See how organized the palace is?"

There are lots of inaccuracies in your comment:

1) 1914 was during the colonial era, oyo was no longer an independent kingdom, it was part of a british collony called "southern nigeria" and in that same year it became part of a british colony called "nigeria".

2) yoruba actually means oyo, these two words have the same meaning. In the beginning it was yarrib.a which litterally means oyo. So by definition the alafin of oyo is the king of yoruba and yoruba is the name of his kingdom.

3) the palace in your picture was clearly built by the brtish, it bears all the marks of a european-built house.

WesternOligarch:


Says the tribe whose leader cowardly ran off disguised as a woman after losing a war and sacrificing millions of his ape people's.

Afonja abi, as he cowardly allow Fulani to take over illorin

SlyDev:
Yoruba civilization is the best, Omo see culture and greatness in one picture.

If I'm not Yoruba, I will be jealous of them.

Since tipetipe

thundafire:
shut up ur mouth how did Oyibo finish us all this nonsense force down our throats by our useless politicians and u believe. Did they stop Nigeria from developing abi na our people dey steal go outside.

If not for Oyibo will U be using Handsets or know about Android abi u for the Alaafin house as sacrificial ram wen him die. Travel out and compare ur country to the Oyibo then u will know that they have strong institution and not rubber-stamped as we have here

Thanks for this piece of advice, it's always in our nature to blame people around us. Instead of taking responsibilities.

LegendHero:


Let me translate it for you. I don’t know ami ohun much like that which explained why you might not understand it well. Also, I used a proper Oyo dialect.

—Oyo Alaafin (Oyo, the descendant of the Alaafin)
—Ojo pa sekere omo atiba (Rain must not beat sekere, Son of Atiba)
—Oyo nipe kolowo ko gbowo (Oyo said the creditor should collect his money)
—Oni koni iwofa gba tire (He also went to tell the debtor (Iwofa - a system where people use their family as collateral to borrow money) not to pay his debt)
—Ase kole ba di’ja, ko le ba daapon (Not knowing that the reason why Oyo did this is so that fight can happen)
—Komo oba le ri ‘n muje (So the prince can eat)
—Oyo gbin agbado oran seyinkule elenkule (Oyo planted a wicked mystery maize/corn of trouble at another man's backyard)
—Elenkule o gbodo faatu, be ni ko si gbodo faaya (The owner must not uproot it, and he must not shred it)
__Omo iku, tiku kogbódò pa
(child of death who death cannot kill)
----Omo Arun, tarun kogbódò see
(child of pestilence who cannot be tied down by sickness)
----Omo Ofo, tofo kogbódò see(child of calamity whom calamity can't afflict )

All this eulogy of Oyo is just showing the empire might. Imagine planting a corn/maize of trouble at the back of one’s compound and telling him not to uproot it nor shred it. Like you’re showing your might and power over them.

THe Oyo referred to in this oriki is the Ago di Oyo, not the empire. This current one is not the same as the empire. It was founded by one prince, hence, Oyo Atiba.

Bukatyne come and see your people.

i know you are from Ondo, but still you are all Yoruba.

Okutanla1:
The Great Oyo Empire.

BKayy:

The picture is from early 20th century (after Amalgamation).
By then, Igbo businessmen have started developing estates in Lagos.

By the way, I never knew we would get to a level when Yorubas will start celebrating what the white men built as theirs.

Lol. These people are more Shameless than I thought.

New York Times July 4 1960 edition

Eriokanmi:
Lol. Stop embarrassing yourself. These weren't us. This is typical of Igbo gals back in the days

Why deny your people?
You never knew your mother's were also naked? Hahahaha

ezegenigbonine:


Who go talk say him mama soup no sweet. I hate being a coward so i wouldn't have prayed to be a Yoruba

Yoruba civil war started from 1789-1880
And lets me not talk about the Yoruba/Fulani war that made Yoruba capture Jebba Niger state.

the whites played a role in undermining or culture sir.

thundafire:
shut up ur mouth how did Oyibo finish us all this nonsense force down our throats by our useless politicians and u believe. Did they stop Nigeria from developing abi na our people dey steal go outside.

If not for Oyibo will U be using Handsets or know about Android abi u for the Alaafin house as sacrificial ram wen him die. Travel out and compare ur country to the Oyibo then u will know that they have strong institution and not rubber-stamped as we have here

WesternOligarch:


Says the tribe whose leader cowardly ran off disguised as a woman after losing a war and sacrificing millions of his ape people's.

I rather run away than drink rat poison and die like a house rat. You Yoruba monkeys killed that cun-head.
Btw igbabgo says hi

Astrid4:



See this animal
This was oyo empire in the 1600 and 1800
Am sure your forefathers was in the bush with your mother's naked
Fool!!!!

LoL, you are quite funny you believe that picture is from 1600 to 1800. Chai how old are you

Astrid4:


Yoruba civil war started from 1789-1880
And lets me not talk about the Yoruba/Fulani war that made Yoruba capture Jebba Niger state.

Please, stop telling lies.

Truthvalue3:


Please, stop telling lies.

See this fool

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Revolutionary_Wars

invinzible1:


LoL, you are quite funny you believe that picture is from 1600 to 1800. Chai how old are you

See this dumbass I posted a pics from a reputable website am sure your great grandfather were still in this bushes with apes when this pictures were taken

klas:


New York Times July 4 1960 edition

In 1960? Abakaliki why??

Astrid4:


See this fool

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Revolutionary_Wars

Kids these days do stupid stuff like drinking alcool and quoting Wikipedia for African history.
Get a true historical document to prove your point, not a piece of garbage written by a troll online.

Oyo has been a pace setter overtime.

BKayy:

Google is your friend.

We were never mates. NDIGBO didn't start getting rich after Nigeria but were created with it.

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Astrid4:



See this animal
This was oyo empire in the 1600 and 1800
Am sure your forefathers was in the bush with your mother's naked
Fool!!!!

So you are actually so deluded that you believe this picture was taken in the 1600's ?

Truthvalue3:


Kids these days do stupid stuff like drinking alcool and quoting Wikipedia for African history.
Get a true historical document to prove your point, not a piece of garbage written by a troll online.

See this slowpoke Wikipedia is written by a troll
Who born this ape
Go skul you no go nah to push drugs all around in the guise of developer

Have read all the comments
I thought this is a Yoruba cultural post




Why ate Ibos wailing and attacking people here

What a pity

LegendHero:


Let me translate it for you. I don’t know ami ohun much like that which explained why you might not understand it well. Also, I used a proper Oyo dialect.

—Oyo Alaafin (Oyo, the descendant of the Alaafin)
—Ojo pa sekere omo atiba (Rain must not beat sekere, Son of Atiba)
—Oyo nipe kolowo ko gbowo (Oyo said the creditor should collect his money)
—Oni koni iwofa gba tire (He also went to tell the debtor (Iwofa - a system where people use their family as collateral to borrow money) not to pay his debt)
—Ase kole ba di’ja, ko le ba daapon (Not knowing that the reason why Oyo did this is so that fight can happen)
—Komo oba le ri ‘n muje (So the prince can eat)
—Oyo gbin agbado oran seyinkule elenkule (Oyo planted a wicked mystery maize/corn of trouble at another man's backyard)
—Elenkule o gbodo faatu, be ni ko si gbodo faaya (The owner must not uproot it, and he must not shred it)
__Omo iku, tiku kogbódò pa
(child of death who death cannot kill)
----Omo Arun, tarun kogbódò see
(child of pestilence who cannot be tied down by sickness)
----Omo Ofo, tofo kogbódò see(child of calamity whom calamity can't afflict )

All this eulogy of Oyo is just showing the empire might. Imagine planting a corn/maize of trouble at the back of one’s compound and telling him not to uproot it nor shred it. Like you’re showing your might and power over them.

Thanks for translating this. And I have been deceiving myself that I can read Yoruba.

Truthvalue3:

So you are actually so deluded that you believe this picture was taken in the 1600's ?

How would you know
When are your ancestors are in the bush with gorillas and ape

Astrid4:


See this slowpoke Wikipedia is written by a troll
Who born this ape
Go skul you no go nah to push drugs all around in the guise of developer

I repeat, that Wikipedia page was written by a yoruba troll. Look for real historical documents, not pieces of garbage written by jingoistic trolls.

Truthvalue3:


Kids these days do stupid stuff like drinking alcool and quoting Wikipedia for African history.
Get a true historical document to prove your point, not a piece of garbage written by a troll online.

So when was the war according to your own source? Counter him with facts and not insults.

This is the reason why all Yoruba's are slaves to the Fulani's and to anybody who care to use them.