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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Myde4naija(m): 3:27pm On Feb 14, 2016
Rayhut:

Go and read your history book well this how it happened

Yorubas are conquered by Oba of Bini son Oduduwa, The Binin prince Oduduwa which is the son of Oba of Benin conquered yourubas and yourubas refer to him as god which fall down from haven with rooster and palm fruits. Yorubas are slaves to Binin kingdom, the name Oba is a Bini name and word and Eko is a Bini word, The Binis also conquered Aworis and Eguns in Lagos and gave it the name Eko before yorubas started migrating to Lagos. Prince Eze Chima of Onitcha kingdom is one of the biggest allies of Binin Kingdom,he help Binis in their conquest.
at one point the Benin people will say oduduwa has no connection with Benin and your own version is even hilarious, all I know is that your people are trying to rewrite your story is good for you anyway.......I still maintain my stand, Benin should stop using OBA because it is purely from Yoruba language.

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by tonychristopher: 8:33am On Feb 15, 2016
Myde4naija:
thanks for clearing it, oBA in Yoruba means KING

Same as edo
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Nobody: 10:50am On Feb 15, 2016
The same Yoruba obas Tinubu said are useless except for one or two?

The ones who collected bribe from Abacha and sold Abiola?

The same obas who beg for nomination from politicians before they are elected obas? Common !

No Yoruba Oba is worth a toilet paper, anyone one with d right backing and finance can ascend any of the two kobo throne in yooribaa land.

Ya'all claim Oba must get approval from Ife right and ask from who? The kneeling Ooni?

Even AjayiCrowther stated that the origin of Yoorooba is distorted and an identity must be given to those without one. Hence the name Yoruba which is derogotory was adopted from Usman Bello's book.
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by bayulll01(m): 12:31pm On Feb 15, 2016
opal4real:
The same Yoruba obas Tinubu said are useless except for one or two?




iPob why don't u face your uselessss over that tie wrapper like a woman round the village,most u comment on Yoruba thread

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 5:26pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


Fact is Benin gave Ododuwa to Ife. So whatever returned from Ife was originally BENIN.

My own analysis from Benin history is guess work while your own spurious claims are gospel truth, right? tongue grin

Obviously you were the midwife who attended to Ododuwa's mother in labour, and you should know the truth authoritatively. tongue

Dude, no ogboju tactics will work here.

You have your history, Benin have theirs and will remain so till the end of time.
All you have just done is to rant than provide evidence to back up claim that bini lost bastard was Oduduwa!
Since no bini has been able to provide it, then we can all say those are just dog's shit! Same way there haven't been any evidence to show bini was an empire as opposed to the Yorubas cutting across the West to Togo and Benin replublic!

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 5:28pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


Lol. I have explained that here on NL over many years. Even in my previous few posts yesterday & today. If you genuinely want a civilised debate & for comparison, see my previous posts.

If you prefer to wallow in ignorance, cursing & swearing, don't bother.
I see a very poorly informed person and ill-mannerism in your angry outburst. grin cheesy

Making a valid point is not by behaving like motor park agbero. grin
Still no evidence though!
What a set of clowns!
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 5:45pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

Still no evidence though!
What a set of clowns!
Ok, show us your evidence.

Your selfie with Lamidi abi na Lamudu, father of Oduduwa. grin cheesy

Some people cannot see beyond their nose because of tribalism. cheesy
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 6:04pm On Feb 15, 2016
Myde4naija:
at one point the Benin people will say oduduwa has no connection with Benin and your own version is even hilarious, all I know is that your people are trying to rewrite your story is good for you anyway.......I still maintain my stand, Benin should stop using OBA because it is purely from Yoruba language.



That shows your historical shallowness.

The first Ogiso of Igodomigodo (old name of Edo/Benin) was Oba-godo, by about 40BC. Among other titles.

There is also poor education system in 9ja that gives very shallow education. Hence the comments some make here lack depth & analysis.

Benin, Yoruba, Igbo, Fon, Ewe, etc are East Kwa/Volta-Benue branch of Niger-Congo language family. Simple philology. No, I'm no philologist or classicist or linguist per se.

In a place with quality education, amidst dissecting bodies, clinics etc, I had enough motivation gain an arts qualification alongside: philosophy, ethics, theology, languages and others covered.

Oba in Edo & Yoruba, and Obi in Igbo is co-incidence. Though in the distant past, Niger-Congo languages come from a proto language with certain words preserved.

Amen in all three languages are similar too: Ise, ase, ise!
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 6:24pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:

Ok, show us your evidence.

Your selfie with Lamidi abi na Lamudu, father of Oduduwa. grin cheesy

Some people cannot see beyond their nose because of tribalism. cheesy
NegroNtns:
@Post,

Have you heard about Oromo people? They are also called Oromifaa. Oduduwa did not come from Bini. Oduduwa came from Axum or Aksum in Ancient Abyssinia, known today as Ethiopia. The Oromifaa people are Cushites and their ancestral home is Aksum, they are in the Aramaic group of languages. They share a very similar culture with the Egyptians.

In fact it is believed that Aksum itself was settled by Jews escaping persecution from Egypt, they went on exodus and rested at Aksum as their final home. Of course this was at a time in their history when they did not even know where home was and wherever they found solace and hospitality, there was home.


Here are few pointers to draw on the background:

1. The Ife obelisk is considered an evidence of the spiritual connection between Ife and Aksum
2. The terra cotta of the Ife Head is seen as a production from different times but without doubt the creation of a single consciousness with cast heads excavated from tombs of the Kings in Memphis, Egypt.
3. Cults and Ritual practices are symmetrical between Ife and Egypt. Some of their deities bear resembling names (example - Yamm is the god of the sea in Egypt. Yemoja is the goddess of the sea in Yoruba)
4. Name semblance (example - Akhen ; Akin. Binis also share in this name semblance - Aken.)


Anyway, read more on these stuffs and the dots wil begin to connect for your understanding.
That's one.
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 6:31pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:

Ok, show us your evidence.

Your selfie with Lamidi abi na Lamudu, father of Oduduwa. grin cheesy

Some people cannot see beyond their nose because of tribalism. cheesy
NegroNtns:
@Post,
In trying to understand who Oduduwa was and where he originated from, here are some questions that will assist the research:


3. Obelisks were erected as dedicated structures to the worship of the deities. Its use in ritual practice  is exclusive to only two of world civilizations (Egyptian and Ethiopian). Anywhere else where Obelisk is erected, it exists as a work of art and not as a shrine. The only exception is the obelisk in Ife. It was built by Oduduwa's grandson as a shrine. There is a consciousness, even though they are materially removed from ancestral home, the spirit knows what to do.

4. Look at the white cap Chiefs in Yorubaland. Ancient Egypt had exact same ministerial structure around the King. In fact, look at the cap structure itself, very simple when compared with the elaborate headgear of the Pharaohs, but the folds are a match!
Two.
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 6:35pm On Feb 15, 2016
Areafada2, are all those listed correlated with the Binis? I ask again, show us evidence that Oduduwa was a bini!
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 6:37pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

That's one.

My brother, I believed those Egypt theories long ago, not anymore.

What makes it impossible for Egyptians to have migrated from Emure-Ekiti, Afikpo or Gboko?

All these Jews & Egypt story somehow re-enforces our inferiority complex. That any high culture, sophistication, complex government or society couldn't have been developed by we Africans ourselves, right where we are now. That somehow, people brought mythology & others from some distant lands.

No shred of logic in it.

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 6:43pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:
Areafada2, are all those listed correlated with the Binis?
I ask again, show us evidence that Oduduwa was a bini!

So attire are your evidence, hahahahahaha!

These are no evidence whatsoever.

We developed our cultures right here. That royal insignia happen to bear some resemblance is no evidence whatsoever.

Ododuwa was said to come from Arabia. All these cultures you mentioned were not Arabic.

How does antiquity Egypt suddenly turn Arabic? Egypt was not Arabic until 7th century.
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 6:48pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:
Areafada2, are all those listed correlated with the Binis?
I ask again, show us evidence that Oduduwa was a bini!

If all these conjecture are your evidence, then you simple know nothing about scientific rigor or scrutiny.

Ancient history, re-enacted at ceremonies, and passed on in songs and stories as a fabric of our culture are far more reliable.

Unless you have radio-carbon dated specimens linking Ododuwa to Arabia, forget it.
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 6:50pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


My brother, I believed those Egypt theories long ago, not anymore.

What makes it impossible for Egyptians to have migrated from Emure-Ekiti, Afikpo or Gboko?

All these Jews & Egypt story somehow re-enforces our inferiority complex. That any high culture, sophistication, complex government or society couldn't have been developed by we Africans ourselves, right where we are now. That somehow, people brought mythology & others from some distant lands.

No shred of logic in it.
Yoruba are not from Egypt though. However Oduduwa was! He was described as someone knowledgeable, aristocratic and powerful! All these were the reason he was made a ruler and all the influences he left behind could be linked to those in Egypt!
Yeah, we have culture and all but that doesn't negate the fact that oduduwa also influenced some of it! That's our heritage and we are proud of it! Hence, no bini man was made king in Yorubaland! Find your bastard somewhere else!
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 7:00pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


So attire are your evidence, hahahahahaha!

These are no evidence whatsoever.

We developed our cultures right here. That royal insignia happen to bear some resemblance is no evidence whatsoever.

Ododuwa was said to come from Arabia. All these cultures you mentioned were not Arabic.

How does antiquity Egypt suddenly turn Arabic? Egypt was not Arabic until 7th century.
Oduduwa wasn't an Arab man! He was supposed to be among the clans fleeing Egypt due to Arab attacks on the Egyptians!
Oduduwa was described as an hamite (the old egyptians) I.e, Tall and fully black and not like the Arab who are semite!
Am I supposed to remind you that the Arabs don't have diplomatic approach on their host than to visit them with attacks and to colonise them? That wasn't the case with Oduduwa!
I repeat find your bini lost bastard somewhere else!

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 7:09pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


If all these conjecture are your evidence, then you simple know nothing about scientific rigor or scrutiny.

Ancient history, re-enacted at ceremonies, and passed on in songs and stories as a fabric of our culture are far more reliable.

Unless you have radio-carbon dated specimens linking Ododuwa to Arabia, forget it.

All these your hogwash doesn't dispute the fact all the influences made by Oduduwa is that of the Egyptian and not bini!
Simple!
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 7:11pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

Yoruba are not from Egypt though. However Oduduwa was! He was described as someone knowledgeable, aristocratic and powerful! All these were the reason he was made a ruler and all the influences he left behind could be linked to those in Egypt!
Yeah, we have culture and all but that doesn't negate the fact that oduduwa also influenced some of it! That's our heritage and we are proud of it! Hence, no bini man was made king in Yorubaland! Find your bastard somewhere else!

Oh, Ododuwa is no more Arabic but Egyptian. You prefer your Egyptian bastard instead of local one? Hahahaha.

First, you lack historical perspective of Egypt & Ododuwa.

Do you even know Egyptian Kingdoms & dynasties? Which King started what dynasty? And when? I know you don't.

No, don't go googling it up because anybody can write any rubbish online. grin cheesy

Ododuwa lived in the 12th century AD. That was during Abbasid era. Long long after Egyptian Pharaonic dynasty ended.

Even the foreign Greek/Macedonian one ended in 30BC. Actual indigenous dynasty ended 300 years earlier.

By 12th century, all vestiges of Pharaoh dynasty had been lost.

How did Ododuwa now come into a small village (Ife) mythically from Egypt under Abbasid Muslim Caliphs with Pharaonic pomp & regalia? Over 12 centuries later? shocked shocked

Pride is a very funny thing. It prevents people from re-examining themselves. They put pride over probity. Your pride of being Egyptian founded on inferiority complex is pathetic. grin cheesy
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 7:12pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

All these your hogwash doesn't dispute the fact all the influences made by Oduduwa is that of the Egyptian and not bini!
Simple!

Year right, flying with a broom from Egypt. I can see why ACN/APC use broom as a symbol. tongue grin wink cheesy
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 7:16pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

Oduduwa wasn't an Arab man! He was supposed to be among the clans fleeing Egypt due to Arab attacks on the Egyptians!
Oduduwa was described as an hamite (the old egyptians) I.e, Tall and fully black and not like the Arab who are semite!
Am I supposed to remind you that the Arabs don't have diplomatic approach on their host than to visit them with attacks and to colonise them? That wasn't the case with Oduduwa!
I repeat find your bini lost bastard somewhere else!

This attack happened in which century? Then he passed all the big cities in East Africa and flew with Heli-Odua aircraft to Ife, bah? Dude, get a grip. Copying and pasting conjectures from various ethno-centrists impresses nobody. grin
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 7:18pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


Oh, Ododuwa is no more Arabic but Egyptian. You prefer your Egyptian bastard instead of local one? Hahahaha.

First, you lack historical perspective of Egypt & Ododuwa.

Do you even know Egyptian Kingdoms & dynasties? Which King started what dynasty? And when? I know you don't.

No, don't go googling it up because anybody can write any rubbish online. grin cheesy

Ododuwa lived in the 12th century AD. That was during Abbasid era. Long long after Egyptian Pharaonic dynasty ended.

Even the foreign Greek/Macedonian one ended in 30BC. Actual indigenous dynasty ended 300 years earlier.

By 12th century, all vestiges of Pharaoh dynasty had been lost.

How did Ododuwa now come into a small village (Ife) mythically from Egypt under Abbasid Muslim Caliphs with Pharaonic pomp & regalia? Over 12 centuries later? shocked shocked

Pride is a very funny thing. It prevents people from re-examining themselves. They put pride over probity. Your pride of being Egyptian founded on inferiority complex is pathetic. grin cheesy
LOL!
State where I said he was an Arabian to begin with!
Bini are towing the ibo lies pathway already!
That being said! Can you provide evidence that shows all the hamites of Egypt had been wiped out and had been replaced by the Semites?
Bini lies are even cringeworthy! No wonder we can't even verify the phantom bini empire today! LOL!

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 7:27pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

LOL!
State where I said he was an Arabian to begin with!
Bini are towing the ibo lies pathway already!
That being said! Can you provide evidence that shows all the hamites of Egypt had been wiped out and had been replaced by the Semites?
Bini lies are even cringeworthy! No wonder we can't even verify the phantom bini empire today! LOL!

Chai, Benin's historical influence pains many people o. You know a jealous person will try put you down, like a bully. grin cheesy

Benin Empire is known to educated people. Your ignorance doesn't make it less true.

A freed slave, Olaudah Equiano wrote in the 17th century in London " I'm Ibo by tribe and a citizen of Benin Kingdom". In his Autobiography. I can bet my last penny you don't read such books that might contain any truth.

Benin territory in Eastern Yorubaland is well known. I still have relatives there. But hey, Benin has moved on. We all suffer 9ja problems together today.

@Diadem, I have many of your ilk sparing with me here, even 50 of you cannot impress me.

Each of you coming with different versions of Oduwa, many say Arabic, Jewish, now u say Egyptian. Maybe North Korean or American Indian next time. Keep trying. grin grin grin grin cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 7:29pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


This attack happened in which century? The he passed all the big cities in East Africa and flew with Heli-Odua aircraft to Ife, bah? Dude, get a grip. Copying and pasting conjectures from various ethno-centrists impresses nobody. grin
Whether he flew through the moon or not, the basis is he was found in a forest in ife and all the influences left by him were that of the Egypt! Am I to remind you how powerful these men were? These were men that could vaporised into thin air to reappear anywhere!
Have you heard about Sango, the Yoruba ruler born of Nupe's mother? Even Wole Soyinka isn't left out!
Abeg, comot from my face!

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 7:32pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

Whether he flew through the moon or not, the basis is he was found in a forest in ife and all the influences left by him were that of the Egypt! Am I to remind you how powerful these men were? These were men that could vaporised into thin air and reappear anywhere!
Have you heard about Sango, the Yoruba ruler born of Nupe's mother?
Abeg, comot from my face!

Hahahahaha! After reading this, I give up! No need.

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 7:42pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:


Hahahahaha! After reading this, I give up! No need.
Ask Wole Soyinka and the OPC na!
Better still come to my Ondo kingdom! You will see a sharp knife cutting through a skin without any wound made or guns shot without any effect on a body! My bunki in Uniben, a bini guy even attested to the fact when he saw what his former neighbours did in their neighbourhood after they came back from a village in Ondo kingdom! He said and I quote "I can't have anything to do with Ondo people, they are too diabolical"
Just come na and you will know say power pass power!
That being said, the reality is still that all Oduduwa's influences were that of an Egyptian and not bini!
Simple as ABC!

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by AreaFada2: 7:46pm On Feb 15, 2016
Diademk07:

Ask Wole Soyinka and the OPC na!
Better still come to my Ondo kingdom! You will see a sharp knife cutting through a skin without any wound made or guns shot without effect on a body! My bunki in Uniben, a bini guy even attested to the fact when he saw what his former neighbours did in their neighbourhood after they came back from a village in Ondo kingdom! He said and I quote "I can't have anything to do with Ondo people, they are too diabolical"
Just come and you will know power pass power!
You want to educate me about a place I have some of my roots? cheesy grin grin
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Nobody: 8:00pm On Feb 15, 2016
bayulll01:


iPob why don't u face your uselessss over that tie wrapper like a woman round the village,most u comment on Yoruba thread

Who among your obas is worth more than toilet paper. Aboki slave!
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Diademk07: 8:03pm On Feb 15, 2016
AreaFada2:

You want to educate me about a place I have some of my roots? cheesy grin grin
You know ogun isoye and others ba?
Don't worry, you would see the villages this time around and we would confirm there and then if all these thing are real or not!
Wanna come?
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by safeguide: 3:15pm On Feb 16, 2016
HMmmmm
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Tequilah: 4:41pm On Feb 19, 2016
APCcrimes:
LOLzzzzzz

I never knew yorubas like binis like this o..

hehehehe..See wailers at the top trying to grab binis to their side...

FYI, my mum is Benin and she does not in any way look like Yoruba...Even in Benin, the Yorubas are like aliens.. The igbos are seen more like family than the yorubas... My cousins, uncles, aunt from my mum's side don't have any atom or trace of yorubish...

The Binis are Binis. Yorubas should mind their lane!

Bros, you can lie, sha! shocked Who are the Bini people that see Igbo like their family? In which planet did that one happen? Speak for yourself, pls. Bini people do not subscribe to the idea of seeing Igbo like their family. sad

madetayo:
Liar,go check your history well to confirm you weren't adopted. Served in Auchi and frequently visited Benin,was surprised to see the massive number of people speaking the Yoruba language, not fluently but you need no soothsayer to tell you it was Yoruba language. Furthermore, have you heard of the Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (R.O.F), a Yoruba dominated fraternity, you can hardly go by 3-4 houses in Benin without seeing any of their members or signs. I know all these cos I've got Benin friends with Yoruba names & average knowledge of the language,been there as well. For the record again,3 out of 10 Benin indigenes speaks the Yoruba language

Thank you, o! The guy who made all those false assertions obviously knows next to nothing about the interaction of Bini and other Edo communities, with the Yoruba people over the past several decades.

Gamesmart:
That is just laughable rubbish.

Even many of the Aniomas (who are closer to Igboland) refuse to be seen as family with Igbos, it is the Binis that will see them as family?

grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

Thank God say you sef see am! cool I don laugh tire, since I heard the ipob boy trying to claim that Bini people regard the Igbo as their family. LWKMD! cheesy grin

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Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Tequilah: 4:45pm On Feb 19, 2016
step1:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

first you said aworis and egun, then you are saying before yorubas migrated to Lagos

lastly Onitsha an ally to benin

so igbos were in Lagos before yorubas. Too much igbo (weed) grin grin

benins are just fighting and distorting history

The guy you are responding to is not even Bini. He is an an Ipod chap. sad
Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by safeguide: 9:11am On Feb 20, 2016
Seeing things

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