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Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Nobody: 4:21pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Monarch of Ugbodu, HRM Ayo Isinyemeze II, the Oloza of Ugbodu [img]http://nationalmirroronline.net/thumbnail.php?file=/H.R.M_Ayo_Isinyemeze__King_of_Ugbodu_306348011.jpg&size=article_large[/img] 36 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Mynd44: 4:32pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Interesting 18 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by kennydee05(m): 4:47pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Everywhere you go, you see Yoruba 50 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Nobody: 5:05pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Unique cultures like the Olukumis develop through a mixture of several similar cultures and show to us that we have the capacity to unite with each other and make progress with one another. But the Tribal bigots just wont get this. Igbo's, Edo's, Yoruba's and many southern tribes share a lot of similarities which indicate that we have been interacting with one another before the tragedy of colonialism. Take a look at these linguistic examples; Stone: Igbo- Okwute, Yoruba-Okuta, What: Igbo-Gini, Yoruba-Kini, Mouth: Igbo-Onu, Yoruba-Enu, Body::Igbo-Aru, Yoruba-Ara, Ear: Igbo-Nti, Yoruba-Eti. Bag: Igbo-Akpati, Yoruba-Apo, She is carrying a child: Igbo- Okponwa, Yoruba-Opomo[Though alphabetically different, their pronunciation are strikingly similar] Even many Igbos easily pronounce Apogbon in Lagos as Akpamgbo[bag of bullets] ![]() These are just a few of our many similarities which no one can really explain how they came about. So why don't we forget our differences and celebrate our similarities. Zik once told Sarduana ; Let us forget our differences. "No!" Sarduana retorted, "Let us understand our differences". 55 years has passed on and we are yet to understand those differences of ours. Zik was right! Let us forget our differences and build on our similarities. That is the way forward for Nigeria! 134 Likes 16 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Inkman(m): 5:11pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
wow Enlightening |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by jacabi(m): 5:20pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Mynd44:Honestly |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by jacabi(m): 5:23pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
If only we could see ourselves as one and not each other's enemy. 8 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Ilekeh(f): 5:34pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Nothing new. Yorubas are everywhere. Ask Ghanaians. There are two Yoruba sub groups in Ghana. We're just quiet and peaceful wherever we are. 65 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Nobody: 5:38pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Ilekeh: That of Delta state is very very unusual. That is why it is unique. 27 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Nobody: 5:58pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
well, it is good they can still trace their history back to their yoruba roots. 27 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Wulfruna(f): 6:12pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Ilekeh: Can you name these two Yoruba subgroups in Ghana? 5 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Wulfruna(f): 6:15pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
literarymathy: How is very very unusual? It's not like Delta State is far from the South West. Besides there's another larger Yoruboid-speaking group in Delta. The Itsekiri. So what makes the Olukumi case unusual? 27 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Slizbeat(m): 6:40pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Umm,so enlightening. One question though, Is it the same yorubas dat refused Migration and asking everyone else to go back to their various places/homelands that would have migrated? something smells fishy here. Why is it that no one can give an account of the language except it be heard from the King? I hope the king is not trying to impose a new identity to the people by bringing up the Oluku mi stuff. All the same, if true, what happens? Cos obviously the land doesn't belong to them. Would they go back to Owu/Owo in Ondo? or Wil they keep growing and making headway into Delta so we could all really blend irrespective of our original origin? Hmm, making sense though. 6 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by OROSUNBOLB(m): 6:46pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Wulfruna: Ewe people,you can read about them. 15 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by NigerMan1: 6:48pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Ilekeh: Ilekeh - there is nothing like Yorubas are everywhere! The major problem is that most of you calling yourself Yoruba today do not understand or lack knowledge about the ORIGIN of the term/word "Yoruba" and when?why it was used to group different ethnic people in the mid 19th Century. Here is the true origin of those people: At the time the Great Benin Kingdom was ruling a vast part of Southern Nigeria, down to Lagos, and part of present day Middle Belt, including present day part of Cameroon and Benin Republic, slave raiding were always carried out by the Benin Warriors. Those Yorubas were a combination of the Benin slaves and others who later fled from the incessant slave raiding and hide in the Bush. With time, they settled in their present abode. NOTE: When you see Yoruba speaking people anywhere, as indigene, the right question you should ask is: How did they got there? Most of you guys engage in chest-beating because you do not have wider knowledge of the olden days. In the olden days, there was NO Yoruba as you have it today. 17 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by NigerMan1: 6:52pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Slizbeat: Slizbeat - the issue is that the TRUE Nigerian history has been mercilessly distorted by those who wrote "Yoruba History" to promote so-called falsehood of "Yoruba is one" and lies. Please look above to read how those people got to that place in present day Delta state, many centuries ago. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Nobody: 7:12pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
Wulfruna: It is unusual because people are not aware and when they do, they find it surprising. Secondly the language is a proto-Yoruboid language as opposed to Itsekiri and their migratory history is a subject of fascination. 5 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by OROSUNBOLB(m): 7:22pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
I did not know about this tribe in Delta state until now. They should forge a close tie with the Itshekiris who are known Yorubas. Having said this,oluku mi is not in anyway strange. Yorubas,especially during the slave era, were known as Oluku mi. Oluku mi (Yoruba) people are found almost everywhere in the carribeans (americas), predominantly in Brazil and Cuba. There are so many of them in Bahia,Brazil and yoruba culture is quite visible among these people. They worship Yoruba deities like Sango,Ogun,Osun etc and they also sing yoruba songs (Orin). This is why you don't have to speak portuguese to buy 'Akara' i.e bean cake in Bahia,Brazil. As a Yoruba,just walk up to the black woman(Brazilian) selling bean cake and say 'mo fe ra'kara- I want to buy bean cake. She understands you perfectly and she would even thank you by saying 'o se'! Oluku mi are Yoruba people anywhere in the world. 40 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Wulfruna(f): 7:29pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
OROSUNBOLB: Aha! Exactly the answer I was expecting. I was also expecting the second Ghanaian 'Yoruba' subgroup to be Ga people. Okay, here is what I want to tell you: The fact that these ethnic groups have traditions of origin (traditions are not 100% reliable anyway) linking them to the Yoruba area does not make them Yoruba. Yoruba subgroups are groups that speak at least a Yoruboid language and practise Yoruba culture. The Ewe and the Ga do not speak languages that can be called Yoruba by any stretch. Neither is their culture Yoruba. They are full-fledged independent ethnic groups in their own right. Calling them Yoruba subgroups is like calling the Issele people of Delta State a Bini subgroup because their traditions derive them from Benin. 14 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Afam4eva(m): 7:32pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
They may have Yoruba ancestry but every olukunmi person that I have come across rings IGBO. I think its mostly a few elderly ones that still possess some Yoruba traits. Zeal of style plus is from there. 7 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by NigerMan1: 8:44pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
OROSUNBOLB: OROSUNBOLB - Itsekiris are NOT Yorubas. Stop spewing tribal lies. I wonder when you guys will take scholarship serious to get yourself enlightened and educated about the history of Nigeria in the Olden days. How can you, who admitted you did not know about the existence of this people, now claiming Itsekiris are Yorubas? Isn't this funny? ![]() 11 Likes |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by absoluteSuccess: 9:14pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
NigerMan1: madman1, Yorubas are "Yoruba" not Benin slaves, Let the ethnic Itshekiris speak for themselves. You will always sorrow because you are a sad loser. You can go on and invite your team members as usual Then come back here and cry me a river. ![]() 50 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by NigerMan1: 9:35pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
absoluteSuccess: absoluteSuccess - Whenever history is brought to the table you Yorubas find it difficult to bring scholarship to the table. True educated and knowledeable HISTORIANS do not recourse to insults and abuse to defend their points. First did you read that story very well? Tell me the truth - is there anywhere you read (or heard) any of your so-called Yoruba Historians alluded to the fact that people from present day Yorubland are domiciled in present day Delta, via old Benin? Am sure you did not! Why? Because they carefully kept such historical truth from you guys, so they can continue to deceive you - about the lies called "YORUBA" Again I asked you: "Have you ever accepted the fact that some of your so-called kinsmen are domiciled in Niger Delta? And remember all those places were once under the ruler-ship of the Oba of Benin" Now this story came out, 100s of Yorubas read it and extremely FEW commented with tongues in your chic, while majority carefully passed off, without commenting. Even you, absoluteSuccess did not comment directly on this historical fact, but instead attacked one of my points! For me, a story like this has shown that most part of Yoruba History are lies and fables. And I hope you will lesson your boastfulness and grandstanding. I hope your historians will not one day, coupled up lies that those towns are "yorubaland" NOTE: Stop deceiving yourself, Yoruba is not one. The word/term Yoruba was a mid 19th century appellation to group you guys together. This is a fact of history, well recorded so no one can change it. 16 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by absoluteSuccess: 9:48pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
NigerMan1: One thing I know for sure is, as long as you are not Yoruba, you will struggle to rewrite the Yoruba history to fit it in to your monomaniac projections, pulling down Yoruba history to prove that you are something. Who are you? If Yoruba grandstanding affects you, then you have found an everlasting sorrow, cause greatness will never depart from Yoruba, and day in day out you will keep hearing that name and get your reins sore with bad feelings. I don't hate any tribe, so I can be happy at their success. Just keep looking for the ultimate vilification of the Yoruba race, when you finds it, the world will celebrate you and do away with the Yoruba. You see, you have a calling. ![]() 86 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Nobody: 9:56pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
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Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Funjosh(m): 9:58pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
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Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by UnknownT: 10:07pm On Apr 26, 2015 |
I still wonder how the Igbos do it, as in they come near you and you lose your original language and start speaking Igbo. Some may say the Olukun mi people were nearer to the Igbos that was why, but what of the Igbo that is being spoken in far away bonny/opobo and some of the people that always claim Benin origin but now use 99% Igbo names and language. And when they achieve this, we don't hear people saying that they were forced to speak/learn Igbo like they are colonial masters 22 Likes 1 Share |
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