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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:37pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
IlekeHD: That's their business.Since i created this thread,I've lost the urge to make comments on all those bullch!t threads but the thread is about Yoruba words borrowed by Urhobos |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 4:39pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
IlekeHD: You know what i told the guy? & he is my customer sef  He said we are saboteurs, & lazy cowards... i say we agree but he should remember one fact... Bubu contested 3x & lost till yorubas took him under our wings. . I then told him, the key to one Nigeria is in the custody of SW & we aint ready to use it yet..  He & his acolytes in his store looked distressed & almost in tears... 3 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:41pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Iya Agba I saw you talking about the idea of Itsekiris joining us.Abeg we should stop speaking for anyone or wanting others to join us.The 6 south-west states plus kwara are enough.If they want to join us,they should speak for themselves.We can't speak for anyone,it makes us look cheap. 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by sherrylo: 4:47pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Yoruba lasa! |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 4:47pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Will get it done once I get outta bed  CabbieAC: Baba wa, mo ti gbo @modath O ga o.  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by DIVINE78: 4:49pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
chrisbaba1:My thought exactly. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 4:49pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
modath: Well, we endure the forced-marriage for now till we go our separate ways. The only grace the Tse Tse Flies and Leeches have is One Nigeria. He dare not slap you, ko ni fe te. Happy weekend ma'am. 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 4:49pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Shymm3x: So does Airforce. Yet Seun still made him a mod. Afam4eva also hates Yoruba......still a mod. Seun see your life. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by DIVINE78: 4:51pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Shymm3x:Shame on those that hate Yorubas for know reason. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:51pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Shymm3x: I still find it difficult to comprehend this honestly.Its most likely the Se.un guy is just having fun somewhere with his concubines.I believe there are people running the site on his behalf.The bigfrancis character is the type of guy who will tell you things like Jesus christ was born in Nnewi and he will give you links as well Only God knows where he get those links from 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 4:53pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
modath:  E dey pain dem. We are not ready to use the key, we are watching and following the movie as e dey go. Uncle Bubu needs to thread carefully, ground is slippery. CabbieAC: Yes oooooooo. The plate is full already. 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by DIVINE78: 4:54pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
IlekeHD:If NL was owned by an ibo man no man of Yoruba extraction who be a moderator. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 4:55pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
DIVINE78: Word. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 4:58pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
@Cabbie By what time (your time zone) do you want the poster? |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Shymm3x: 4:59pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Lool. But Bigfrancis is on a different level. That is the same guy who goes everywhere saying Egba and Ijebu folks are Igbos. And his reference: some Igbo nutjob called, "mimifiwon" from back in the day that said she's half-Yoruba and half-Igbo and her Igbo tutor in America told her that Egba folks are descendants of Igbo warriors, while Ijebu folks are originally Igbos - hence there is an Ijebu Igbo loooooooooooool. *Crying* Now he's referencing "Nigerman" - an Igbo guy who always claim he's Bini to spout more hate on that thread. The guy is a lost cause lool. 4 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 5:16pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
YORUBA MUSIC The music of the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin are perhaps best known for an extremely advanced drumming tradition, especially using the dundun hourglass tension drums. Yoruba folk music became perhaps the most prominent kind of West African music in Afro-Latin and Caribbean musical styles. Yorùbá music left an especially important influence on the music used in Lukumi practice and the music of Cuba Folk Music Ensembles using the dundun play a type of music that is also called dundun.[4] These ensembles consist of various sizes of tension drums along with special band drums (ogido). The gangan[5] is another such. The leader of a dundun ensemble is the oniyalu who uses the drum to "talk" by imitating the tonality of Yoruba. Much of Yoruba music is spiritual in nature, and this form is often devoted to Orisas. Popular Genres of Yoruba Music Yorùbá music is regarded as one of the more important components of the modern Nigerian popular music scene. Although traditional Yoruba music was not influenced by foreign music the same cannot be said of modern-day Yoruba music which has evolved and adapted itself through contact with foreign instruments, talents and creativity. Interpretation involves rendering African, here Yoruba, musical expression using a mixture of instruments from different horizons. Yoruba music traditionally centred on folklore and spiritual/deity worship, utilising basic and natural instruments such as clapping of the hands. Playing music for a living was not something the Yorubas did and singers were referred to in a derogatory term of Alagbe, it is this derogation of musicians that made it not appeal to modern Yoruba at the time. Although, it is true that music genres like the highlife played by musicians like Rex Lawson, Ebenezer Obey Segun Bucknor, Bobby Benson, etc., Fela Kuti's Afrobeat and King Sunny Adé's jùjú are all Yoruba adaptations of foreign music. These musical genres have their roots in large metropolitan cities like Lagos, Ibadan, and Port Harcourt where people and culture mix influenced by their rich culture. Some pioneering Jùjú Musicians include Tunde King, Tunde Nightingale, Why Worry in Ondo and Ayinde Bakare, Dr. Orlando Owoh, Dele Ojo, Ik Dairo Moses Olaiya (Baba Sala) etc Sakara Music played by the pioneers such as Ojo Olawale in Ibadan, Abibu Oluwa, Yusuf Olatunji, Sanusi Aka, Saka Layigbade. Apala Music, is another genre of Yoruba modern music which was played by spirited pacesetters such as Haruna Ishola, Sefiu Ayan, Ligali Mukaiba, Kasumu Adio, Yekini (Y.K.) Ajadi, etc. Fuji Music, which emerged in the late 60s/early 70s, as an offshoot of were/ajisari music genres, which were made popular by certain Ibadan singers/musicians such as the late Sikiru Ayinde Barister, Alhaji Dauda Epo-Akara and Ganiyu Kuti or "Gani Irefin etc Another popular genre is Waka Music played and popularized by Alhaja Batuli Alake and, more recently, Salawa Abeni, Kuburat Alaragbo, Asanat Omo-Aje, Mujidat Ogunfalu, Misitura Akawe, Fatimo Akingbade, Karimot Aduke, and Risikat Abeawo. In both Ibadan (Nigeria's largest city), and Lagos (Nigeria's most populous city), these multicultural traditions were brought together and became the root of Nigerian popular music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_music |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:17pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 5:19pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Juju Music Jùjú is a style of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. The name comes from a Yoruba word "juju" or "jiju" meaning "throwing" or "something being thrown." Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which "is a form of magic and the use of magic objects or witchcraft common in West Africa, Haiti, Cuba and other South American nations." It evolved in the 1920s in urban clubs across the countries, and was believed to have been created by AbdulRafiu Babatunde King, popularly known as Tunde King. The first jùjú recordings were by Tunde King and Ojoge Daniel from the same era of the 1920s when Tunde King pioneered it. The lead and predominant instrument of Jùjú is the Iya Ilu,"' talking drum. Some Jùjú musicians were itinerant, including early pioneers Ojoge Daniel, Irewole Denge and the "blind minstrel" Kokoro. Afro-juju is a style of Nigerian popular music, a mixture of Jùjú music and Afrobeat. Its most famous exponent was Shina Peters, who was so popular that the press called the phenomenon "Shinamania". Afro-juju's peak of popularity came in the early 1990s. History Following World War II, electric instruments began to be included, and pioneering musicians like Earnest Olatunde Thomas (Tunde Nightingale), Fatai Rolling Dollar, I. K. Dairo, Dele Ojo, Ayinde Bakare, Adeolu Akinsanya, King Sunny Adé, and Ebenezer Obey made the genre the most popular in Nigeria, incorporating new influences like funk, reggaeand Afrobeat and creating new subgenres like yo-pop. Some new generation juju artistes include Oludare Olateju and Bola Abimbola. Although Juju music, like apala, sakara, fuji, and waka was created by Muslim Yoruba, the music itself remains secular. King Sunny Adé was the first to include the pedal steel guitar, which had previously been used only inHawaiian music and American country music. Performance Jùjú music is performed primarily by artists from the southwestern region of Nigeria, where the Yoruba are the most numerous ethnic group. In performance, audience members commonly shower jùjú musicians with paper money; this tradition is known as "spraying." One of the centers of the performance of jùjú music is in Ibadan. Most jùjú musicians are based in the zone of market forces, and most of these are in an area of immigrant neighborhoods. There are several contexts in which jùjú music is performed. On of these contexts is ‘the Hotels.’ The Hotels are concentrated in the immigrant areas and they serve as taverns, dance halls and brothels. They range from very small wooden structures to clusters of two or three building with a stage in the middle. Most activity takes place after nine pm and the hotels are the center of Ibadan’s nocturnal economic structure. One of the economic activities associated with the hotels is the sale of drinks and food. The Hotels are seen as places of relaxation, where patrons, mainly men, come to escape every day life. They are places where people can come to do things that they might not want to be seen doing at home. The jùjú music performed is not the focus of the venue but most patrons prefer live music to records. The bands that perform do not have a guaranteed wage; instead they rely upon donations from patrons. Most bands will only perform during the weeknights, leaving the weekends free for more lucrative gigs. Another context in which jùjú music is played is at celebrations called àríyá. These celebrations are parties which celebrate the naming of a baby, weddings, birthdays, funerals, title-taking, ceremonies and the launching of new property or business enterprises. These events are sponsored so the musicians are guaranteed payment. The wealth of the hosts and the guests is shown through their reward to the entertainers. It is customary to press the contribution to the musician’s forehead so that everyone can see how wealthy they are. The musicians will often return good payment with praise songs to the donors. Live music is crucial to the proper functioning of an àríyá. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B9j%C3%BA_music |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 5:24pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Tunde King Tunde King (Born 24 August 1910) was a Nigerian musician, credited as the founder of Jùjú music, who had great influence on Nigerian popular music. Lagos in the 1920s and 1930s was peopled by a mixture of local Yoruba people and returnees from the New World. Together they created a form of music named "Palm Wine" that combined Yoruba folk music with musical idioms from countries such as Brazil and Cuba. Banjos, guitars, shakers and hand drums supported lilting songs about daily life. Jùjú music was a form of Palm Wine music that originated in the Olowogbowo area of Lagos in the 1920s, in a motor mechanic workshop where "area boys" used to gather to drink and make music. Tunde King was the leader of this group. Abdulrafiu Babatunde King was born in the Saro-dominated Olowogbowo area of Lagos Island on 24 August 1910. He was the son of Ibrahim Sanni King, a member of the minority Muslim Saro community. His father was a chief Native Court clerk at Ilaro, and had lived for some time in Fourah Bay, Sierra Leone. Tunde King attended a local Methodist primary school and the Eko Boys High School. A schoolmate taught him to play guitar, and he became a leading member of a local group of "area boys" who hung out at a mechanic's shop on West Balogun Street. The group talked, drank beer and sang, accompanied by improvised instruments. By 1929, King had a clerical job and was also working part-time as a singer and guitarist with a trio including guitar, samba and maracas, later changing to tambourine, guitar-banjo and sekere (shaker). By the mid-1930s he enjoyed considerable success, with several recordings and radio broadcasts, but he still relied on live performances to earn a living, often at private functions. For example, King played at the wake of the prominent doctor Oguntola Sapara in June 1935. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Tunde King joined the Merchant Marines. He returned to Lagos in 194, then disappeared for the next eleven years. He was rediscovered playing in Francophone ports such as Conakry and Dakar, and returned to Lagos in 1954. He died in the 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunde_King |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 5:25pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Ijebu igbo , LWKMD CabbieAC: Please, no one should attempt to "grab" anyone oooo We know ourselves, when ground level, we will know where each belongs, but for now, no drama.. cc Ilekehd. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:28pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Zimoni I'm a big fan of Lefty Salami.A day without listening to Oloye Eko is incomplete for me. I can sing most of his songs off the top of my head even when i'm in Coma |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:34pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
modath: Abi now Aunty mi There's a renowned Itsekiri character on this forum who keeps trying to disassociate himself from Yorubas and can we blame him? He probably thinks it's because of Oil.Awolowo's era is not the same with this era, things have changed.We had some chemistry with them then,but that was the 60s and I don't think we've discovered oil then. We've settled this in the earlier pages 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:34pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
CabbieAC: How many windows/mirrors/glasses have you broken with your voice? |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 5:35pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
CabbieAC: K'e pe fun wa oooooo. Agba o ni ta lori'le. Now, I understood why Ilekeh calls you Grandpa  I'm still coming to Sakara Music, I took my time to compile the list. I'm starting with juju Music, my favourite, though Fuji Music is the most successful. I listen to King Sunny Ade everyday. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:36pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:36pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Quite true. And the way Nigeria has treated this entity has not been right. Ko da. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by sukkot: 5:37pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Shymm3x:I dont concern myself with the fact that their success does not transfer to the senior level. thats none of my business. i take each moment as it comes. whatever win they have now, i enjoy it and bask in it and at the end of that same day, i move on with my life. whatever the players do with their lives after that is theirs. thats just how i live my life and with that mindset, I will go ahead and try to enjoy this game tonight and if they win, enjoy the win and by tomorrow I move on with life not caring if they can transfer their success to the senior team.  1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by modath(f): 5:38pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Expect to hear lamentations from Ekiti soon. Fayose is going full IGR mode on their ass!! 1,000 naira state levy on every head of cow about to be butchered, every lorry road of construction item, & 5,000 levy for civil disturbance if you are throwing owambe.. You can no longer put things in front of your household to sell, you pay 1,000 to local government, people have removed signages from front of their shops cos they dont want to pay AD levies... He is about to demolish Ado main market (mall to be built in it's place) from tomorrow with no temporary relocation for the traders.... My aunt said they are very sad but can't say nothing cos his thugs will treat your F up.... I don't have a problem with IGR , I'm just laughing at my people cos they chased Fayemi away cos of almost same reasons.... 3 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 5:39pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Tunde Nightingale Earnest Olatunde Thomas (10 December 1922 – 1981), known as Tunde Nightingale or The Western Nightingale, was a Nigerian singer and guitarist, best known for his unique jùjú music style, following in the tradition of Tunde King. Born in Ibadan, he attended school in Lagos, served in the army, and worked for a railway company. He formed his first group, comprising guitar, tambourine, and shekere, in 1944. His contemporaries included Ayinde Bakare, I. K. Dairo and Dele Ojo. By 1952 his group had expanded to eight members, and played at the West African Club in Ibadan. His style of music was known as So Wàmbè (Is it there), possibly a double entendre reference to the beads draped over the hips of dancing women. By the 1960s, his popularity had grown among Lagos socialites, who sponsored him on a tour abroad. When he returned, he signed with the TYC label. In all, he recorded over 40 albums in his career. Modern stars like King Sunny Adé and Queen Ayo Balogun continue to be influenced by his style. Apart from the fact that he "sounded", literally, like a nightingale, he also kept a live bird in his home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunde_Nightingale
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:39pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
zimoni: Don't mind Iya Agba jare, she's looking for someone to paste the "Arugbo" tag on because she's in her 60s 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:44pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
modath: The bolded has been in place since Fayemi's term. I think it's a marvelous idea. We need a cleaner environment. That's why I love Ekiti. It's so clean. I hope they cry so they can realize the foolish mistake they made. I don't pity them. They must learn by force. Honestly I'm so disappointed with the Ekiti people that I don't even touch their threads. The only thing I hear about Fayose is market this and Buhari that. No development, no infrastructure, no city/state planning. Nothing!! 1 Like |
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