YORUBAS ARE NOT COWARDS by Ola Victors
It is now a common thing for non Yorubas to refer to Yoruba people as cowards. They say an average Yoruba man cannot stand for his right with the last drop of his blood. They believe that an average Yoruba man will always run away in battle. All these cannot be farther from the truth; Yoruba history attests to that. It must be noted that an average Yoruba man is relatively peaceful, dodge and wise.
I read a comment about the recent killing of some traders from Ibadan in the North, these traders had gone to the North to buy goods, they were killed, and it was reported that over 40 million naira was stolen from them. The commentator believes that if the incident was the other way round, there would have been instantaneous reprisal attacks. That may be very true, but Ibadan people know that reprisal will only worsen the case. Such reprisal can only come from an 18th century man living in the 21st century.
Chris Stevens, US ambassador to Libya was killed last year in Benghazi. Another diplomat, Sean Smith, and two US security men were also killed. We did not hear of bloody reprisals in America. Does that means the USA; which is dreaded as world power is now a nation of cowards? No. it is just that American citizens are far ahead the perpetrators of such dastardly act. When some youth members were killed in Bauchi after the 2011 general elections, my friend who finished from AAUA was among those killed; reprisals from us in Yoruba land will not raise them but further increase the tension on the chord of our national unity. Am sure the 18th century men will not understand that.
Yorubas have the highest history of warfare. Our forefathers were so much involved in battles, through their bravery, they overcame. Those wars are settled, contemporary men don’t go to war in the same fashion as the primitive men. Warfare in the days of Julius Ceaser, William Wallace and Spartacus is different from what is obtainable now. It is only after all other options have failed that war become inevitable. We are not cowards but sagacious.
MKO Abiola, Adekunle Fajuyi, S.L. Akintola amongst others was victimized and killed, yet Yoruba never make secession move. In the scheme of things in the nation right now, it is only the Yoruba nation that is not represented. We all know that the speaker of the House of Representatives is supposed to come from the south west, but it is not so, yet, we are not crying. Yorubas don’t live for today alone, they live for today and the future. We know those who live their lives as if today is the end of the world. We are not thinking of breaking up the nation, we want to help it grow. If we are not in power today, we will patiently wait for our time.
Ask other tribes, you will find out that they envy us. They want to be like us, they wish they are as successful as we are. Instead of putting all their efforts towards becoming better, they decided to become hostile towards us with the words of their mouth. They want to bring us down, but our goals are so clear to us, that we cannot be intimidated. They envy what Obafemi Awolowo did with cocoa in the Yoruba land. They envy his free education, but instead of praising him, they accused him of raising illiterates with certificates. We know who we are and we are very happy with our accomplishments, we are very happy God has brought us thus far. We Yorubas are not cowards; we are just wiser than those who thought we are cowards.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA

I don't get the point of this thread

Mynd_44: I don't get the point of this thread

lol... Ermmm, the point is yoruba aint cowards. *unfollows thread*

Good post!Yoruba was belligerent in the past.In those days,victory is obligatory for any warrior or commit suicide after defeats.Yoruba have never been defeated in warfare.The dahomey defeated oyo during their independence conquest but meet their waterloo from the egba people.The fulani conquered ilorin as a result of afonja rebellion and betrayal but were also overpowered during ibadan/osogbo and fulani war.If the various tribes within the race come together to fight,the country will be in shackles unlike failed biafra.

It is only an Igbo that doesn't think before he acts that calls Yoruba cowards

i still don't get it with human beings... is it when Yorubas commit genocide that the coward insults would stop?

Yorubas are wise. You go to war when all options have failed.

The Igbos that went war - Was it not the wisdom of a Yoruba man that won the war when food supply to the southeast was blocked.

So, who goes to war without food in the stomach.