Abamo Ni Gbeyin Oro Abamo

Laipe yi ni owo awon Olopa ipinle Oyo te awon omokunrin meji yi, awon mejeeji ,Clement Rankin eni odun metadinlogbon (27) ati Joshua Samuel (25) ni won jo je ore ti won ti jingiri ninu jija okada gba ni ilu lbadan , sugbon ninu ose ti o koja ni owo palaba won segi nigba ti won gun okada lati Mokola ni ilu lbadan nigba ti won de Samonda ni won ba fa ada yo si olokada naa ti oun naa is figbe ta ni awon ara adugbo ba gba bo won ti owo si te awon mejeeji. Ninu oro re ni ago olopa Rankin ni gbogbo igba ni baba oun ti maa n kilo fun oun lati fi iwa ipanle sile,sugbon ni bayi oju oun ti ja a bayi oooooooo

~Femi Ojewale

ITAN: Ni ilu ti mo de

Ni ilu ti mo de yi ni won ti je k'oyemi pe pipa ni won maa n pa awon Agunbaniro ti o ba fun awon Omobinrin won loyun. N ko se meni se meji, mo gbe apo irinajo mi, o di'lu Abuja lodo Roselini, arabinrin ti o ba mi se'to bi won se gbemi lo si ilu Kantaga yii, ibi ti awon Obinrin rin won ki i ti ba awon Agunbaniro lo.
Ero meji ni o wa si mi lokan: Akoko ni pe n ko so pe n o k'enu Ife si awon Omobinrin ibe o, sugbon ise temi gege bi Oluko nibe, n je ko ni si igba ti emi ati awon omo wonyi yoo ma sere bi kaf'orow'oro ni? Abi ki Oluware kan dake kale bi Olundu ni won fe? Ekeji ni pe awon Omobinrin ti o wa nilu yii rewa ju ki n ma bawon sere oge lo. Won pon dele bi olele awe. Oju won gun rege. Ikebe won ju Olumo rooki lo. Irun ori won n bena yan-yan-yan bi igba ti ara ba san loju orun.

BOKO HARAM KIN LO DE.

 Egbinri ote bi a se n pa okan , ni okan n ru . Ojo monigbabe ni ojo oni je ni ilu ati lpinle Borno nibi ti awon Boko Haram ti dana ibon, ofa ati bomb mo awon omo ti ko mowo ti won ko mo ese lara. Jeje ku ni awon omo wonyii , ti opo ninu won je alejo n lo se idanwo JAMB sugbon ti ogunlogo won ko mo pe titan yo de ba awon lojo oni , bi won se n ju bomb lotun ni won n yinbo losi ti opo awon omo yi si n sa bo si owo awon eni ibi wonyii.

Aroko - Yoruba Parabolic Message

Aroko was a way by which pre-literate Yorubas used to send message over long distance in the olden days. It is done by sending some symbolic items to the person for whom the message was meant through a third party; and the message would be understood by the receiver.

For an instance in December 1854, the Awujale of Ijebu sent such a parabolic message to Rev. David Hinderer who was then resident in Ibadan. The Aroko he sent to him was this: ten cowries strung together and a seed of the orange fruit. The meaning of the Aroko is this: come, it is well. Can you spot the correlation between the items sent and its meaning?

The Unforgotten Yoruba

Funmilayo Ransome Kuti born 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, she was a prominent Yoruba woman and an anti-colonial activist, a teacher and a politician. She was described by many as the doyen of women's rights in Nigeria and the Mother of Nigeria. She founded and was the leader of Abeokuta Women's Union on a campaign against arbitrary taxation of women, a pressure group that had over 20,000 membership, the struggle which led to the abdication of the Egba King Oba Ademola II in 1949.

The Concept Of Marriage In Yorubaland

Marriage is one of the oldest institutions among Yoruba, it marks the end and the beginning of a new era between two different individuals, who agreed to live together, and through their union creates everlasting friendship between homes of their birth.

In times past, marriage matters were never left in the hands of prospective couples, rather, families’ affairs. Several steps were required before marriage could be consummated, although, things have really changed; yet, some of these steps are still valid and observed in a marriage journey by couples, because of their cultural relevance.

Adeshina Remigio Herrera (Obara Meji) Adeshina (Crown of Fire): founding fathers of Ifa

Adeshina Remigio Herrera (Obara Meji)Adeshina (Crown of Fire) is credited as being one of the most important founding fathers of Ifa in Cuba. A Yoruba born in Yorubaland and initiated as a babalawo there, was enslaved and taken to Cuba as a young man in the 1830s.