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** EDO GAVE YORUBAS THEIR NAME**

Have you ever wondered why none of the ancient Kingdoms of South-Western Nigeria was called Yoruba? It is because the name is foreign to them. It has no root in their culture and their lingo. Now,how come today,these people are collectively called Yorubas and they are very proud to be so addressed? I have read a version of the origin of the name where it was alleged that it was the Hausa/Fulani term " Yoruba"( meaning slaves) that was corrupted to Yoruba. This version leaves many logical gaps to be filled. The Yorubas were at no point in western Sudan history slaves to the Hausa/Fulani. Admitted,the Fulani mercenary Alimi through the treacherous acts of the Yoruba duke and General Afonja appropriated Ilorin from Yorubas,but it is also on record that in 1840,the Ibadan warriors defeated and halted the Fulani expansionist expedition. No! Yoruba is not an Hausa/Fulani word.

TRUE ORIGIN OF THE WORD "YORUBA"

When Chief Oliha led a delegation to go and entreat Prince Izoduwa( Elkalladerhan the son of Ogiso Owodo) at Ife to come back home and mount the throne of his fathers,there was no report or record that they spoke any language other than the Benin language to Izoduwa( Oduduwa) and no report of an interpreter between them either. This is because Oduduwa is a Benin man and he understands the language very well. He however declined the offer but not without appreciating the fact that he owes his family and people of Benin the duty to see that a descendant of the Ogiso Family sits on the Benin throne. The best solution he offered was to send Omonoyan( Oranyan or Oramiyan) at a later date to go and sit on the throne of their ancestors in Benin.

Now note this; Oduduwa being a Benin man brought up in Benin can speak Benin. But none of his children( Oramiyan inclusive) could speak the Idu tongue. The children of Izoduwa grew up speaking the language of their mother not that of their father. Their mother is an Ife woman( some said she is an Igala woman). You can imagine the surprise,disappointment and discomfort the Benins felt when the son sent by their rightful king Oduduwa cannot speak or understand his father's language. He was communicating with them in his mother's tongue and expect them to understand him. This is one of the vexatious problems that prompted Oramiyan to leave them later because they wanted him to stop speaking his mother language to his father's people. The courtiers were the ones that first started spreading the bad news. They tell people that Oba Oramiyan can only communicate in his mother's tongue. Mother of Oba in Benin means IYEOBA which can be spelt otherwise as IYOOBA. Now you get it? Anybody that speaks Oramiyan's language to the Benins is somebody speaking IYOOBA language( Oba's mother language) That was how all the people in the southwest got their name IYOOBA from Benin because they speak the language of the mother( NOT FATHER) of the Oba of Benin. Yoruba is an anglicized form of IYOOBA. The Edo people and the Yorubas themselves till date pronounce it IYOOBA not Yoruba.

Lies from the pit of hell.

samuk:
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** EDO GAVE YORUBAS THEIR NAME**

Have you ever wondered why none of the ancient Kingdoms of South-Western Nigeria was called Yoruba? It is because the name is foreign to them. It has no root in their culture and their lingo. Now,how come today,these people are collectively called Yorubas and they are very proud to be so addressed? I have read a version of the origin of the name where it was alleged that it was the Hausa/Fulani term " Yoruba"( meaning slaves) that was corrupted to Yoruba. This version leaves many logical gaps to be filled. The Yorubas were at no point in western Sudan history slaves to the Hausa/Fulani. Admitted,the Fulani mercenary Alimi through the treacherous acts of the Yoruba duke and General Afonja appropriated Ilorin from Yorubas,but it is also on record that in 1840,the Ibadan warriors defeated and halted the Fulani expansionist expedition. No! Yoruba is not an Hausa/Fulani word.

TRUE ORIGIN OF THE WORD "YORUBA"

When Chief Oliha led a delegation to go and entreat Prince Izoduwa( Elkalladerhan the son of Ogiso Owodo) at Ife to come back home and mount the throne of his fathers,there was no report or record that they spoke any language other than the Benin language to Izoduwa( Oduduwa) and no report of an interpreter between them either. This is because Oduduwa is a Benin man and he understands the language very well. He however declined the offer but not without appreciating the fact that he owes his family and people of Benin the duty to see that a descendant of the Ogiso Family sits on the Benin throne. The best solution he offered was to send Omonoyan( Oranyan or Oramiyan) at a later date to go and sit on the throne of their ancestors in Benin.

Now note this; Oduduwa being a Benin man brought up in Benin can speak Benin. But none of his children( Oramiyan inclusive) could speak the Idu tongue. The children of Izoduwa grew up speaking the language of their mother not that of their father. Their mother is an Ife woman( some said she is an Igala woman). You can imagine the surprise,disappointment and discomfort the Benins felt when the son sent by their rightful king Oduduwa cannot speak or understand his father's language. He was communicating with them in his mother's tongue and expect them to understand him. This is one of the vexatious problems that prompted Oramiyan to leave them later because they wanted him to stop speaking his mother language to his father's people. The courtiers were the ones that first started spreading the bad news. They tell people that Oba Oramiyan can only communicate in his mother's tongue. Mother of Oba in Benin means IYEOBA which can be spelt otherwise as IYOOBA. Now you get it? Anybody that speaks Oramiyan's language to the Benins is somebody speaking IYOOBA language( Oba's mother language) That was how all the people in the southwest got their name IYOOBA from Benin because they speak the language of the mother( NOT FATHER) of the Oba of Benin. Yoruba is an anglicized form of IYOOBA. The Edo people and the Yorubas themselves till date pronounce it IYOOBA not Yoruba.

Liar, did you realised that the ‘IYE OBA is a Yoruba word? - IYE/IYA means Mother in Yoruba and OBA means King. You just shot yourself in the leg Coward.

samuk:
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** EDO GAVE YORUBAS THEIR NAME**

Have you ever wondered why none of the ancient Kingdoms of South-Western Nigeria was called Yoruba? It is because the name is foreign to them. It has no root in their culture and their lingo. Now,how come today,these people are collectively called Yorubas and they are very proud to be so addressed? I have read a version of the origin of the name where it was alleged that it was the Hausa/Fulani term " Yoruba"( meaning slaves) that was corrupted to Yoruba. This version leaves many logical gaps to be filled. The Yorubas were at no point in western Sudan history slaves to the Hausa/Fulani. Admitted,the Fulani mercenary Alimi through the treacherous acts of the Yoruba duke and General Afonja appropriated Ilorin from Yorubas,but it is also on record that in 1840,the Ibadan warriors defeated and halted the Fulani expansionist expedition. No! Yoruba is not an Hausa/Fulani word.

TRUE ORIGIN OF THE WORD "YORUBA"

When Chief Oliha led a delegation to go and entreat Prince Izoduwa( Elkalladerhan the son of Ogiso Owodo) at Ife to come back home and mount the throne of his fathers,there was no report or record that they spoke any language other than the Benin language to Izoduwa( Oduduwa) and no report of an interpreter between them either. This is because Oduduwa is a Benin man and he understands the language very well. He however declined the offer but not without appreciating the fact that he owes his family and people of Benin the duty to see that a descendant of the Ogiso Family sits on the Benin throne. The best solution he offered was to send Omonoyan( Oranyan or Oramiyan) at a later date to go and sit on the throne of their ancestors in Benin.

Now note this; Oduduwa being a Benin man brought up in Benin can speak Benin. But none of his children( Oramiyan inclusive) could speak the Idu tongue. The children of Izoduwa grew up speaking the language of their mother not that of their father. Their mother is an Ife woman( some said she is an Igala woman). You can imagine the surprise,disappointment and discomfort the Benins felt when the son sent by their rightful king Oduduwa cannot speak or understand his father's language. He was communicating with them in his mother's tongue and expect them to understand him. This is one of the vexatious problems that prompted Oramiyan to leave them later because they wanted him to stop speaking his mother language to his father's people. The courtiers were the ones that first started spreading the bad news. They tell people that Oba Oramiyan can only communicate in his mother's tongue. Mother of Oba in Benin means IYEOBA which can be spelt otherwise as IYOOBA. Now you get it? Anybody that speaks Oramiyan's language to the Benins is somebody speaking IYOOBA language( Oba's mother language) That was how all the people in the southwest got their name IYOOBA from Benin because they speak the language of the mother( NOT FATHER) of the Oba of Benin. Yoruba is an anglicized form of IYOOBA. The Edo people and the Yorubas themselves till date pronounce it IYOOBA not Yoruba.

Nice story I always wonder why Benin need Yoruba prince so much that they travel all the way from South to west with just foot

geosegun:


Liar, did you realised that the ‘IYE OBA is a Yoruba word? - IYE/IYA means Mother in Yoruba and OBA means King. You just shot yourself in the leg Coward.

You get time dey reply this schnooks.

Edo is trying hard to blow and join mainstream. Its ok, we have seen you. You are still a minority, so relax.

Who ever cooked up this one needs to add magi because its not very tasty as it is right now.