Category Archives: Yoruba Culture

Òrìṣà òkè jẹ́ ki npé meji obinrin kò dé inú – Àṣà Ìkó-binrin-jọ: “The prayer of a woman to the god of heaven to have a co-wife/rival is not sincere” – The Culture of Polygamy

Ọkùnrin kan pẹ̀lú iyàwó púpọ̀ wọ́pọ̀ ni ilẹ̀ Yorùbá. Àwọn obinrin ti ó bá́ fẹ́ ọkọ kan naa ni à ńpè ni “Orogún”. Ìwà oriṣiriṣi ni ó ma ńhàn ni ilé olórogún, àrù̀n iyàwó ti ó ńjalè, purọ́, ṣe àgbèrè, aláisàn, ti ó ńṣe òfófó, àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ, lè má hàn bi ó bá jẹ́ obinrin kan pẹ̀lú ọkọ rẹ ni ó ńgbe gẹ́gẹ́ bi ti ayé ode oni. Bi iyàwó bá ti pé meji, mẹta, bi àrù́n yi bá hàn si iyàwó keji, èébú dé, pataki ni àsikò ijà.

Ni ẹ̀sin ibilẹ̀, oye iyàwó ti ọkùnrin lè fẹ́, ko niye, pàtàki Ọba, Olóyè, Ọlọ́rọ̀ àti akikanjú ni àwùjọ. Bi àwọn ti ó ni ipò giga tabi òkìkí ni àwùjọ kò fẹ́ fẹ́ iyàwó púpọ̀, ará ilú á fi obinrin ta wọn lọ́rẹ. Ẹ̀sin igbàlódé pàtàki, ẹ̀sin igbàgbọ́ ti din àṣà ikó-binrin-jọ kù. Òfin ẹlẹ́sin igbàgbọ́ ni “ọkọ kan àti aya kan”. Bi o ti jẹ́ pé ẹ̀sin Musulumi gbà ki “Ọkùnrin lè fẹ́ iyàwó titi dé mẹrin”, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọkùnrin Musulumi igbàlódé ńsá fún kikó iyàwó jọ.

Fẹlá Kúti fẹ́ iyàwó mẹta-din-lọgbọn ni ọjọ kan – Fela Kuti married 27 wives in one day

Yorùbá ni “Òriṣà òkè jẹ́ ki npé meji obinrin kò dé nú”. Inú obinrin ti wọn fẹ́ iyàwó tẹ̀lé kò lè dùn dé inú, nitori eyi, kò lè fi gbogbo ọkàn rẹ tán ọkọ rẹ mọ, owú jijẹ á bẹ̀rẹ̀. Iyàwó kékeré lè dé ilé ri àbùkù ọkọ ti iyálé mú mọ́ra. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ilé oló-rogún kiki ijà àti ariwo laarin àwọn iyàwó àti àwọn ọmọ naa. Diẹ̀ ninú ọkùnrin ti ó fẹ́ iyàwó púpọ̀ ló ni igbádùn. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọkùnrin ti ó kó obinrin jọ ni ó ńsọ ẹ̀mi wọn nù ni ọjọ́ ai pẹ́ nitori ai ni ifọ̀kànbalẹ̀ àti àisàn ti bi bá obinrin púpọ̀ lò pọ̀ lè fà. Nitori eyi, ọkùnrin ti ó bá fẹ́ kó iyàwó jọ nilati múra gidigidi fun ohun ti ó ma gbẹ̀hìn àṣà yi.

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“Àbíkú sọ Olóògùn di èké” – “Child mortality mis-portray the genuineness of the Herbalist”

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Ìgbàgbọ́ Yorùbá yàtọ̀ si ohun ti àwọn Ẹlẹko-Ijinlẹ fi hàn ni ayé òde òni. Ni igbà àtijọ́, bi obinrin/iyàwó bá bi ọmọ, ti ó kú ni ikókó tàbi ki ó tó gba àbúrò, ọmọ ti wọn bá bi lẹhin rẹ ni wọn ma fún ni orúkọ “Àbíkú” pàtàki ti ó bá tó bi meji, mẹta ki ọmọ tó dúró. Yorùbá gbàgbọ́ ninú àpadà-wáyé, ni igbà miran, wọn á fi ibinú fi àmin, bi ki wọn kọ ilà si ara ọmọ ti ó kú tàbi gé lára ẹ̀yà ara ọmọ yi lati mọ bóyá yio padà wá. Bi ìyá ti ó bi Àbíkú bá bímọ lẹhin ikú ọmọ ti wọn fi àpá si lára, àpá yi ni wọn ma kọ́kọ́ wò lára ọmọ titun. Bi wọn bá ri àpá yi, wọn o sọ ọmọ naa ni orúkọ Àbíkú. Orúkọ àbùkù ni ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ orúkọ Àbíkú – ó lè jẹ́ orúkọ ẹranko, orúkọ ti ó fi ìbẹ̀rù hàn, tàbi orúkọ fún ìmọràn.

Àbíkú jẹ́ ikú ọmọdé àti ìkókó titi dé ọmọ ọdún marun. Ẹkọ-Ijinlẹ fi hàn pé, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ikú ọmọdé ti Yorùbá mọ̀ si Àbíkú yi ti ìpasẹ̀ wọnyi wá: àrùn tó ṣe-dádúró, oúnjẹ-àìtó, omi-ẹlẹgbin, ilé-iwòsàn ti kò pé tàbi ai si ilé-iwòsàn, àrùn àti àjàkálẹ̀-àrùn, ọmọ ti ó ni iwọn-kékeré nigbà ìkókó. Owe Yoruba ti o ni “Àbíkú sọ Olóògùn di èké” fi ìgbàgbọ́ Yorùbá hàn pé, kò si oògùn ti ó lè dá Àbíkú dúró. Ìmọ̀ Ijinlẹ fi hàn pe ki ṣe gbogbo ọmọ ti ó kú, ni ó yẹ ki ó kú, nitori lati igbà ti àtúnṣe àwọn ohun ti ó nfa ikú ọmọdé yi ti wà, Àbíkú din-kù – nipa ìpèsè omi ti ó mọ́, ilé-ìwòsàn ọmọdé, ilà-lóye àwọn obinrin nipa ìtọ́jú aboyún àti ọmọdé

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Originally posted 2014-09-19 21:51:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ààntéré ọmọ Òrìṣà-Omi – “Ọmọ o láyọ̀lé, ẹni ọmọ sin lo bimọ”: Aantere – The River goddess child “Children are not to be rejoiced over, only those whose children bury them really have children”.

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Yorùbá ka ọmọ si ọlá àti iyì ti yio tọ́jú ìyá àti bàbá lọ́jọ́ alẹ́. Eyi han ni orúkọ ti Yorùbá nsọ ọmọ bi: Ọmọlọlá, Ọmọniyi, Ọmọlẹ̀yẹ, Ọmọ́yẹmi, Ọlọ́mọ́là, Ọlọ́mọlólayé, Ọmọdunni, Ọmọwunmi, Ọmọgbemi, Ọmọ́dára àti bẹ̃bẹ̃ lọ. A o tun ṣe akiyesi ni àṣà Yorùbá pe bi obinrin ba wọ ilé ọkọ, wọn ki pe ni orúkọ ti ìyá ati bàbá sọ, wọn a fun ni orúkọ ni ilé ọkọ. Nigbati ó bá ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọlé wọn a pe ni “Ìyàwó” ṣùgbọ́n bi ó bá ti bímọ a di “Ìyá orúkọ àkọ́bí”, bi ó bá bi ibeji tabi ibẹta a di “Ìyá Ibeji tàbi Ìyá Ibẹta”. Bàbá ọmọ a di “Bàbá orúkọ ọmọ àkọ̀bí, Bàbá Ibeji tàbi Bàbá Ìbẹta”. Nitori idi eyi, ìgbéyàwó ti kò bá si ọmọ ma nfa irònú púpọ̀.

Ni abúlé kan ni aye atijọ, ọkọ ati ìyàwó yi kò bímọ fún ọpọlọpọ ọdún lẹhin ìgbéyàwó. Nitori àti bímọ, wọn lọ si ilé Aláwo, wọn lọ si ilé oníṣègùn lati ṣe aajo, ṣùgbọ́n wọn o ri ọmọ bi. Aladugbo wọn gbà wọn niyanju ki wọn lọ si ọ̀dọ̀ Olóri-awo ni ìlú keji. Ọkọ àti ìyàwó tọ Olóri-awo yi lọ lati wa idi ohun ti wọn lè ṣe lati bímọ. Olóri-awo ṣe iwadi lọ́dọ̀ Ifa pẹ̀lú ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ rẹ, o ṣe àlàyé pe ko si ọmọ mọ lọdọ Òrìṣà ṣùgbọ́n nigbati ẹ̀bẹ̀ pọ, o ni ọmọ kan lo ku lọdọ Òrìṣà-Omi, ṣùgbọ́n ti ohun bá gba ọmọ yi fún wọn kò ni bá wọn kalẹ́, nitori ti o ba lọ si odò ki ó tó bi ọmọ ni ilé ọkọ yio kú, Òrìṣà-Omi á gba ọmọ rẹ padà. Ọkọ àti Ìyàwó ni awọn a gbã bẹ.

Ààntére lọ fọ abọ́ lódò – Aantere went to the River to do dishes. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Ìyàwó lóyún, ó bi obinrin, wọn sọ ni “Ààntéré” eyi ti ó tumọ si “Ọmọ Omi”. Gbogbo ẹbi àti ará bá wọn yọ̀ ni ọjọ́ ìsọmọ lórúkọ. Ni ọjọ kan, Ààntéré bẹ awọn òbí rẹ pé ohun fẹ́ sáré lọ fọ abọ́, awọn òbí rẹ kọ. Nigbati ẹ̀bẹ̀ pọ wọn gbà nitori o ti dàgbà tó lati wọ ilé-ọkọ, wọn ti gbàgbé ewọ ti Olóri-awo sọ fún wọn pe, o ni lati wọ ile ọkọ ki o to bímọ. Ààntéré dé odò, Òrìṣà-omi, ri ọmọ rẹ, o fi iji nla fa Ààntéré wọ inú omi lai padà.

Ìyá àti Bàbá Ààntéré, reti ki ó padà lati odò ṣùgbọ́n kò dé, wọn ké dé ilé Ọba, Ọba pàṣẹ ki ọmọdé àti àgbà ìlú wa Ààntéré lọ. Nigba ti wọn dé idi odò, wọn bẹrẹ si gbọ orin ti Ààntéré nkọ, ṣùgbọ́n wọn ò ri.

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Originally posted 2013-10-11 20:24:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“A kì í tó́ó báni gbé, ká má tòó ọ̀rọ̀-ọ́ báni sọ” – Ìdàpọ̀ Àríwá àti Gũsu Nigeria: – 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Nigeria

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Ó pé ọgọrun ọdún ni ọjọ́ kini, oṣù kini ọdún Ẹgba-̃le-mẹrinla ti Ìjọba Ìlú-Ọba ti fi aṣẹ̀ da Àríwá àti Gũsu orílẹ̀ èdè ti a mọ̀ si Nigeria pọ. Ìjọba Ìlú-Ọba kò bere lọwọ ará ilú ki wọn tó ṣe ìdàpọ̀ yi, wọn ṣe fún irọ̀rùn ọrọ̀ ajé ilú ti wọn ni.

Yorùbá ni “À jọ jẹ kò dùn bi ẹni kan kò ri”. Ni tõtọ, Ijọba Ilu-Ọba ti fún orilẹ̀ èdè Nigeria ni ominira, ṣùgbọ́n èrè idàpọ̀ ti ará ilú kò kópa ninu rẹ kò tán. Gẹgẹbi Olóyè Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ ti sọ nigbati wọn ńṣe àdéhùn fún ominira pe: “ominira ki ṣe ni ti orúkọ ilú lásán, ṣùgbọ́n ominira fún ará ilú. A ṣe akiyesi pe lẹhin ìdàpọ̀ ọgọrun ọdún, orilẹ̀ èdè ko ṣe ikan.

Yorùbá ni “A kì í tó́ó báni gbé, ká má tòó ọ̀rọ̀-ọ́ báni sọ” Gẹgẹbi òwe yi, ki ṣe ki kó ọ̀kẹ́ aimoye owó lati ṣe àjọyọ̀ ìdàpọ̀ ti ará ilú kò kópa ninu rẹ ló ṣe pàtàki, bi kò ṣé pé ki a tó ọ̀rọ̀ bára sọ.

Yorùbá ni “Ọ̀rọ̀ la fi dá ilé ayé”. Bi ọkọ àti iyàwó bá wà lai bára sọ̀rọ̀, igbéyàwó á túká, nitori eyi, ó ṣe pàtàki ki gbogbo ara ilú Nigeria lápapọ̀ ṣe àpérò bi wọn ti lè bára gbé ki ilú má bã túká.

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“One does not qualify to live with a person without also qualifying to talk to the person” – Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Nigeria Continue reading →

Originally posted 2014-01-07 23:11:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“A ki i fi ọjọ́ kan bọ́ ọmọ tó rù”: Ìmọ̀ràn fún Òṣèlú tuntun àti àwọn ará ilú Nigeria – It takes more than One Day to Nourish a Malnourished child”: Advice for the Newly Elected Politicians and the Nigerian People

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Ọmọ ki dédé rù lai ni idi. Lára àwọn idi ti ọmọ lè fi rù ni: àìsàn, ebi, òùngbẹ, ìṣẹ́, ai ni alabojuto, òbí olójú kòkòrò, ai ni òbí àti bẹ ẹ bẹ lọ.

Orilẹ̀ èdè Nigeria ti jẹ gbogbo ìyà àwọn ohun ti ó lè mú ki ọmọ rù yi, lọ́wọ́ Ìjọba Ológun àti Òsèlú fún ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún. Nigbati àwọn òbí ti ó fẹ́ràn ọmọ bi Olóògbé Olóyè Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ àti àwọn àgbà ti ó bèrè fún Ominira lọwọ Ilú-Ọba, ṣe Òsèlú, ilú kò rù, pàtàki ọmọ Yorùbá. Wọn fi ọrọ̀ ajé àti iṣẹ́ àgbẹ̀ ni ipinlẹ̀, pèsè ohun amáyédẹrùn fún ilú, ilé-ìwòsàn ọ̀fẹ́, ilé-iwé ọ̀fẹ́, àwọn tó jade ni ilé-iwé giga ri iṣẹ́ gidi àti pé àwọn ará ilú tẹ̀ lé òfin. Eyi mú ìlọsíwájú bá ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ju ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀dúdú.

Ilú bẹ̀rẹ̀ si rù lati igbà ti Ìjọba Ológun àkọ́kọ́ ti fi ipá kó gbogbo ipinlẹ̀ Nigeria si abẹ́ Ìjọba-àpapọ̀ ni ọdún mọ́kàndinlãdọta sẹhin . Lati igbà ti wọn ti kó ọrọ̀ ajé gbogbo ipinlẹ̀ si abẹ́ Ìjọba-àpapọ̀ ti a lè pè ni “Òbí” ti jinà si ará ilú ti a lè pè ni “Ọmọ” ti rù. Ojúkòkòrò àti olè ji jà Ìjọba Ológun àti Òṣèlú lábẹ́ Ìjọba-àpapọ̀ ti fa ebi, òùngbẹ àti àìsàn fún ará ilú.

: Ìjọba Ológun Muhammadu Buhari – General Muhammadu Buhari as a Military Ruler

: Ìgbógun ti Ìwà ìbàjẹ́ – War Against Indiscipline. Courtesy: Google images

: Olóri Òṣèlù tuntun Muhammadu Buhari – Newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari. Courtesy: Google images

Ni ọdún mọ́kànlélọ́gbọ̀n sẹhin, Olóri Òsèlu tuntun Muhammadu Buhari àti àtẹ̀lé rẹ Túndé Ìdíàgbọn ṣe Ìjọba fún ogún oṣù gẹgẹ bi Ìjọba Ológun. Nigbati wọn gba Ìjọba lọ́wọ́ àwọn Òṣèlú ti ó ba ilú jẹ́ pẹ̀lú iwà ìbàjẹ́ ti wọn fi kó ilú si igbèsè lábẹ́ Olóri Òṣèlú Shehu Shagari, wọn fi ìkánjú ṣe idájọ́ fún àwọn tó hu iwà ibàjẹ́, eleyi jẹ ki ilú ké pé Ìjọba wọn ti le jù. Ká ni ilú farabalẹ̀ ni àsikò na a, ilú ki bá ti dára si. Nigbati Olóri-ogun Badamasi Babangida gba Ìjọba, inú ilú dùn nitori àyè gba ará ilú lati ṣe bi wọn ti fẹ lati ri owó. Eleyi jẹ ki ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ olówó ojiji pọ̀ si lati igbà na a titi di oni. Àyè àti ni owó ojiji nipa ifi owó epo-rọ̀bì ṣòfò, ki kó owó ìpèsè ohun amáyédẹrùn jẹ, gbi gba àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ àti iwà ìbàjẹ́, ló pa ilé-iwé giga, ilé-ìwòsàn, pàtàki ìpèsè iná-mọ̀nàmọ́ná, ìdájọ́ àti bẹ ẹ bẹ lọ.

A lè lo òwe “A ki i fi ọjọ́ kan bọ́ ọmọ tó rù” ṣe àlàyé pé iwà ìbàjẹ́ àti ohun tò bàjẹ́ fún ọdún pi pẹ́ kò ṣe tún ṣe ni ọjọ́ kan, nitori eyi, ki ará ilú ṣe sùúrù fún Ìjọba tuntun lati ṣe àtúnṣe lati ìbẹ̀rẹ̀. Ki Ìjọba tuntun na a mọ̀ pé “Ori bi bẹ́, kọ́ ni oògùn ori fi fọ́”, nitori eyi ki wọn tẹ̀ lé òfin lati ṣe ìdájọ́ fún àwọn ti ó ba ilú jẹ́.

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Originally posted 2016-01-12 10:09:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ẹ bá wa gbé ọ̀rọ̀ yi yẹ̀wò. Àwọn Ilé Ìdájọ́ Àgbà ni ìlú Amerika ṣe ìdájọ wípé “ìgbéyàwó ko di dandan kó jẹ́ laarin ọkùnrin àti obinrin” : US Supreme Court Decides Marriage Does not Have to be Man & Woman

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A gay couple rejoicing over the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act — June 26, 2013. Image is from AP/BBC

Ẹ bá wa gbé ọ̀rọ̀ yi yẹ̀wò. Àwọn Ilé Ìdájọ́ Àgbà ni ìlú Amerika ṣe ìdájọ wípé “ìgbéyàwó ko di dandan kó jẹ́ laarin ọkùnrin àti obinrin”. Bi wọn ti s’alaiye oro na si, wọn ni kò dára ki àwọn Aṣòfin ti a mọ si “Congress”, sọ wípé “ìgbéyàwó lati jẹ́ laarin ọkùnrin àti obìnrin ni kan ṣoṣo”. Àkíyèsí ti wọn ṣe ni wípé, ìdí ti àwọn Aṣòfin ṣe sọ bẹ̃, ni pé wọn o fẹ́ràn àwọn ti o nṣe igbeyawo ọkùnrin si ọkùnrin tabi obìnrin si obìnrin.

Ẹ jẹ́ ki a yẹ ọ̀rọ̀ yi wo bó yá a fẹ́ràn ẹ, tàbi a o fẹ́ràn ẹ, ṣe àṣà àdáyébá Yorùbá kankan wa, bi òwe tàbí nkan bẹ̃, ti ó sọ ìdí ti a ṣe n fun àwọn ti ó bá ṣe ìgbéyàwó ni ọpọlọpọ ẹ̀tọ́ ti a n fun wọn?

Ẹ jọ̀wọ́, ẹyin ará Yoruba blog, ẹ bá wa da si. Ẹ sọ ìdí ti aṣe n fun àwọn ti ó bá ṣe ìgbéyàwó ni oriṣiriṣi ẹ̀tọ́, ẹ̀bùn lọ́jọ́, ìgbéyàwó àti àyẹ́sí fún àwọn tó bá wà ni ilé ọkọ.

Ìdájọ́ yi ṣe pàtàkì, bi o ti ẹ jẹ wípé Amerika lo yi òfin padà pe ìgbéyàwó ki ṣe laarin ọkùnrin àti obìnrin mọ́ lọ́jọ́ òní, ni ọjọ́ kan, Yorùbá, orílẹ̀ èdè Nigeria àti gbogbo ilẹ̀ aláwọ̀ dúdú yio ṣe ipinu ọ̀rọ̀ yi.

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Originally posted 2013-06-28 15:27:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ìkà ò jẹ́ ṣe ọmọ ẹ bẹ́ẹ̀ – Gbi gba wèrè mọ ẹ̀sìn Aláwọ̀-dúdú: The wicked always protect their own – Religious madness in Africa

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Libya migrants: Muslim refugees arrested in Italy for throwing Christians into sea after fight

Ni ọjọ́ kẹrin-din-lógún, oṣ̀u kẹrin ọdún Ẹgbãlemẹdógún, ọwọ́ Ọlọpa Italy tẹ ọkunrin mẹ̃dogun ti ó ju àwọn Ìgbàgbọ́ mejila si odò nitori ẹ̀sìn lati inú ọkọ̀ ojú agbami ti o nko Aláwọ̀-dúdú ti ó nsa fún ogun àti iṣẹ lo si Òkè-òkun/Ilú-Òyinbò.

Ni gbogbo ọ̀nà ni Aláwọ̀-dúdú fi gba wèrè mọ́ ẹ̀sìn. Lára gbi gba wèrè mọ́ ẹ̀sìn ni Àlùfã fi ni ki àwọn ọmọ ijọ bẹ̀rẹ̀ si jẹ koríko ti ọmọ rẹ kò lè jẹ, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọmọ ijọ ti ó jẹ koríko ló gba wèrè mọ́ ẹ̀sìn. Ọmọ ijọ ti kò le bọ ara rẹ tàbi bọ ọmọ, ti ó nda ida-mẹwa nigbati Olóri Ijọ nfi owó yi gun ọkọ̀ òfúrufú fi han pé ọ̀pọ̀ ti gba wèrè mọ́ ẹ̀sìn. Aládurà ti ó nri iran ti kò ri tara rẹ gba wèrè mọ́ ẹ̀sìn.

A screen capture from a Boko Haram video purporting to show the kidnapped girls

‘The Chibok girls are never being freed,’ says Boko Haram leader

Ẹlẹ́sin Mùsùlùmi ti ó npa ẹlòmíràn ni orúkọ ẹ̀sìn gba wèrè mọ́ ẹ̀sìn. Eyi ti ó ni èèwọ̀ ni iwé kika fún ẹ̀sìn ohun “Boko Haram” ti wọn fi nba ilé iwé jẹ, ji àwọn obinrin kò kúrò ni ilé iwé, fihàn pé wọn gba wèrè mọ́ ẹ̀sìn. Ọjọ́ kẹrinla oṣù kẹrin ọdún Ẹgbãlemẹdógún ló pé ọdún kan ti ẹgbẹ́ burúkú “Boko Haram” ti ko igba-le-mọkandinlógún obinrin kúrò ni ilé-iwè ni Chibok. Lèmọ́mù rán ọmọ tirẹ̀ lọ si ilé-iwé, irú àwọn ọmọ Lèmọ́mù ti ó ka iwé ni ó nṣe Òṣèlú tàbi jẹ ọ̀gá ni iṣẹ́ Ìjọba.

Kò si Òṣèlú Aláwọ̀-dúdú ti kò sọ pé ohun jẹ Onígbàgbọ́ tàbi Mùsùlùmi ṣùgbọ́n eyi kò ni ki wọn ma ja ilú ni olè. Ìfẹ́ agbára ki jẹ ki wọn fẹ gbe ipò silẹ̀ nitori eyi wọn á fi ẹ̀sìn da ilú rú. Eleyi ló fa ogun ni ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀-dúdú. Continue reading →

Originally posted 2015-04-18 00:30:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“A ngba òròmọ adìẹ lọ́wọ́ ikú, ó ni wọn ò jẹ́ ki ohun lọ ààtàn lọ jẹ̀: Ìkìlọ̀ fún àwọn tó fẹ́ lọ Ò̀kè-òkun tipátipá” – “Struggling to save the chicks from untimely death and its complaining of being prevented from foraging at the dump – Caution against desperate illegal Oversea migration”

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A lè lo òwe yi lati ṣe ikilọ̀ fún ẹni tó fẹ́ lọ si Òkè-òkun (Ìlu Òyìnbó) lọ́nà kọ́nà lai ni àṣẹ tàbi iwé ìrìnà. Bi ẹbi, ọ̀rẹ́ tàbi ojúlùmọ̀ tó mọ ewu tó wà ninú igbésẹ̀ bẹ ẹ bá ngba irú ẹni bẹ niyànjú, a ma binú pé wọn kò fẹ́ ki ohun ṣoriire.

More than 3,000 migrants died this year trying to cross by boat into Europe

An Italian navy motorboat approaches a boat of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

Thirty dead bodies found on migrant boat bound for Italy

Bi oúnjẹ ti pọ̀ tó ni ààtàn fún òròmọ adìẹ bẹni ewu pọ̀ tó, nitori ààtàn ni Àṣá ti ó fẹ́ gbé adìẹ pọ si. Bi ọ̀nà àti ṣoriire ti pọ̀ tó ni Òkè-òkun bẹni ewu àti ìbànújẹ́ pọ̀ tó fún ẹni ti kò ni àṣẹ/iwé ìrìnà. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nkú sọ́nà, ọ̀pọ̀ ndé ọhun lai ri iṣẹ́, lai ri ibi gbé tàbi lai ribi pamọ́ si fún Òfin nitori eyi, ọ̀pọ̀ wa ni ẹwọn. Lati padà si ilé á di ìṣòro, iwájú kò ni ṣe é lọ, ẹhin kò ni ṣe padà si, nitori ọ̀pọ̀ ninú wọn ti ju iṣẹ́ gidi silẹ̀, òmiràn ti ta ilé àti gbogbo ohun ìní lati lọ Òkè-òkun. Bi irú ẹni bẹ́ ẹ̀ ṣe npẹ si ni Òkè-òkun bẹni ìtìjú àti padà sílé ṣe npọ̀ si.

Òwe Yorùbá ti ó sọ pé “A ngba òròmọ adìẹ lọ́wọ́ ikú, ó ni wọn ò jẹ́ ki ohun lọ ààtàn lọ jẹ̀” yi kọ́wa pé ká má kọ etí ikún si ikilọ̀, ká gbé ọ̀rọ̀ iyànjú yẹ̀wò, ki á bà le ṣe nkan lọ́nà tótọ́.

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This proverb can be applied to someone struggling at all cost to migrate Abroad/Oversea without a Visa or proper documentation. Even when family, friend or colleague that knows the danger in illegal migration, tries to warn such person of the danger, he/she will be angry of being prevented from prosperity. Continue reading →

Originally posted 2014-12-19 09:10:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

“Àgbá òfìfo ló ńdún woro-woro” – “Empty barrel makes most noise”

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Àgbá ti ó kún fún epo-rọ̀bì – Barrel full of Crude oil

Àgbá ti ó kún fún ohun ti ó wúlò bi epo-rọ̀bì, epo-pupa, epo-òróró, epo-oyinbo, ọ̀dà àti bẹ́ẹ̀bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ ki pariwo. Àgbá òfìfo, kò ni nkan ninú tàbi o ni nkan díẹ̀, irú àgbá yi bi o ti wù ki ó lẹ́wà tó, ni ariwo rẹ máa ńpọ̀ ti wọn ba yi lóri afárá tàbi ori titi ọlọ́dà.

Àgbá òfìfo ti ó lẹ́wà – Colourful empty barrels

Àgbá òfìfo ni àwọn ti ó wà ni òkè-òkun/ilú òyìnbó ti ó jẹ igbèsè tàbi fi èrú kó ọrọ̀ jọ lati wá ṣe àṣehàn ti wọn bá ti àjò bọ, ohun ti wọn kò tó wọn a pariwo pé àwọn jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ. Ni tòótọ́, ìyàtọ̀ òkè-òkun/ilú-òyìnbó si ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ni pé, àti ọlọ́rọ̀ àti aláìní ló ni ohun amáyé-dẹrùn bi omi, iná mọ̀nà-mọ́ná, titi ọlọ́dà, ilé-iwé gidi, igboro ti ó mọ́ àti bẹ́ẹ̀bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ. Àwọn Òṣèlú kò kọjá òfin, bẹni irònú wọn ki ṣe ki á di Òṣèlú lati kó owó ilú jẹ.

Ni ayé àtijọ́ ni ilẹ̀ Yorùbá, owó kọ́ ni wọn fi ńmọ ẹni gidi, àpọ́nlé/ọ̀wọ̀ wà fún àgbà, ẹni ti ó bá kàwé, olootọ enia, ẹni tó tẹpá mọ́ṣẹ́, akin-kanjú àti ẹni ti ó ni òye. Ni ayé òde òni, àgbá òfìfo ti pọ ninú ará ilú, àwọn Òṣèlú àti àwọn òṣiṣẹ́ ijọba. Bi wọn bá ti ri owó ni ọ̀nà èrú, wọn a lọ si òkè-òkun/ilú-òyìnbó lati ṣe àṣehàn si àwọn ti wọn bá lọhun lati yangàn pẹ̀lú ogún ilé ti wọn kọ́ lai yáwó, ọkọ̀ mẹwa ti wọn ni, ọmọ-ọ̀dọ̀ ti wọn ni àti ayé ijẹkújẹ ti wọn ńjẹ ni ilé. Wọn á ni àwọn kò lè gbé òkè-òkun/ilú-òyìnbó, ṣùgbọ́n bi àisàn bá dé, wọn á mọ ọ̀nà òkè-òkun/ilú-òyìnbó fún iwòsàn àti lati jẹ ìgbádùn ohun amáyé-derùn miran ti wọn ti fi èrú bàjẹ́ ni ilú tiwọn.

Bi àgbá ti ó ni ohun ti ó wúlò ninú, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹni gidi tó ṣe àṣe yọri ki pariwo. Ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá ti ó ni “Àgbá òfìfo ló ńdún woro-woro”, bá ẹni-kẹ́ni ti ó bá ńṣe àṣehàn tàbi gbéraga wi pé ki wọn yé pariwo ẹnu.

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Originally posted 2014-08-08 18:20:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ìbà Àkọ́dá – Reverence to the First Being

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Obinrin ti ó́ nṣe Ì̀bà Aṣẹ̀dá – A woman paying reverence to the Creator. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Ìbà Àkọ́dá, ìbà Aṣẹ̀dá
Ìbà ni n ó f’òní jú, mo r’íbà, k’íbà ṣẹ
Nínú ríríjẹ, nínú àìríjẹ
Mo wá gbégbá ọpẹ́, mo r’íbà k’íbà ṣẹ
Alápáńlá tó so’lé ayé ró
Ṣe àtúntò ayé mi
Ní gbogbo ọ̀nà tí mo ti k’etí ikún sí Ọ
Baba d’áríjì, mo bẹ̀bẹ̀
Odò Orisun Rẹ ni mí, máṣe jẹ́ n gbẹ

Ìbà! ìbà!!

Ọmọ ìkà ń d’àgbà, ọmọ ìkà ń gbèrú
Ọmọ ẹni ire a má a tọrọ jẹ
Ọmọ onínúure a má a pọ́njú
Bó ti wù Ọ ́lo ń ṣ’ọlá Rẹ
Ìṣe Rẹ, Ìwọ ló yé o; Ògo Rẹ, é dibàjẹ́
Àpáta ayérayé, mo sá di Ọ ́o
Yọ́yọ́ l’ẹnu ayé
Aráyé ń sọ Ọ ́sí láburú, aráyé ń sọ Ọ ́sí rere
Ọlọ́jọ́ ń ka’jọ́
Bó pẹ́, bó yá, ohun ayé á b’áyé lọ

Ìbà! ìbà!!

Ẹni iná ọ̀rẹ́ bá jó rí, bó bá ní’hun nínú kò ní lè rò
ọ̀rẹ́ gidi ń bẹ bíi ká f’ẹ́ni dé’nú
ọ̀rẹ́ ló ṣe’ni l’ọ́ṣẹ́ tó ku s’ára bí iṣu
Ìrètí nínú ènìyàn, irọ́ funfun gbáláhú!
ọ̀rẹ́ kan tí mo ní
Elédùmarè, Alágbára, ìbà Rẹ o Baba, Atóbijù!

Ìbà! ìbà!!

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Originally posted 2015-10-02 19:50:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Category Archives: Yoruba Culture

Òrìṣà òkè jẹ́ ki npé meji obinrin kò dé inú – Àṣà Ìkó-binrin-jọ: “The prayer of a woman to the god of heaven to have a co-wife/rival is not sincere” – The Culture of Polygamy

“Àbíkú sọ Olóògùn di èké” – “Child mortality mis-portray the genuineness of the Herbalist”

Ààntéré ọmọ Òrìṣà-Omi – “Ọmọ o láyọ̀lé, ẹni ọmọ sin lo bimọ”: Aantere – The River goddess child “Children are not to be rejoiced over, only those whose children bury them really have children”.

“A kì í tó́ó báni gbé, ká má tòó ọ̀rọ̀-ọ́ báni sọ” – Ìdàpọ̀ Àríwá àti Gũsu Nigeria: – 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Nigeria

“A ki i fi ọjọ́ kan bọ́ ọmọ tó rù”: Ìmọ̀ràn fún Òṣèlú tuntun àti àwọn ará ilú Nigeria – It takes more than One Day to Nourish a Malnourished child”: Advice for the Newly Elected Politicians and the Nigerian People

Ẹ bá wa gbé ọ̀rọ̀ yi yẹ̀wò. Àwọn Ilé Ìdájọ́ Àgbà ni ìlú Amerika ṣe ìdájọ wípé “ìgbéyàwó ko di dandan kó jẹ́ laarin ọkùnrin àti obinrin” : US Supreme Court Decides Marriage Does not Have to be Man & Woman

Ìkà ò jẹ́ ṣe ọmọ ẹ bẹ́ẹ̀ – Gbi gba wèrè mọ ẹ̀sìn Aláwọ̀-dúdú: The wicked always protect their own – Religious madness in Africa

“Àgbá òfìfo ló ńdún woro-woro” – “Empty barrel makes most noise”

Ìbà Àkọ́dá – Reverence to the First Being

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