Yorubas are the check and balance that holds the two side (north and south) you know we cannot all go on rampage at about same time, it result might be dastardly.....you dnt want things fallin apart....I will take the journalist words as an appraisal and a light tower to other ethnic society

amayodimeji:
Yorubas are the check and balance that holds the two side (north and south) you know we cannot all go on rampage at about same time, it result might be dastardly.....you dnt want things fallin apart....I will take the journalist words as an appraisal and a light tower to other ethnic society

I think that's how it should be taken.
Yorubas are beautiful people, in soul and in body

BobUg28:


Hi sir, good day. Been waiting fervently to see your recent comments so as to crave for your indulgence to join our group ;THE READERS CLUB on whatsapp.


We started this from literature section. And we have been sourcing for people of your kind all through the week.

Right now, we have successfully garnered like 20 members or there about from different African countries( though mostly from Nigeria)

I met you because I know how influential you are on Nairaland and I have been your follower for eons. Please do extend your hands of generosity to that end and help teach and train upcoming writers.


We can help subscribe your phone if you actually care for that but the point is that we truly need your presence sir.


Thanks.

all this for him?? Chisos!

BobbyDean:
i think i like the way YOU talk, we could relate like gentlemen. On what ground(s) did biafra stand up against the rest of Nigeria in 1967?

Biafrans stood up to Nigeria on a different ground
Japanese stood up to America on a different ground
Germans stood up to Britain and Allies on different ground

The bottom lines is that they stood up to nations and fought them

That's bravery

Prayer of a sinner GOD of justice never answers now who is a sinner is the biggest question because many whom people think knows God or are close to God are the worst sinners on earth and pretend and we have the power to prove it hence we told you it is at night that we know who is who on the eartb#What has vocabulary got to do with genuine prayers to GOD of justice? All we need is all inclusive prayers of justice to the GOD of justice &no exceptions, be you who ever and by the power that is UNBELIEVABLE to humanbeigns,the LIGHT, the MANTLE we decree that any one and those using the name of Jesus Christ to deceive people&make money Jesus Christ should turn their honour to disgrace and they should all die and be put on chain from heaven in 2016 in Jesus Christ mighty name i pray Amen.happy new year to those who stand for justice and good.so many humanbeigns don't deserve the happiness that GOd of justice give BECAUSE they are EVIL and this we must make Clear to those who wish to know. This is authority speaking and those who understand the SPIRITUAL understand who is talking

ElekeNtioba:


Nothing....bt have u seen that man who is prepared to hold another man down even if it means staying down with him.

He is Yoruba.

We are simply not fighting the same war.

Setaje:
And before some idiots come to say they are cowards. Remember that before we became one Nigeria, yorubas have fought so many wars within themselves. War is never the answer to any question. Nothing as worthy as dialogue, diplomacy and respect of boundaries.

don't mind them. where were they then?

Number one coward in Nigeria are the IBO's, remember during Biafra war, there father ojukwu ran away all because he doesn't want to die, now they arrested that guy called KANU, why can't they go and fight when they called him there leader, some idiots said if KANU dies there will be war, why can't they start the war now that he is still alive? Lazy and coward set of people.

[b]Blaine Harden is a total idiot. His assertion demonstrates his lack of knowledge and understanding of Yoruba history. In fact the secession that the Igbos embarked upon only in the 1960s was attempted by the Yorubas in the 18th century. Following the annexation of the buffer Nupe Kingdom by Uthman dan Fodio, Oyo-Ile, the administrative headquarters of Yorubaland, at that time, was overran but not annexed thanks to the joint efforts of indigenous soldiers from other parts of Yoruba land (the Ibadans, Ijebus, Egbas, Ondos, Ijeshas, Ekitis, etc.) who collaborated with the Oyo soldiers to push back the Fulani invaders. An aftermath of this is that whilst the Oyo hegemony was dealt a mortal blow, zonal armies (Ijebus, Egbas, Ibadans Owos, etc) became strengthened. Conscious of the weakening of the Oyo hegemony, the other Yoruba city-states broke free of Oyo dominance, and subsequently became embroiled in a series of internecine wars which ultimately fuelled the trans-Atlantic slave trade that witnessed millions of Yorubas forcibly ferried across to the Americas (especially Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) where elements of Yoruba culture and traditions (arts, music and dance) as well as religions (Sango, Ifa, Obatala, etc) still persist. Conscious of the fact that it is peaceful resolution and not violent conflict that resolves disputes, the Yoruba people have learnt their lessons. They may deploy 'shakara' (empty threats) but never, as a people, resort to violence.

What I explained here, I learned in primary school and I am thoroughly ashamed of the fact that Nigerian history is no longer mandatory in our schools. Compulsory civic studies (in the 1970s) didn't stop my generation from becoming world class surgeons, accountants, financial analysts, scientists and professors in various disciplines. And I feel really sorry for this generation and future generations of Nigerians for being denied knowledge and understanding of their culture. Sociologists and anthropologists in the house would agree with me that formal education is an avenue for socialisation and enculturation. The Nigerian society is currently failing to enculture its own. Any wonder an ill-educated American would publish rubbish about our motherland and certificated but uneducated, uncultured and un-liberated Nigerians would rush to defend rather than lambaste the imperialist and Orientalist. Most importantly rather than join forces to 'fight' the idiot, the matter has become a source of tribal mudslinging. Any wonder, foreigners are entering our country to plunder our resources whilst we're busy engaging in inter-tribal verbal war. [/b]

Chinom:
What Blaine Harden wrote is what we know already. The Yoruba's are loud mouthed cowards with very little scruples. Their sexual morality is also the lowest amongst all Nigerians. Maybe at par with that of the Calabars and Idomas.

And we also know that as at July 1967 there were a handful of Soldiers of Yoruba stock, but by Jan 1970 after the REAL COWARDS (Igbos) had been vanguished, there stood a record of tens of thousands of Veterans of Yoruba stock. These were men who enlisted voluntarily as against the cases of conscription recorded in the East.

I guess that is your definition of cowardice.

jstriker442:
all u wish a peaceful man shall return to you this year nd beyond a thousand times and over. RTS.

Starting a year with insults ??

Back to sender

He is right you know. He no go better for you and your family. Sango and Ogun will visit you with hardship and confusion this year.

ariesbull:


Brave people surrender to fight another day

The Japanese
The Germans
The Americans in Vietnam war
The biafrans
The Russians


These are the nations noted for their act of bravery

You are correct. Ojukwu escaping to Ivory Coast dressed as an old woman while millions of children were dying is bravery. Very brave. Tell me more.

ariesbull:


Biafrans stood up to Nigeria on a different ground
Japanese stood up to America on a different ground
Germans stood up to Britain and Allies on different ground

The bottom lines is that they stood up to nations and fought them

That's bravery

YET the ONLY Biafran offensive against Nigeria was done by a Yoruba man? Tell me again, who are the Igbo heroes of Biafra? Name one.

A Yeeboo with his uncultured mouth calling a child of Oduduwa a coward - wonders shall never end. The Yeeboo singular claim to 'bravery' is the Civil War of 1967. And even though, the ONLY offensive against Nigeria carried out by Biafra was done by a Yoruba soldier, these spurns of burrowing rodents still have mouth to talk. Anyway no need to talk much. Here is the concept of bravery from the Igbotic mindset.

This is how an Igbo defines bravery:

The definition of bravery in the dictionary of Ndiigbo:

When you go to an Igbo village this is how bravery is defined:

When Igbos are discussing bravery this is the image they have in mind:

To Igbos sacrificing their children because of greed and ego of a coward like Ojukwu is bravery:

Igbos are not brave until they sacrifice their children to Amadioha:

Igbos are so afraid to be called 'cowards' so they ALLOWED this to be done to their children:

To the Igbo to be brave is to get results like this:

If an Igbo man did not see this happen to his children he does not feel that he is brave.

Igbos are so brave they allow this to happen to their women and children:

So fellow Nigerians as a Yoruba man I wake up EVERY BLESSED DAY thanking Eledumare for not giving me the Igbotic-bravery. In this New Year EVERY Igbotic-bravery that comes near you Eledumare will destroy it. Amen.

Are Yorubas brave? HECK YEAH. Are Yorubas Igbotic-brave? HECK-NO.

IGBOTIC-BRAVERY IS A GENERATIONAL CURSE THAT NDIIGBO IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH TO THIS VERY DAY.


Capt. Fisifun.

BTW: Did you notice during the entire civil war Ojukwu appear not to have lost even an ounce of fat. Behold the face of Igbotic-Bravery.

Ojukwu living large while women and children were sacrificed to Amadioha:

Quote me with rubbish and die an untimely death this year. You have been warned. Sango and Ogun are in the gym doing push ups for your a$$.

Yes ok Yorubas are self preserving.. and Igbos are not.. good for you! That's why u celebrate one of you who sacrificed 3 million of your people for nothing and ur celebrating another one who is ready to sacrifice more of u... well done!
Determining what side had higher strength is the wisdom I talk of here... not to sound proud like u chest beaters, I daresay if Yorubas had joined ur side, u may have won.. That's why it eternally pains ur pple.. and some of them have the nerve to call yorubas betrayals... we are not... we just chose what was best for us..
I think your people should learn from that wisdom... learn diplomacy and how to analyse before opening your stinking beaks and above all learn not talk too much of what ur gonna do before u do it..

ElekeNtioba:


LMAO....u ar confusing self-preservation with wisdom. what is there to analyse in choosing between two sides of unequal strength....

kaycii1:


therez an atom oF COWARDICE

it's more like being sensible

ariesbull:


Biafrans stood up to Nigeria on a different ground
Japanese stood up to America on a different ground
Germans stood up to Britain and Allies on different ground

The bottom lines is that they stood up to nations and fought them

That's bravery

but does the fact that Yoruba as an ethnic group, has not stood up against anyone make them cowards?

F

BobbyDean:
but does the fact that Yoruba as an ethnic group, has not stood up against anyone make them cowards?

That is what I can not say.we thought abiola case would make a difference yet they cowed

Then the weaping general was the icing on the cake


Do u know what it means to be in army not to talk of general ..then weaping I something

By

teamchocolate:
Yes ok Yorubas are self preserving.. and Igbos are not.. good for you! That's why u celebrate one of you who sacrificed 3 million of your people for nothing and ur celebrating another one who is ready to sacrifice more of u... well done!
Determining what side had higher strength is the wisdom I talk of here... not to sound proud like u chest beaters, I daresay if Yorubas had joined ur side, u may have won.. That's why it eternally pains ur pple.. and some of them have the nerve to call yorubas betrayals... we are not... we just chose what was best for us..
I think your people should learn from that wisdom... learn diplomacy and how to analyse before opening your stinking beaks and above all learn not talk too much of what ur gonna do before u do it..

But white man wrote that not an igbo man
Why the igbo naaa?

ariesbull:
F

That is what I can not say.we thought abiola case would make a difference yet they cowed

Then the weaping general was the icing on the cake


Do u know what it means to be in army not to talk of general ..then weaping I something

then the South-South people also cowed during Ken Saro Wiwa case. Let's assume Kanu goes to jail & dies there (God forbid), y'all will going to the battle field? The rest of us will be waiting sir!