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Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 11:34am On Jun 22, 2017 |
Noccerino: Eguns are basically Yorubas with a twist from Dahomey. They were under the Oyo empire for Hundreds of Years, they have deeply intermarried with the Yorubas, They all SPEAK YORUBA language, Bear Yoruba names or a mixture, worship same gods as Yoruba, eat same foods, etc. Even when you go to Porto Novo, Benin Republic, the Eguns have heavily blended with Yorubas even there as well. Now How about Igala in Anambra? and Idoma in Enugu? |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 10:53pm On Jun 21, 2017 |
NwaforIgbo: LIES! Haba Which ethnic group that shared common boundary with Yoruba within Nigeria did he call Yoruba? Is it Benin or Nupe or Egbira or Itsekiri or Etsako? 4 Likes |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 10:51pm On Jun 21, 2017 |
fratermathy: in that case, all those urhobo settlements that are not in any of the Warri Local Governments can't be considered to be Warri as well. All those other places I listed are all in Warri South, so they are rightfully Warri. |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 10:48pm On Jun 21, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Yes, but you said it yourself that why is the South East the only Zone that contains one ethnic group, while all the other geopolitical zones are multi ethnic. That is why I asked you to list the tribes n the SW for us to hear. These are your own words: PrecisionFx: I was just trying to tell you how wrong you were. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 8:31pm On Jun 21, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: So What are the other significant tribes in the SW? |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 7:55pm On Jun 21, 2017 |
fratermathy: Who owns the following parts/towns of Warri township: Ubeji Ajatiton Ajamimigha Ifie Ugbolokposo Jalla Ogunnu Ugboroke Aren't these all Itsekiri locales within the actual Warri township? cc: Efewestern 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Igbo Leaders Meet Governor El-Rufai, Say No To Division Of Nigeria (pics) by Zoolezoo(m): 8:17pm On Jun 20, 2017 |
omenkaLives: Hhahahahahaha! LWTMB! 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Crime / Re: Man Strips 13-year-old Son, Chains Hands, Feet Over N2, 000 Theft (photo) by Zoolezoo(m): 7:22pm On Jun 20, 2017 |
Hmmn Pikin wey dey steal.... may God give us the knowledge of how to deal with such kids in the right way. 3 Likes |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 3:39pm On Jun 20, 2017 |
Efewestern: There is a small circle in ondo state with Ijo written in it, they aren't classed under Yoruba. |
Crime / Re: Edo Woman Struck With Madness For Refusing To Bring Her Son For Initiation.PICS by Zoolezoo(m): 3:34pm On Jun 20, 2017 |
diezani: The origin of Ogboni might be Yoruba, but nothing indicates this case is connected to Ogbonis in anyway! Besides, Ogboni members in Edo are Edo people not Yorubas. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 3:25pm On Jun 20, 2017 |
Case closed. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Oba Sejiro Olalekan Engages Jaiyeola Omolabake, Daughter Of Ebeneze Obey (Photos by Zoolezoo(m): 10:33am On Jun 20, 2017 |
Hweme or Xweme, not Kweme, thanks. |
Culture / Re: 30 Interesting Facts About Some Nigerian Minority Ethnic Groups by Zoolezoo(m): 10:31am On Jun 20, 2017 |
hammer6: Shut your trap there, Itsekiri is an Ijoid group since when? You are suffering from cognitive dissonance, all in your bid to promote an Igbo agenda. You are disagreeing with an Ijaw man (Nengibo) in some posts, and also supporting Ijaws against Itsekiris in another post with Efewestern and Onuwaje. Agent of confusion. 15 Likes 1 Share |
Culture / Re: The Origin Of Urhobo People by Zoolezoo(m): 9:58pm On Jun 10, 2017 |
Olu317: I won't respond to you here in full, because like you said, it is an Urhobo thread. We should let the Urhobos enjoy their thread. First I am not Benin, nor am I a Benin apologist.... But your insecurity and close mindedness to discussing the natural diversity within Yoruba has has exposed you as a close minded person. dialect is not the only difference between Eastern and Western Yorubas in case you dont know. There are many others. Oyo Yoruba rely havily on the talking drum in their music for example. Drums drums and more drums everywhere, usually the strap around shoulder ones. If you go to places like Ekiti/Akure, Okitipupa/Ode Idepe/Ode Irele, Idanre etc, you would notice that it isn't all about drums. They have different tempos and genres of music, more Agogos, more diverse drum types, and many instruments I don't even know their English names. In Oyo music, all these are absent. Like 9jakool also pointed out, their chieftancy and some traditional practices also differs to some extent. In Owo, we have the Ugbama, Ughare, Igharo (men over 50), Olisagho, Edibo, Ogwamodu. The first place the owos settled after leaving Ife is called Ugbo Ogwata, also known as Okiti Asegbo (Asegbo Hill).\All these are veery different from what is obtainable in standard Yoruba. Infact, even Ufe (Ife) dialect is closer to what is obtainable in Ekiti/Ondo/Ijebu/Ijesha/Owe(Kabba)/Ijumu etc, than what it is in Oyo. A traditional square/hall is called an Ugha....... similar to Iga Iduganran in Lagos (standardized Oyo version). Look at the Olowo, his hands are placed on two white pieces of clothing and supported by two stewards (odibo), left and right. Does anywhere in the Western Yoruba sphere of culture do that with their Obas? 9jakool, open a thread about the diversity in the customs and traditions of Yoruba clans, and I will join you there. 3 Likes |
Culture / Re: The Origin Of Urhobo People by Zoolezoo(m): 11:04am On Jun 10, 2017 |
9jakool: Yes, the Eastern Yoruba dialects are way older than the Western ones. Oyo even seems to be probably the newest. So many innovations and consonant simplifications. Gh to W Gw to W Ch to S U to I (At word beginnings) Nasal ON to UN Nasal EN to IN NE to NI All these might look minor, but when they all come together and manifest in a long sentence , it convulates things a bit. A word like palace (Oghofen in original form) becomes just Afin in Oyo. Person (One) becomes Eni. Money (Egho) becomes Owo. Etc An untrained Yoruba ear from Ibadan or Lagos can't understand these dialects, even though they are actually more authentic. You should visit traditional events in Ondo town, Owo, Or any Ondo state town and see how heavily they bead. Almost like the Benins in many regards. But then, that is not really surprising. Even their music is different. Listen to these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_N4itjiS7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l-FwFNuNTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnh3OwvhyIA Oyo was a savannah state and was actually part of a zone of active cultural diffusions between the Sudano-Sahelian and savannah West African states. And so, with them came the Agbada which would later spread all over Yorubaland. I just laugh when I hear some Yorubas saying today that Yoruba men don't tie cloth around their torsos. Yes they did tie wrappers, and still do. Infact it used to be general clothing, but these days, any male who dorns a wrapper-esque clothing is looked upon like some kinf of conc traditionalist/medicine man. 2 Likes
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Culture / Re: The Origin Of Urhobo People by Zoolezoo(m): 1:58am On Jun 08, 2017 |
fratermathy: The Yorubas and Igalas started out as the same ancestral stock of people, journeying from the lake chad region. When they got to the Niger benue confluence area, both groups bifurcated. (ie split into two primordial groups). One group branched to the western part of the confluence and became large and expansive. The other group branched eastern direction of the river and became not so successful. The Western fold are the Yorubas. This arm of the migration spread and grew into various dialects. The Eastern dialects closer to the original point of the spit are the older dialects, while the more westwards you go, the more innovative and recent the dialects get. Igala preserved one branch of the original language they spoke. The Yorubas, (especially the eastern groups) preserve the other. Igala however came into contact with some other languages like Jukun infusion of new words (like attah) which took place when they came under Kwararafa territorial ambitions and expansion ,Idoma, and Igbo words (like Abacha and akpu), due to their geographical location close to some of those groups. Yoruba came into contact with mostly nothing. All dialectal variations of their language have been mostly self driven and natural deviations, except again on the South Eastern flank where Itsekiri, Ilaje, Ikale, Ondo, etc came into contact with Benin language. The Itsekiris themselves are a medley of various southeastern Yoruboid groups like the Ijebus (Ugborodo, Omadino, Ureju, Inorinetc). This groups came from the ijebu waterside area and Ode Omi + Ikale, Ilaje, Owo, Akure. Majority of the founding stock seem to have been Ilaje-Ikale. Benin itself has always received a steady stream of migrants from the Yoruba hinterland throughout almost all of its history. Hence both languages converge in certain regards and words, as well as certain customs. There are towns in Edo like Usen that have Yoruba founders. And if towns deep in the heart of Delta north can have Proven Yoruba origin, I am sure there would be specific urhobo stocks with Yoruba foundation, or at least a heavy infusion of Yoruba and Itsekiri ancestry in their early origins as well. Things like dressing style, use of extensive beading etc, has little or nothing to do with origin as they are both recent phenomena. Coral beads aren't even indigenous to Western Africa. Which would mean that before Europeans brought them in large quantities to trade barter with the Itsekiris and Benins, all these groups, Eastern and Coastal Yorubas, Benins, Itsekiris, Urhobos, Isokos all likely dressed in similar manner. Even today, not all Yoruba groups use beading in the same volume The Owos are HEAVY on beading, while the oyos seem to be very light on beading. Its just a continuum of one ethnic group linking into another - given the large size and territorial range of the Yorubas, there is heavy variation. You will need to assume all of Yorubaland in one country to really get the full picture. Some groups of Yorubaland behave like dahomeans. in Dance, Music, Dressing etc. I hope you get what all my ramblings are about sha. 6 Likes |
Culture / Re: The Origin Of Urhobo People by Zoolezoo(m): 1:38am On Jun 08, 2017 |
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