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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 11:42pm On Oct 23, 2015
Aareonakakanfo:
One positive here is the fact that the south-west of all the geo-political zones in Nigeria is the only region with a regional commission.That in my opinion is laudable
I hope they get down to work, there is a lot to be done.
Again what is happening with our sports? we seem to be in a free fall.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by OkutaNla: 11:44pm On Oct 23, 2015
Aareonakakanfo:
Okutanla don't you feel these pictures are quite decietful? photoshop thinz you know grin cheesy

grin Ah bros, no be me do am o. Na Instagram things o. cheesy
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 11:44pm On Oct 23, 2015
Shymm3x:
Let me throw in a next commercial break, before I move to Oyotunji.

I'm going to be posting the first Nigerian, or anyone of Nigerian descent to ever win a gold medal in boxing at the olympics.

And he's a sure bet to become the next big thing in heavyweight boxing - future heavyweight boxing champion of the world.

Another Yoruba boy, who was so troublesome as a youngin', his parents had to send him to boarding in Nigeria for a year or so.

He came back and was still getting in trouble till boxing changed his life.

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua - the champ is here. cool cool


I've been following this guy for some time now and i've watched 2 of his fights but i feel its too early to make predictions,he has just 14 fights in total
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by SirShymexx: 11:44pm On Oct 23, 2015
Spambot moving booky again smh. grin

lalasticlala, unban my shymm3x handle and my last post.
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 11:47pm On Oct 23, 2015
Off to bed, I'll be here tomorrow.

On a lighter note, Aareonakakanfo did you take permission from the emperor of western region Aare Musiwa before starting this thread grin grin

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by SirShymexx: 11:47pm On Oct 23, 2015
[size=14pt]Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua[/size]




[img]http://i4.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article4424046.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Anthony-Joshua.jpg[/img]

2012 OLYMPIC BOXING CHAMPION, NOW TURNED PROFESSIONAL, ANTHONY JOSHUA IS ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST PROSPECTS BRITISH BOXING HAS SEEN IN YEARS, NOT TO MENTION BEING ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER SIGNINGS IN THE BUSINESS.

Anthony grew up in Watford and moved to the capital when he was 17. A year later he was introduced to boxing by his cousin, who took him along to the Finchley ABC to start training.

Being a naturally gifted sportsman, Anthony played football at a high level and, with the stamina and speed he possessed, he could regularly run the 100m in less than 11 seconds. However, boxing was his passion and Anthony quickly rose through the ranks.

MY EARLIEST BOXING MEMORY IS SEEING BERMAINE STIVERNE IN LAS VEGAS TRAINING AT THE MAYWEATHER GYM. THERE I GOT TO SEE FIRST HAND HOW HARD WORK REALLY PAYS OFF.

He became Senior ABAE Champion at 91+kg in May 2010 and was added to GB Boxing’s Development Squad. In November that year he became Champion of Great Britain, defeating Amin Isa.

In 2011, Anthony retained his ABAE title and reached the quarterfinals of the European Championships, as well as defeating the Olympic and two-time World Champion Roberto Cammarelle in the quarterfinals of the World Championships. Anthony went on to win a silver medal, securing him qualification for London 2012.

One of the shining lights from one of the most successful Olympics in the modern era, Anthony defied the odds during the final round of the super heavyweight boxing final, where he turned around a three-point deficit to claim the gold medal for Team GB.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Years Honours for services to boxing.

Anthony made his professional debut on the 5th October 2013 in front of a capacity crowd at the O2 Arena in London, beating the Italian Emanuelue Leo by technical knockout in the first round.

His following four fights have also resulted in wins, none of which went beyond two rounds, beating Paul Butlin, Hrvoje Kisciek, Dorian Darch and Hector Avila.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by jstbeinhonest(m): 11:48pm On Oct 23, 2015
IyaIode:

Exactly majority of us are not so poor. Looks like we are building an army of miscreants. I listen to 5yrs old kids and i get really scared.


The problems are so enormous,but,it actually reflects the state of our nation.I'd rather we bring up solutions.
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by jstbeinhonest(m): 11:49pm On Oct 23, 2015
IyaIode:
I hope they get down to work, there is a lot to be done. Again what is happening with our sports? we seem to be in a free fall.

I don't think so.
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 11:51pm On Oct 23, 2015
Another thing a lot of people tend to ignore is the population.Even if everyone gets autonomy, leeches will still run to Yorubaland and the yorubas who are suppose to be the main beneficiaries will still have to compete with them.We can't control immigration as long as we're still in the same country

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by tonytony208(m): 11:51pm On Oct 23, 2015
Aareonakakanfo:



Holy Cow! Can you please show us some pictures? because i don't think anyone here has ever showed us what the roads in ekiti look like

My phone was dead the last time I went, so, I couldn't take pictures. Next time I visit, I promise you loads of pictures depicting the beauty christened Ado-Ekiti.
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 11:55pm On Oct 23, 2015
IyaIode:
Off to bed, I'll be here tomorrow.

On a lighter note, Aareonakakanfo did you take permission from the emperor of western region Aare Musiwa before starting this thread grin grin



grin I would have loved to invite that guy to this thread but its like he's in a different planet.He creates threads and uses his multiple monikers to make emoji comments grin cheesy. He has a youtube page too by the way,a lot of people are not aware of this

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by asEdeyHOT: 11:56pm On Oct 23, 2015
modath:


Ileke, you don't get the gist, iyalode's fear I have it too, I'd like my kids to watch yoruba movies so as tto be grounded in the language like their parents...... Unfortunately, its the Oshodi area boys that have their praises sang in virtually 3 of 5 movies these days with some even giving them cameo roles....

Some youths on the other hand are budding olamide, lik kesh or reminisce with zero talents to back it up!! angry

We have a perfect mixture of the good, the bad ,the ugly & the downright horrible!!!

Absolutely!

But can you tell me any ethnic/tribal group or race on this planet that does not have that composition that you have aptly described?

At the end of the day we are social animals and our behavior, outlook in life and how we decide to interact with fellow human beings is 'largely' determined by environmental factors. You could make an argument that some behavioral patterns are innate, which of course is correct in some cases.

My take on this is that there are factors that differentiate societies. While I agree that some of the characters that you have identified should not be role models for Yoruba children and youths, I will rather look at it from an holistic perspective. Unless I am mistaken, the average Yoruba family still has that Awolowo inspired thirst for knowledge and desire to dominate Nigeria intellectually, we are socially inclined and as a collective, decent human beings.

I think the main issue is the percentage of people that fall into the categories that you have highlighted. I am 100% sure that the majority of Yorubas are good people, accommodating and unbelievably determined.

Personally, I am not worried about the future Yoruba generations. We have that foundation and no matter how much we stray, we always come back to the fundamentals of Yoruba tradition of respect, humanity and industry.

@ Thread

I will like to thank the OP for starting this thread. Well overdue. And as we can all notice, the quality of debates and discussion is unparalleled. Unsurprisingly!

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 11:56pm On Oct 23, 2015
tonytony208:


My phone was dead the last time I went, so, I couldn't take pictures. Next time I visit, I promise you loads of pictures depicting the beauty christened Ado-Ekiti.


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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 11:59pm On Oct 23, 2015
The spambot on this forum is crazy. I had to register a next handle I don't need...this is how this forum keeps increasing in number of active users when the total population is less than 20,000. grin

Let me just post his picture and keep it moving, man.

[size=14pt]Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua[/size]

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by jstbeinhonest(m): 12:00am On Oct 24, 2015
I'm glad we now have a space to share our opinions on o'dua.Aareonakakanfo-hope i got it ryt-,thanks for this thread.
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 12:03am On Oct 24, 2015
[size=14pt]Kingdom of Oyotunji African Village[/size]

Sheldon, South Carolina

The Kingdom of Oyotunji African Village covers 27 acres and has, well, we don't know exactly how many citizens (5 to 9 families in the last ten years, according to one tipster). Oyotunji is not part of the United States, according to King (Oba) Ofuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I, who founded it in 1970 and moved it to its present site near Sheldon because its old neighbors complained about the tourists.

Oyotunji literature pictures its happy residents dressed in colorful, flowing robes. On our brief visit we saw only people dressed like average South Carolinians. But the people of Oyotunji do live in the woods, surrounded by exotic concrete monuments, and they have a royal palace. In its courtyard stands the mausoleum of Orisamola Awolowo, one of the founding fathers of Oyotunji, who died in 1990.

Adesoye Adeyini wrote to us: "His Royal Highness, Oba Adefunmi I (iba ara torun, roughly translated as 'rest in peace') joined the ancestors on February 11, 2005. In Yoruba culture, the king is not announced as dead, but as having 'gone up the ceiling' (Oba wo aja).

"It is important to note that the Oba was the first African-American to ever be initiated into the priesthood and initiation cult of any African traditional religion. Furthermore, he did not start his own religion and there is no separation between Yoruba culture and religion... the religion is one part of the whole culture. Religion, arts, philosophy, etc. are all things that create culture."

- See more at: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11601#sthash.ZJnjCD8W.dpuf


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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 12:06am On Oct 24, 2015
BEAUTIFUL!



SHOWROOM.NG’S AMBITION TO FURNISH NIGERIAN HOMES AND MAKE 100K CARPENTERS MILLIONAIRES BY 2020




When former Konga Business Analyst, Sheriff Shittu, moved from the Ikorodu area of Lagos, to the highbrow Lekki, it wasn’t without its challenges. As a home decor enthusiast, Shittu had managed to amass an impressive collection of quality furniture designs. One big challenge however was finding competent and trusted furniture makers in a relatively unknown area who could accurately replicate designs from his collection.



Shittu’s experience is not isolated, as it is one of the problems anyone who has tried to do a furniture overhaul may have faced. Being the serial entrepreneur that he is, Shittu became motivated to become the solution to the problem. Hence, Showroom.ng was birthed.

Showroom’s Value Proposition
Showroom.ng is simply a curated marketplace of furniture design references. As such, it serves two customer segments – furniture makers and furniture buyers. Showroom.ng engages awesome and trusted furniture makers, who otherwise would not have access to these customers who are willing to pay well for value. The furniture makers pay Showroom.ng a commission in return for a steady stream of customers.




From the comfort of their homes, users can choose from a selection of design references and have the furniture delivered in as little as 24 hours – for ready-made orders – to within 10 and 17 days for custom orders.


You do not have to worry about chasing the carpenter around and whatever you see in the pictures is what you get”, Shittu assures. “Our goal is that you do not have to break your bank to gain access to the quality furniture.






Throughout the process of customizing the order,the startup keeps communication lines – email, WhatsApp, calls – open with the customer, in a bid to deliver exactly what they are looking for, a process which is being optimized. “And if whatever we offer you doesn’t match your quality expectations, we guarantee your money back”.

The demand and potential

In barely 6 months since Showroom.ng launched as beta in February, the startup has experienced steady incremental growth. Within 3 days of launching, they had their first order. More orders followed in subsequent days – more than enough validation that the idea actually works.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by jstbeinhonest(m): 12:06am On Oct 24, 2015
Can som1 pls mention emperor musiwa nd his oda monikers,tho he can b psycho,I love the guy's bluntness.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by jstbeinhonest(m): 12:09am On Oct 24, 2015
lalasticlala ,i see you #grins#
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 12:10am On Oct 24, 2015




“I would say that the growth has surpassed my expectations”, Shittu remarks, “we have moved way faster than we expected, in terms of revenue. What that really tells me is that there is an opportunity here and we need to double down on the potential, so that we can reach more customers as fast as possible”.

As expected, a sizeable number of Showroom.ng’s pioneering clientèle are from within the technology ecosystem (more recently, furnishing the new Hotels.ng office). Shittu embraces this fact




“One of the greatest lessons I’ve learnt in life is that if your friends cannot believe in you, it will be very difficult for people who are not your friends to believe in you”, says Shittu.

Nevertheless, Showroom.ng’s market has grown to reach beyond the “inner circle”, primarily via referrals and discovery. Shittu shares an anecdote about a certain client who found Showroom.ng through Google search. “We tried to trace if he had any ties with anyone from the company, we found nothing”, says Shittu. “That for us is a good testimony”.


The business side of things

As far as the local technology scene is concerned, Sheriff Shittu is a veteran of sorts, having started his first online venture as far back as 2005 – when he was barely 18, and at least 5 years before what is now widely regarded as the local tech ecosystem began to materialize. There were only about 500,000 Nigerians on the internet at the time.





Showroom.ng is totally bootstrapped and Shittu plans to keep it that way for a while. The idea is to grow the startup at a steady pace. The timeline between when the idea was conceived to when it was launched was a mere 30 days. For Shittu, despite the steady growth, Showroom.ng is still very much at the validation phase.

“What is important now is making sure our economics make sense”, says Shittu, “making steady revenue and keeping customers happy”. Shittu tells us revenue levels are currently in the 6 figure range.


Going forward

One of the things Showroom.ng looks to improve on is originality and expert input. “We want to make sure that we have more home decor experts in our network, so that more original content would be developed”, says Shittu.




The idea is not only to generate original designs but also enter full-on into home decor – bundling and delivery of interior design packages for customers. Backed by his invaluable experience in online business, Shittu believes strongly in the power of technology to efficiently deliver this vision.

“We are looking at building Showroom.ng to become Nigeria’s biggest online furniture platform, Shittu tell us. “We are hopeful that in the next 5 years we should be able to build a company worth nothing less than $50 million, in terms of value we have delivered to customers, the revenue we generate, the number of goods that we sell and the number of millionaires that we would have created from the network of furniture makers we have on board”.

About those millionaire furniture makers, Shittu reckons they can make “hundreds of thousands” of those by 2020. That would be no small feat.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by SirShymexx: 12:11am On Oct 24, 2015
Thanks, lalasticlala

Time to hit El Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. cool
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by aljharem(m): 12:16am On Oct 24, 2015
Aareonakakanfo:
Another thing a lot of people tend to ignore is the population.Even if everyone gets autonomy, leeches will still run to Yorubaland and the yorubas who are suppose to be the main beneficiaries will still have to compete with them.We can't control immigration as long as we're still in the same country

I actually find this very annoying. You complain about leeches but you forgot the man that was romancing with this leeches appointing them as commissioners etc
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by SirShymexx: 12:16am On Oct 24, 2015
[size=14pt]Bahia’s Unique Cultural Heritage of Blended Yoruba, Catholic Rituals[/size]




Bahia, in Northeastern Brazil, is known for its abundance of Afro-Brazilian rituals which blend elements from Catholicism and Candomblé – a religion with Yoruba origins brought to Brazil by African slaves. One of the most important events in the state’s Afro-religious calendar is the Feast of Good Death (Festa da Boa Morte), which takes place every August in Cachoeira, one of the towns in the region known as Recôncavo Baiano.

The feast is held around August 15, the date when Catholics celebrate the Assumption of Mary. It is organized by Irmandade da Boa Morte (Sisterhood of the Good Death), an organization created in the early 19th century and formed exclusively by mature black women. The founders’ descendants have carried on the feast’s core traditions and worked to maintain their integrity even through the impressive growth of the event’s touristic appeal in the last few years. Read more about Feast of Good Death in 2012.

The Feast of Good Death was listed as Intangible Heritage of Bahia on June 25, 2010 – the anniversary of an 1822 plebiscite in support of Pedro I as Prince of Brazil and an important date in the history of Bahia’s movement for independence from Portugal. The event is actively promoted by Bahiatursa, Bahia’s official tourism organization, especially among African-American tourists, who make up the greatest part of international tourists who visit Cachoeira during the event.

Cachoeira, just like São Félix across the Paraguaçu River and other towns in the Bahian Recôncavo, has its origins tied to sugar and tobacco production, completely dependent on slave work. Cachoeira was particularly prosperous because of its port; the town center still has remarkable 18th- and 19th-century constructions in varying degrees of conservation.
In the age of slavery, Cachoeira’s busy town life allowed a number of women slaves to make money selling food in the streets and buy their freedom. The Sisterhood of Good Death, which started at the Barroquinha Church in Salvador and moved to Cachoeira in the 1820s, had among its missions the purchase of manumission for other slaves.

Honoring the Mother
According to Brazilian anthropologist Raul Lody (in “ obirin di oku Mãe. Mulher. Morte”, Festa da Boa Morte, Cadernos CEPAC, 2), “the predominant feeling in the Feast of Good Death is the preservation of the cult of the Mother.” The earthly mother, the Virgin Mary, the Yialorixá (Candomblé pristess), Mawu, the primeval mother in the Yoruba pantheon – all are symbolically present in this complex ritual, whose religious highlights spread over three consecutive days and involve processions…


[img]http://stories.travelista.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BrazilSalvadorBahia3.jpg[/img]


[img]https://perspectivesinanthropology.files./2014/05/candomble-bonfim.jpg[/img]


[img]https://thedrugisfootball.files./2014/06/salvador-3.jpg[/img]








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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 12:19am On Oct 24, 2015
aljharem:


I actually find this very annoying. You complain about leeches but you forgot the man that was romancing with this leeches appointing them as commissioners etc




I don't need to complete nursery school education to know who this character is cheesy.Ironically, the same leeches hate this character with passion.Never been a fan of his.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by SirShymexx: 12:21am On Oct 24, 2015
Time to hit Jamaica.
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by aljharem(m): 12:21am On Oct 24, 2015
I love the idea of this thread so some of us yorubas can air our views and see reason

Right now the South West is not united and I don't think it will be anytime soon.

We have a self imposed leader that has NEGLECTED AFERNIFERE AND OTHER YORUBA STAKEHOLDERS. PLEASE someone should tell me how the yoruba nation can move forward. A HOUSE DIVIDED ON ITSELF.

Whether we choose to accept it or not, Yoruba nation has a VERY BIG PROBLEM which must be handled with a swift response.

Look at the ministerial list. I mean the only Yoruba leader we have there is Fashola (who is now an enemy to this parasite of a leader) the rest are just figure heads.

We have a "yoruba leader" that does not care about the yoruba nation but only cares about his own personal ego and empowerment.

Yoruba roun o.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by SirShymexx: 12:24am On Oct 24, 2015
[size=14pt]Abeokuta Paradise Nature Park, Jamaica[/size]

Background story

Etu & Nago: The Yoruba Connection is the story of a select group of Jamaicans living in the western parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland whose Yoruba/Nago ancestors arrived in Jamaica as indentured servants during the 1840s. The backdrop for this story is Jamaica, once a British colony dotted with sugarcane plantations populated by enslaved Africans from West and Central Africa and home to the first Maroons to sign a treaty of freedom with their colonizers (the British).

After the emancipation of slavery in the British colonies in 1834, slavers bound for Brazil and Cuba were captured and taken to Sierra Leone, West Africa where their human cargo was released. This action bankrupted many plantation owners in the Caribbean. After the vestiges of slavery were completely abolished, African recaptives in Sierra Leone were lured into migrating to Caribbean islands as indentured servants. They were promised ongoing contact with relatives on the African continent and a return ticket home at the end of their tenure. However, these promises were never kept except to a small group of Africans in Jamaica who agitated the status quo until they were granted passages home.

Stranded Africans raised families and finally died in Jamaica. Nigerian Yoruba/Nago were among these immigrants. Some of them settled in the parish of Westmoreland and named the place Abeokuta in memory of their hometown in Nigeria. Descendants of other Yoruba who were located in the parish of Hanover preserved their forefathers’ legacy in their Etu ritual. This ceremony of thanksgiving and supplication to the ancestral spirits is a vital link to the past from which their forefathers were rudely uprooted.


The Park

The Abeokuta Nature Park provides a tranquil respite from the tourist hubbub of nearby Negril. The gardens of Abeokuta are on the grounds of a former plantation. The remains of the plantation great house can still be seen amid the gardens and the swimming pool is still in working order! At some 300 years old the pool is believed to be the oldest in Jamaica. The pool is constantly topped-up with fresh water from a stone aqueduct, after a refreshing swim you can follow the aqueduct through the park to its source, the Sweet River.

The village of Abeokuta is named after the town of Abeokuta in Nigeria and has a strong feel of African spirituality. The connection with Abeokuta began some 300 years age when the first African slaves were bought to Westmoreland they worked on the plantation where Arbeokuta now stands. There is also a large rock on the grounds whish is similar to the Olumo Rock in Arbeokuta, Nigeria. The park was officially opened by Florentina Ukonga, the Nigerian high commissioner on 5 January 2003.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 12:26am On Oct 24, 2015
aljharem:
I love the idea of this thread so some of us yorubas can air our views and see reason

Right now the South West is not united and I don't think it will be anytime soon.

We have a self imposed leader that has NEGLECTED AFERNIFERE AND OTHER YORUBA STAKEHOLDERS. PLEASE someone should tell me how the yoruba nation can move forward. A HOUSE DIVIDED ON ITSELF.

Whether we choose to accept it or not, Yoruba nation has a VERY BIG PROBLEM which must be handled with a swift response.

Look at the ministerial list. I mean the only Yoruba leader we have there is Fashola (who is now an enemy to this parasite of a leader) the rest are just figure heads.

We have a "yoruba leader" that does not care about the yoruba nation but only cares about his own personal ego and empowerment.

Yoruba roun o.



Lol did i hear you mention afenifere? grin grin cheesy They're as confused and unserious as the character we're talking about.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by SirShymexx: 12:28am On Oct 24, 2015
Another break. One of the brightest scientists on the planet.

[size=14pt]John O. Dabiri[/size]

[img]http://dpd.cs.princeton.edu/Sabbat/2004/12.08-21.04People/IMG_0468.jpg[/img]

Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering; Dean of Undergraduate Students
B.S., Princeton University, 2001; M.S., Caltech, 2003; Ph.D., 2005. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 2005-09; Associate Professor, 2009-10; Professor, 2010-; Dean of Undergraduate Students, 2014-.


John Dabiri is a Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering at Caltech and a 2010 MacArthur Fellow. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.S.E. degree summa cum laude in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2001. He came to Caltech as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, Gordon and Betty Moore Fellow, and Y.C. Fung Fellow in Bioengineering, earning an M.S. degree in Aeronautics in 2003, followed by a Ph.D. in Bioengineering with a minor in Aeronautics in 2005. He subsequently joined the Caltech faculty. His honors include an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his research in bio-inspired propulsion. Popular Science magazine named him one of its "Brilliant 10" scientists in 2008. For his research in bio-inspired wind energy, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine listed him among its Technology Innovators in 2012, and the MIT Technology Review magazine named him one of its 35 innovators under 35 in 2013. He is currently the Chair of the Faculty at Caltech.

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 12:29am On Oct 24, 2015
Where's that mawffugah i was telling some months back about the Yoruba influence in jamaica.They lack knowledge but love arguments

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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by aljharem(m): 12:32am On Oct 24, 2015
Aareonakakanfo:




Lol did i hear you mention afenifere? grin grin cheesy They're as confused and unserious as the character we're talking about.

Ore mi, that were you got it very wrong. Clearly one man cannot be dictating the affairs of the yoruba nation, he will make mistakes and also some groups within the YORUBA might sabotage him.
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 12:32am On Oct 24, 2015
SirShymexx:
Another break. One of the brightest scientists on the planet.

[size=14pt]John O. Dabiri[/size]

[img]http://dpd.cs.princeton.edu/Sabbat/2004/12.08-21.04People/IMG_0468.jpg[/img]

Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering; Dean of Undergraduate Students
B.S., Princeton University, 2001; M.S., Caltech, 2003; Ph.D., 2005. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 2005-09; Associate Professor, 2009-10; Professor, 2010-; Dean of Undergraduate Students, 2014-.


John Dabiri is a Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering at Caltech and a 2010 MacArthur Fellow. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.S.E. degree summa cum laude in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2001. He came to Caltech as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, Gordon and Betty Moore Fellow, and Y.C. Fung Fellow in Bioengineering, earning an M.S. degree in Aeronautics in 2003, followed by a Ph.D. in Bioengineering with a minor in Aeronautics in 2005. He subsequently joined the Caltech faculty. His honors include an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his research in bio-inspired propulsion. Popular Science magazine named him one of its "Brilliant 10" scientists in 2008. For his research in bio-inspired wind energy, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine listed him among its Technology Innovators in 2012, and the MIT Technology Review magazine named him one of its 35 innovators under 35 in 2013. He is currently the Chair of the Faculty at Caltech.



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