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President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke - Politics (3) - Nairaland

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Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by aswani(m): 10:23pm On Dec 16, 2025
Wickedtruths:
APC dey Ghana abi wetin this Yamuri dey yarn?
Actually there is a party in Ghana called APC, one of the minor ones.

Maybe Peter Obi can go and take their presidential ticket.
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by maivd: 10:38pm On Dec 16, 2025
MrGerald:
Nothing is appealing about this dress, it's oversize and can cause sweating, with that unfashionable cap, nothing entices me about this
Bitter Obi followers must cry
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by Lithiumite: 11:21pm On Dec 16, 2025
ayoncox:
His mother is Yoruba, Ghanaians have strong Affiliation with Yoruba land, even their biggest market has a Yoruba name
He grew up in Ogbomosho,Oyo state,.....this would have had an influence on his choice of that attire.
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by dequir: 11:25pm On Dec 16, 2025
yahoodetector:
Totally true! Everything about them were borrowed from other cultures.

This Ewedu and amala that they eat was actually copied from Ghana. I watched a video of where the Ghanian version of Amala was being prepared with a slimy soup...theirs (the Ghanians) looked more palatable and presentable than that of yorubas.
Yet you dey smack your lips anytime you eat the amala with gbegiri in our buka. grin
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by odeku457(m): 11:32pm On Dec 16, 2025
bigpriik:
Yoruba borrowed the culture na, which proof do you have to show the dressing originated In yoruba land
What proof do you have to counter this ROYAL DRESSING ain't a YORUBA THING!!!
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by tiger28: 12:42am On Dec 17, 2025
I still believe that Yorubas are the ONLY group out of the major groups that is Authentic in its Culture.

Hausa: Their Mode of dressing is heavily influenced by Islam.

SS: Their mode of dressing is heavily influenced by Europeans. They wear Bowler hats , cufflinks , ties with their Traditional wears.

SE: Who wears Winter hats in Hot Climates?

SW: Aso Ebi, Aso Oke and Fila Abetija ( hope am correct with the spelling, am a Northerner)
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by vicfajeze: 1:58am On Dec 17, 2025
ayoncox:
His mother is Yoruba, Ghanaians have strong Affiliation with Yoruba land, even their biggest market has a Yoruba name
But Peter Obi's mother too is from Iragbiji
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by AlphaTaikun: 3:26am On Dec 17, 2025
tommy589:
What is the meaning of makola in Yoruba language,i know it has substantial Hausa and Yoruba population
"Makola" [which was founded by Yoruba merchants and traders in Accra, Ghana several decades back is a variant of "Omokola." In parts of Yorubaland right up to Itsekiriland and even Igalaland, OMO is OMA. Omo and Oma mean the same thing meaning CHILD.

Therefore Makola is a variant of Mokola in Ibadan.
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by AlphaTaikun: 3:30am On Dec 17, 2025
Lithiumite:
He grew up in Ogbomosho,Oyo state,.....this would have had an influence on his choice of that attire.
Mahama grew up in the Yoruba town of Offa in Kwara State (which is his Yoruba step-mother's hometown) when his Ghanaian politician father was on political exile.
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by AlphaTaikun:
ayoncox:
His mother is Yoruba, Ghanaians have strong Affiliation with Yoruba land, even their biggest market has a Yoruba name
Mahama's step-mother (NOT his biological mother is a Yoruba woman from Offa, Kwara State). This is why President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana is a High Chief in Offa for some years now bestowed on him by the Oba of Offa (Olofa of Offa).

Indeed, Makola Market was originally founded by Yoruba merchants several decades ago in Accra, Ghana.
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by EmekaBlue(m): 5:34am On Dec 17, 2025
Not their usual wrapper tied on shirtless body. Nice one
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by cuteboy2: 7:02am On Dec 17, 2025
That was his real dark skin tone before he started bleaching heavily.

FreeStuffsNG:
Absolutely! Oozing class and pure royalty.

Alaafin Ọyọ, Iku Babayeye Alaafin Adeyemi, adorning same abeti aja cap and matching asọ oke regalia in 1970 at his inauguration as Alaafin in Ọyọ 55 years ago! 😍
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by stuffs2002: 7:03am On Dec 17, 2025
MrGerald:
Nothing is appealing about this dress, it's oversize and can cause sweating, with that unfashionable cap, nothing entices me about this
I don't expect your kind to understand culture.

Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by aswani(m): 5:37pm On Dec 17, 2025
tiger28:
I still believe that Yorubas are the ONLY group out of the major groups that is Authentic in its Culture.

Hausa: Their Mode of dressing is heavily influenced by Islam.

SS: Their mode of dressing is heavily influenced by Europeans. They wear Bowler hats , cufflinks , ties with their Traditional wears.

SE: Who wears Winter hats in Hot Climates?

SW: Aso Ebi, Aso Oke and Fila Abetija ( hope am correct with the spelling, am a Northerner)
Good point well made but Benin people bulk this trend for SS people.
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by yahoodetector: 5:35am On Dec 18, 2025
dequir:
Yet you dey smack your lips anytime you eat the amala with gbegiri in our buka. grin
Sorry...I don't eat amala and gbegiri or Ewedu. It's disgusting!! I was pointing out that the Ghanian version looks better.
Re: President Mahama of Ghana Wearing Abeti Aja Cap & Matching Aṣọ Oke by yahoodetector: 7:30pm On Jan 03
dequir:
Yet you dey smack your lips anytime you eat the amala with gbegiri in our buka. grin
I don't eat that disgusting junk
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