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Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 10:55pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
Edeyoung: Even you yourself are afraid to say that the word "Olu" means "King" --- Proving that you're simply struggling to deceive yourself, but you're also looking for who to assist you deceive yourself. Oranmiyan should have used the Chinese word for "King" since he is a Chinese. Continue. And who said the royalty of Ife was called Oba only halfway and not from the start?? These children sef. Having been beaten black and blue on another thread, you came down here struggling and trying hard to deceive yourself. May God help you to deceive yourself. Amen! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:07pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
samuk: You sound pained, bittered and possessed. That must have been the result of your various fruitless effort to manipulate history and tell it the way you want. Your describing "omoluabis" with many opprobrium terms is nothing to worry about. After all you've called your oba and his ancestors liars, betrayals, deceptors and mordern Judas with faulty sense of dignity. So, why must I be bothered? So, you now believe Samuel Johnson and other Yoruba historians? Are they not the ones that colluded with the Oba to favor the Yoruba and debase the position of the "Oba"? Once a clown.. Ijebu, Egbas, Awori, Ado, Owu, Ekiti and other groups in the present Yoruba group share common heritage; they all are children of kaaro oojira. There was no point in time when one of those groups existed isolation. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by scholes0(m): 11:11pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: I swearrugad that seems to be another cheap "go to" argument that they use these days when all other options are exhausted. They be like "But "What is Yoruba? there was no Yoruba in 19--Gbirigidim". as if all the different clans of Yorubaland sprung from the earth like efo gbure vegetable. All these people have always existed and were aware of one another. They share mythology, customs, societal structure, religion and spirituality, dialects within a spectrum, myth of origin, dynastic interlinking marriages, wars and tribulations E.tc together. The small Yoruba faction in Delta North which came from the eastern flank of yorubaland are known as Olukumi. Not so shockingly Yorubas in diaspora which mostly descend from people who were from the Western flanks of Yorubaland are also known as Lucumis in the Americas. ... No waiit.... so these people actually existed prior to 1800? "Pretending to be shocked' 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:13pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
scholes0: The word "Benin" and the word "Edo" are latter words too. Their point is meaningless. cc: babtoundey 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by samuk: 11:13pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: The position of the Oba of Benin is never debased whichever way you look at it. Whether you look at it from the Ife perspective or the Benin royal perspective, it puts the Benin royal stool in an enviable position which is different from people that were sacrificed to the gods by Benin as recorded by Yoruba historians themselves. 1 Like |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:15pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: Samuel was not even a historian to begin with. Keep giving them tho. I'm gbaduing you! 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:16pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
Edeyoung: That's where you got it wrong. Oranmiyan did not his child Oba. Whoever, rule, presides and dominates is a king. Oranmiyan himself was the king. So when he left, his child becames king (oba) 4 Likes |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:18pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: 2 Likes |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:19pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
samuk: Oh, do you mean the same Edo clans who trace their genealogy back to the ape that raped an Ogiso's wife?? Moreover, stop trying hard to white-wash your Obas now, after you all have dragged them in the mud --- claiming that they are all liars, betrayals, cheats, deceptors and mordern Judas with faulty sense of dignity who stooped low to lick Oonis' boots for political gains. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by scholes0(m): 11:23pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
TAO11: lol... there is an Ijebu in Owo Ondo state.. There is an Ijebujesha in Osun state. There are Owus scattered across Osun, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara. There are local Obas known as Owas in Osun, Ondo and Ekiti. There are Ogboni groups all over Yorubaland even up to Akutupa and Agbaja in Kogi near the Niger river. There is an Ife Odan, Ife Olukotun in Kogi, and another one Ife tedo close to Oke -Igbo in Ondo state. There is no group that does not know who or what Ogun (The god) is. At the centre of every Yoruba town is the Oba's market. There is no Yoruba group that does not know what is an "Ebora" from Jebba in Kwara down to the Forcados Delta. There is an Ifon in Ondo (Omiima), One in Osun (Orolu) and yet another in Ogun. Any difference that exists between any two Yoruba groups is not up to 1/10th of the commonalities. That is why it is VERY VERY hard for any Yoruba group to wake up tomorrow and for any reason say they are not Omoluabi. 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by Edeyoung: 11:25pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
TAO11: Sorry if i said it wasnt from the start i corrected my self in one of the mentions Ife is the cradle of Yoruba race but why the word oba meaning king not used as a title for kingship instead of ooni which does not mean king Why is it only the oba that was buried in ife |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:26pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
samuk: Keep whining. You would have loved it if it was Benin prince that gave Ife it's first king, ruling system, the gods they worship and amed their kingdom. That is a feat you will never attain and that is the reason why you're jumping up and down to thinker with the truth. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by Edeyoung: 11:26pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: How did the child knows the word oba |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:27pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
scholes0: Awesome points. Even Ife-Ijumu self in the Kogi area. Ife in Togo. But jealousy na him wan kill those Bini liars. 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:28pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
Edeyoung: Can you imagine question!? How did the child know how to speak Yoruba --- screaming "Owo mi ka"?? 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:29pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
TAO11: With this, baba will find it extremely hard to sleep tonight. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:30pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey:Stoooooooooop!!! Don't finish poor samuk na! If you finish him, who will I now flog!? Remain something for me oo 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by samuk: 11:32pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: I am not saying anything new or even trying to thinker with the truth, I am only just quoting Yoruba historians that said the Ijebus were the people that were sacrificed to the gods. This history was not written by the Benin or any other people but Yoruba historians themselves. The history is out there for all to see. Believe me when I say I know how you feel. It's very debasing of a Yoruba sub ethnic group. |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:34pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
Edeyoung: Your question is ludicrous. How did you come to know your very own name and its meaning? How does a child born few years ago know the family praise of his father and great grandfather. So that Oranmiyan left means he left with everyone he was there with? 2 Likes |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by Edeyoung: 11:35pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
TAO11: Again Oromiyan should have name the title of benin ruler olu i. e Lord of benin instead of a general name for king in Yorubaland like naming a car vehicle instead camry or benz Maybe oromiyan did that to show benin is the real king since he was the only one that got to bore the original title king Dont you see it..... |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:37pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
Edeyoung: Saying "Oba" is not used as a title for Kingship is as pointless and absurd as saying: "King" is not used as a title for Kingship. Ooni is a praise term meaning "One who owns", "Oba" means "King". Pretending that this is too difficult for you to understand calls your education into question. (2) Because Igodomigodo is not Yorubaland. So the ritual practice of bringing back home the heads is to serve as a strong ritual reminder of this fact. Other Yoruba Obas already live and rule at home. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:40pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
TAO11: lol. It is nice seeing you flog him up and down. One thing is just palpable; no matter how hard you try, he will not stop believing his fairytales. He seems to have chosen ignorance and arrogance as his closest pals 2 Likes |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by Edeyoung: 11:45pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: Good point Lets assume he didnt come with anyone maybe he told the benin people to crown his son oba Nice If he crowned the his son oba then what was the title he crowned the oba of benin Because every yoruba bears oba as king and have thier title like ooni of ife, olu of ibadan I. e ooni of ife oba adeyeye ojaja 11 Ooni representing title then oba representing king So then what is the title of the oba of benin |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by samuk: 11:48pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
babtoundey: Trust me, I will feel the same way as you, if I had grown up to read the history that says my people were once sacrificed to the gods, especially if it was written by historians from my tribe/ethnicity. You also seem to be saying Yoruba historians write fairytales. If you are claiming that Yoruba historians write fairytales and Yoruba history is full of fairytales, then no one should believe anything that come from the Yorubas. |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 11:49pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
Edeyoung: Why must you assume. Are you creating some sort of comediadaliata or togata here. They said Oranmiyan was in Benin you said you're assuming. If we all follow you "assume" we no go remember the point we kick-off. 2 Likes |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by OgboAto: 11:52pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
TAO11: Permit me to add these. 2 Likes
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Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:52pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
Edeyoung: Again, "Oba" simply means "King". Not sure how many term this has to be said for you to get it. So, your statement is as saying that Oranmiyan shouldn't have called the Benin ruler "King" Does that make sense to you? For the umpteenth time, "Olu" ( just like "Ooni" ) is a praise title. And it has a meaning to the following effect: "The outstanding one", "the exemplary one", "the sovereign", "the lord", etc. It's simply a praise title. So, every Kingdom with some Yoruba features in it have this double element. The word "King" i.e. "Oba" is used for the ruler because he is "King" obviously. In addition to that, a unique traditional praise title is also used for him. And for the Binis this traditional praise title is Omo N'Oba N'Edo. To Summarize: 1. Ife ruler is an "Oba" whose praise title is "Ooni-Ife" 2. Oyo ruler is an "Oba" whose praise title is "Alaafin-Oyo" 3. Benin ruler is an "Oba" whose praise title is "Omo N'Oba N'Edo". Etc. This can't be clearer. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:53pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
OgboAto: Youve killed them oo. You shattered their last straw. ;D1 Whether from Roupell or Rupees, everything is sha going back to Ife. Thanks for that! cc: samuk gregyboy davidnazee 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 11:57pm On Apr 30, 2020 |
samuk:Reply to your comment is found within the comment below. But you were smart enough to flee from it earlier. (1) That's the whole point, "sub-groups" --- In other words there is still some distinct identity despite belonging to the same broader group. So, the "insults" are coming from outside that sub-group as your copy & paste have debunked you by mentioning that the Ijebus never had such to say about themselves. (2) I am not sure where you manufactured it from that Johnson was a historian and that he belonged to the Ijebu subgroup. On the contrary, the historian (Tunde Oduwobi) also mentioned in your copy & paste also agrees with me that the "insult" is from outside of the sub-group. Moreover, Johnson was simply collecting different traditions floating around regardless of which subgroup is narrating it, and about which subgroup it is being narrated. (3) Ife origin = White washing.?? Although this claim of yours is without any evidence or basis as usual, yet it shows that you somehow admit the primacy and ascendancy of Ife somwhere within you. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by babtoundey(m): 12:00am On May 01, 2020 |
samuk: Africa and the culture of human sacrifice goes handinhand. Even your ancestors were once sacrificed at the alter of ogun to placate and please imported gods. 2 Likes |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by TAO11(f): 12:07am On May 01, 2020 |
babtoundey: There he is trying to say that the Ijebus used to be sacrificed by the Binis, etc. But the interesting thing is that the claim was debunked right there in his own source, right before his very eyes. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Come The Title Of Oba Became The General Word For King In All Yoruba Lexicon by Edeyoung: 12:12am On May 01, 2020 |
TAO11: Ooni is a praise term nice..... Just the way oba in benin is a praise term But today when you call the name ooni the first thought will be king of ife mind you literally it is not but systematically it has represented king Just like the Benin are saying that ogie is king And oba is a praise word but later represented king of benin Again if oromiyan had given the name oba to benin then what about the title like oon of ife, Alaafin of oyo and co Nice answer on number two , egharevba a benin historian was the first to write on orun oba ado he has no reason to lie i guess...... But according to scholars nothing was found in the numerous site even if they were exhumed for ritual they should have been brought back just like the ife artworks that was constantly exhumed and returned back |
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