klamba:
Even Angelique Kidjo mother is yoruba and her father is fon that is related to Egun,So Yoruba lineage is there..same apply to burna boy her mother is yoruba and father rivers state.

Burna Boy's mother is from Edo State. Owan to be precise.

maestroferddi:
You funny die...

If you are talking of A-list actors and actresses in Nollywood, where will you look?

If you want your movies to sell, who are the timbers and calibres you must include?

Ogbeni, Nollywood is purely and Igbo enterprise, dont argue, just ask your friend...

Yorubas were majorly in theatre dramatization but just lately began to embrace Nollywood having realized that theatre was becoming outmoded...

lately is d bolded... am out of ur case

Nostring:
no vex for the insult, my point is if music no sweet or dey appealing to the soul somehow...even if u control the media of the world ...ppl go still thrash am

True

walefresh3:


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/01/11/why-does-music-of-yoruba-origin-breakthrough-globally/

"Culture is both a weapon of war and commerce. Therefore, to win as a nation in this current world order, you must identify what aspects of your culture resonate with the world, and why?"
Reno Omo Awa'seka!!!
Reno OmoKiri!!!!
Reno OmoMoveAbout!!!!!

inspbado:


How many "Yorubas" lust after Igbo women, please don't believe this your Nairaland fallacy oo. I'm a purebred Yoruba man, with a very large extended family, none of the men in my family has ever married an Igbo woman, as a matter of fact two guys married other Africans (Cameroonan and Ghanian) none married Igbo. Moreover, you yourself eluded to the yorubas being a closeted people who don't travel out much or want anything to do with other tribes' (except collect their money �) , so why in God's name would we, all of a sudden, be all running to marry Igbo ladies? Don't be carried away by a few well known celebrities marrying or courting Igbo ladies to now make that hasty generalisation.
Ps. My family does not have any aversion or hatred for the Igbos, but I guess we never met any Igbo lady that we gelled with enough to marry them.

Lamentations galore....

You said Igbos are copying your culture and when reality was played to you, you launched into a rigmarole of shout here, holler there...

We have sold our culture to a global audience via Nollywood...

I personally consider it a grievous insult to suggest or state that Igbos are copying from any culture.

Don't let some undesirable Igbo elements raised here in the South West deceive you, a typical Igbo man knows the richness and splendour of Igbo culture and cannot substitute it for any culture in the world.

Watch our weddings, festivals, dances and social engagements as regularly showcased via Nollywood and tell me whether you are not wiowed.

We are a unique, indefatigable, inimitable and dynamic people...even our puny detractors know it.

Igbo esika!

helinues:


Reno would hear stories that his grandpa refused to tell him today.

Those people are kuku united in hating others

Whalai!!!
Oo boy!!!

AMI3:

Is it WhatsApp training?

Zoom meeting sir

Tap0lane:
A fool n his comment.
Who in the entire universe likes Igbo music or movie.

Mynd44

musicwriter:


As long as you identify as a Christian, you're still believing in the Christianity created by Rome because whatever you believe is what Rome gave you

The bible was created by Rome. It passed through the Septuagint, Codex vaticanus, king James version, etc. There are probably more than 20 types of bibles before it was even writen in English. In that process the original message was lost.

Rome created Easter- a festivity originally meant to celebrate the pagan goddess named Estha. So Easter came from the goddess Estha. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

Jesus was labeled as equal to God by Rome in 325 AD. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

Rome created Christmas, a day usually used to celebrate a tree goddess called Yul. That's where you get Yuletide. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

Rome created Sunday as day of worship for Christianity. SUN day or the day of the SUN was a day usually used to worship the pagan Roman god called Mithras. This is not what the "original Christianity" believed.

So, you have no basis to talk about "true Christianity". What you have is Roman/European Christianity. In fact, if you're not a member of Roman Catholic church, you don't even quality as a Christian. Because Catholics is the oldest surviving christian sect even though it's not the "original Christianity" but it's at least closer to the truth.

The Ethiopians still read the King James version of the bible, which was originally dedicated to the Celtic pagan god named Issus, Esus, Hesus. So there's no original Christianity in Ethiopia, though their culture would, of course, create a different hue of Christianity over there.

But don't get me wrong. Yes, there used to be an "original Christianity" but it lasted just about few a years before Paul came in and began preaching his own version of Christianity, which of course Rome preserved because it served their selfish interest.

IMPORTANT: The early christians did not believe that Jesus literally died and resurrected nor was he son of God. They were called the Gnostics and they believed in a magico-mystical Christ, whom you're supposed to perceive as your spiritual companion only. Not a person. This was in line with what all ancient cultures believes about many other messiahs, many of them known for thousands of years before anybody heard of Jesus. But these "original Christianity" was completely destroyed by Rome. Josephus said they were rounded up and destroyed completely and not one stone was left standing. Then, Rome took their holy book and re-wrote it to create a different type of Jesus in order to rule their colony under one religion. This Jesus would be a literal person. Why you may ask? The answer is so they may say someone (Peter) saw him and from there, they'll claim affinity to Peter and control the religion. That's why saint Peter's basilica is in Rome instead of Palestine/Israel.



I have already done that research. The reason is that the Yoruba language is one of the most tonal language in the world. In fact, I found that Yoruba language, languages in Congo, Igbo language are the most tonal languages in the world. If someone from Yoruba land is speaking, he/she is singing, though it may not be obvious to us because it's our normal. Think of the way Snoop Dogg talks. Snoop Dogg can basically record his speech as a song and it'll be good. That's how tonal languages are and Yoruba language is one of the best in that regard. That's why you see all the signages all over a well written Yoruba word.

Note: All African languages are tonal but some (Yoruba, Igbo, Lingala) are more tonal than others. So, yes, Yorubas are natural musicians.

Professor Theophylline Obenga once said "if you're an African, you don't need to learn to be a musician. All you have to do is start singing." He's very correct!!

You're one of the brightest minds here on Nairaland ! Your analysis is so good;second to none ! Well done.

Tranquillity360:
Reno Omokri we Yoruba are happy how you are telling us our history.



Pls write and tell us about father of Oduduwa,Some of we yoruba youth don't know where we come from.


Tell us about Oduduwa.

When he said ijebu might be decendant of jebu in the bible and are from the land of jebu.
You came for his head because the narrative will cause more thinking to history.
Ijebu today call themselves omo- jebu but yoruba history says they're omo oduduwa

Tranquillity360:
You are a bit wrong.


We yorubas are more money driven.



Have you ever asked why there's skull mining and more ritual killing in our region.

omo Igbo olori pelebe ..you've started again

Unemadu:


I agree. I am Igbo but when I listen to fuji music, it’s as if they sing their speech and i think of oba praise singers. I see this with musilyu ishola haruna and also Zinoleesky. Very good music

Yorubas love making elaborate speeches full of Poetry,Prose, Proverbs and Praise
instead of going straight to the Point

they often even do it unconsciously even when human life is at stake

einsteine:


Burna Boy's mother is from Edo State. Owan to be precise.

She can come from anywhere,Owan or Bida in Niger state but she has always claimed to be a Yoruba woman and identified with the Yoruba people !

So,mister,pocket your Edo and owan story !

helinues:


But the first set of top musician artists from SW are not even from Lagos state.

Fela - Ogun state
King Sunny Ade- Ondo state
Obey - Ogun state
I.K Dairo - Osun state

Mugu. Read to understand... The artistes you mentioned didnt blow till the Lagos population accepted them.. I am sure that at some point they all lived in Lagos

maestroferddi:
You funny die...

If you are talking of A-list actors and actresses in Nollywood, where will you look?

If you want your movies to sell, who are the timbers and calibres you must include?

Ogbeni, Nollywood is purely and Igbo enterprise, dont argue, just ask your friend...

Yorubas were majorly in theatre dramatization but just lately began to embrace Nollywood having realized that theatre was becoming outmoded...

You are living in the stone ages. Go online and check for highest grossing movies of all time in Nigeria, check the producers and directors and see who they are. Modern moving making don pass all those Asaba or Abakaliki film wey u dey reference. Check most Nollywood Cinema movies and movies Netflix, they are produced and directed by Yoruba actors. They are the one running the show now and they have always been from way back.

The name Nollywood before was coined for the English speaking movie industry, the Yorubas were also doing their own "wood" using their local dialect and promoting their culture, it was as popular as the English Nollywood except overseas due to obvious reason "Language"

All those Yorubawood actors and Yorubas in Nollywood are still the one running show today, Funke Akindele, Olu Jacob, Toyin Abraham, Odunlade, the Afolayans, Desmond Elliot, Kemi adetiba, Shola Shobowale, Ramsey etc. All of them have great movies in the cinema and Netflix. Their counterparts from the other side like Tonto, Oge okoye and co have turned Instagran influencers or people for Nollywood minor roles.

These are facts. We have moved past Asaba nollywood days or Alaba International pirate days.

Dapson73:
Yoruba dun l'ede. (Yoruba language is interesting).

Yoruba language itself is like musical Poetry and Prose that got turned into a Language

maestroferddi:
Like seriously?

When almost every notable Yoruba man wants an Igbo bride?

Egungun be careful, na express you dey enter o...

BTW, the practice of wearing what was called "uniform" during weddings and social functions was never new to Igbo culture.

The only thing loaned was the appelation for the practice which has probably no Igbo substitute...

The word aso ebi is not popular with most Igbos who reside in Igboland.

The term was imported from Igbos living in the South West who introduced it into the language.

Which every notable Yoruba man wants to marry Igbo bride ? You these eboe,you just like hyping nonsense ! What is special about any Igbo woman if you care to explain because we don't see any ? Trust me,most Yoruba families won't be comfortable with their son bringing Igbo woman home as a wife to be ! This is not because we hate you but mostly because we ain't comfortable with your attitudes and views about life generally. Yoruba,we cherish and value our "omoluabi" virtue a lot and that's lacking in your culture ! We are not culturally compatible; that's it !

Bro,we no dey run after your girls o ! It is actually the other way round as a matter of fact. Anytime and any day,we still prefer our Folashades,our Abimbolas,our Oladunnis,our Teniolas,our Niniolas,our Feyisaras,our Oluwabukunmis,etc to any Chika or Chidera !

I guess Tina Onwudinwe.

Divoc19:
How about
Mike Okri
Oliver de ...
Asadebe
Baba Fryo
Daddy Shoki
There was this Tina something then
Or is it because they didn't feature international artist?
Beside that, it was when Obasanjo opened our country to telephones that the media was able to spread abroad.

We no go hear word again from this people

Nollywood was the first entertainment sub-sector that went international fully dominated by igbos, we no make noise about it.

Ckay's Love nwantiti written partly in Igbo and English became no.1 Shazam song in the world in 2021. We no make noise about it.

I think Reno love affair with igbos done end the Yorubas be his latest client.

VEHINTOLAR:


Which every notable Yoruba man wants to marry Igbo bride ? You these eboe,you just like hyping nonsense ! What is special about any Igbo woman if you care to explain because we don't see any ? Trust me,most Yoruba families won't be comfortable with their son bringing Igbo woman home as a wife to be ! This is not because we hate you but mostly because we ain't comfortable with your attitudes and views about life generally. Yoruba,we cherish and value our "omoluabi" virtue a lot and that's lacking in your culture ! We are not culturally compatible; that's it !

Bro,we no dey run after your girls o ! It is actually the other way round as a matter of fact. Anytime and any day,we still prefer our Folashades,our Abimbolas,our Oladunnis,our Teniolas,our Niniolas,our Feyisaras,our Oluwabukunmis,etc to any Chika or Chidera !

Can you explain what this "omoluabi" ignorant lots among you parrot about?

The mark of intelligence and wisdom is to consider your strength as well as that of your counterpart before indulging in hasty self-adulation....

You are an omuluabi as a Yorubaman, I am a nwafo as a thoroughbred Igboman...

Keep up your omoluabi status but don't forget that I am a battle-tested nwafo with virtually nothing else to prove.

The quest for Igbo brides does not obey the laws of demand...Perfect inelasticity infact.

Pls i'm in need of 150k to offset my school fees bill. Pls either giving os lending, both are highly welcomed. If by lending, i pr6ise to pay back in six month time. please.. Help me out

forgiveness:


Read carefully. Lowest Judge salary starts from a million and they are given house worth 30 - 50 millions and car worth 10-20 millions. Read.

Besides that they are third arm of government which comes with power.


How many small small boys Dey Control 10 millions for Aba? D same Aba wey I lived for almost a Decades!?

That city is poor.

50+20= 70million. It can't buy land in Azikiwe road. Those poor small small boys are buying it and building four storey which 70million can't complete on it.
you are definitely not into business so you nothing about money. People like you start dancing when you hear 20 million.
Even the seat of the president is not lucrative how much more that of a judge! Take away looting, and all politicians will be average in wealth!

Talk about power and connection, then you will be making sense, as more money, keep calm you nothing about that.

angelakey:
You are living in the stone ages. Go online and check for highest grossing movies of all time in Nigeria, check the producers and directors and see who they are. Modern moving making don pass all those Asaba or Abakaliki film wey u dey reference. Check most Nollywood Cinema movies and movies Netflix, they are produced and directed by Yoruba actors. They are the one running the show now and they have always been from way back.

The name Nollywood before was coined for the English speaking movie industry, the Yorubas were also doing their own "wood" using their local dialect and promoting their culture, it was as popular as the English Nollywood except overseas due to obvious reason "Language"

All those Yorubawood actors and Yorubas in Nollywood are still the one running show today, Funke Akindele, Olu Jacob, Toyin Abraham, Odunlade, the Afolayans, Desmond Elliot, Kemi adetiba, Shola Shobowale, Ramsey etc. All of them have great movies in the cinema and Netflix. Their counterparts from the other side like Tonto, Oge okoye and co have turned Instagran influencers or people for Nollywood minor roles.

These are al the facts. We have moved past Asaba nollywood days or Alaba International pirate days.

Verbosity with little substance.

Nollywood is essentially an Igbo brain child.

Your social media propelled 'grossing"nonsense is neither here nor there.

Nigerian movies and filmi ndustry were not worth their places in a sentence till the Igbo pioneers showed up and today latter day entrants can dare contest relevance with the trail-blazers.

We have sold our values and culture through Nollywood....Africa knows, the rest of Nigeria know it so stop arguing blindly.

VEHINTOLAR:


She can come from anywhere,Owan or Bida in Niger state but she has always claimed to be a Yoruba woman and identified with the Yoruba people !

So,mister,pocket your Edo and owan story !

She has never claimed to be Yoruba and I wonder why you are so foolish as to respond with aggression. Who hurt you? Burna Boy's mother is from Owan in Edo state. They share boundary with Ondo state so a fair bit of them understand Yoruba but they are not Yoruba.

Now run along like the double digit IQ lowlife ethnic champion that you are

walefresh3:


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/01/11/why-does-music-of-yoruba-origin-breakthrough-globally/

Sade Adu who was born in Ibadan in the late 1950s won the Grammy Award in 1986, then
SEAL [Seal Henry Olumide Samuel] who is an indigene of Lagos Island and other Grammy
Award Winners of Yoruba descent have blazed the trail.

Reno, come home and be PRESIDENT. You're sound and you're too much.

VEHINTOLAR:


You're one of the brightest minds here on Nairaland ! Your analysis is so good;second to none ! Well done.

He is bright because he is ventilating your Islamic view of Christianity, abi?

You better respect yourself before ....

Eastlink:
Reno the magician. King Reno is pressing Afonja mumu button after decamping from IPOB. 2023 on the beat

Me self, as a Yoruba man, I dey wonder. Yoruba dis, Yoruba dat, from Reno. Wetin dey happen. Im wan marry a new Yoruba Gal?

NetValueFX:


50+20= 70million. It can't buy land in Azikiwe road. Does poor small small boys are buying it and building three storey which 70million can't complete on it.
If you definitely not into business so you nothing about money. People like start dancing when you hear 20 million.
Even the seat of the president is not lucrative how much more that of a judge! Take away looting, and all politicians will be average in wealth!

Talk about power and connection, then you will be making sense, as more money, keep calm you nothing about that.

Which Azikwe road is 70m? The same Azikwe road wey I know?

Were the land for Azikwe? Beside which building? Bloody liar.

There’s no empty Land in Azikwe road. Bloody liar.

The 3 story buildings in Azikwe road is between 40 - 60m.

Less I forgot, property of such amount will be coughing out 3m - 5m per annum. How much is each flat in Aba? at most 500k*8 flats= 4m bhuahahaha. Ordinary Duplex of that worth is equivalent to 8 flats in Aba.

Perhaps, were did the small small boys get the money from? You know that.

You can even get a 4 story building for 35m in Aba. Facts.

You are definitely a small boy. You don’t know anything about government and it’s benefits.

maestroferddi:
Verbosity with little substance.

Nollywood is essentially an Igbo brain child.

Your social media propelled 'grossing"nonsense is neither here nor there.

Nigerian movies and filmi ndustry were not their places in a sentence till the Igbo pioneers showed up and today latter day entrants can dare contest relevance with the trail-blazers.

We have sold our values and culture through Nollywood....Africa knows, the rest of Nigeria know it so stop arguing blindly.

This is FALSE! The Ibos did NOT START any Nollywood or the home video industry in Nigeria. The term Nollywood was invented by a Journalist of Japanese descent in a mere year 2002. But the Nigerian movie industry has been in existence since many decades back!

Professor Wole Soyinka's film or movie on celluloid called the "Kongi's Harvest" was premiered
in the Cinemas in Lagos in 1969! It was that film that Mr. Tunde Kelani said inspired him to become a film producer because he was at the Cinema to watch the movie in 1969.


Even Kenneth Nnebue in a 1997 ThisDay newspaper that I have in my archives gave credit to the Yoruba homevideo and Indian movie industry for inspiring him.
The first homevideos from the Yoruba movie industry were released in 1987.

Kenneth Nnebue's 1993 movie was an Ibo language homevideo but subtitled in English. Kenneth
Nnebue even listed more than 20 Yoruba homevideos that
he knew of before his own 1993 home video. The younger generation of Ibos have become very notorious for peddling this falsehood that Ibos started the homevideo in Nigeria when even
Kenneth Nnebue who worked with Yoruba movie producers before 1993, has given a different opinion and credited the Yorubas with starting the homevideo and even
celluloid film productions?

If I can get Kenneth Nnebue's interview from my Google Drive were I uploaded it after scanning it, I'll share it with everyone.


I hope this helps.



P.S.
The first film produced on video in Nigeria is 1988's Soso Meji, produced by Ade Ajiboye.
Subsequently, Alade Aromire produced Ekun (1989) on video.
=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_film_era


=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria

membranus:

Me self, as a Yoruba man, I dey wonder. Yoruba dis, Yoruba dat, from Reno. Wetin dey happen. Im wan a new Yoruba Gal?

Reno is partly Itsekiri but his dad is Urhobo... You know Itsekiris are directly related to Yorubas and Edos, so
it should NOT come to you as a surprise that he has an interest in Yoruba culture as well.

Reno even speaks Yoruba, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Hebrew, and he said he is learning the Ijebu dialect of Yoruba.

AlphaTaikun:

False! The Ibos did NOT START any Nollywood. The term Nollywood was invented by
a Journalist of Japanese descent in 2003. But the Nigerian movie industry has been in existence
since many decades back!


Even Kenneth Nnebue in a 1997 ThisDay newspaper that I have in my archives
gave credit to the Yoruba homevideo and Indian movie industry for inspiring him.
The first homevideos from the Yoruba movie industry were released in 1987.
Kenneth Nnebue's 1993 movie was an Ibo language homevideo but subtitled in
English.

If I can get Kenneth Nnebue's interview from my Google Drive were I uploaded it
after scanning it, I'll share it with everyone.

Lie Mohammed is your mentor...

Japanese journalist ko, Lebanese dramatist ni...

Maybe Kenneth Nnebue is from Iragbiji abi Ilesa Remo...