Yoruba is classified within the edekiri languages, which together with the isolate igala, form the yoruboid group of languages within what we now have as west africa. Immediately download the yoruba summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching yoruba. Although he was the last born, he became the prime heir of oduduwa upon his return to claim his fathers throne. Most yoruba people speak the yoruba language, which is the nigercongo language with the largest number of native, l1 or first language speakers. Oduduwa himself became the first ruler, oni, of ileife. Expectations from a nonyoruba lady married to a yoruba.
The least one can say is that sourcetarget orientation theories of translation do not address adequately the peculiarity of the europhone african texts. Oranmiyan omoluabi odede, great prince of ife, king of the yoruba was a yoruba king from the kingdom of ileife. Oct 12, 2014 yoruba and egungun festival one of the festivals that unite yoruba people from different communities is the egungun festival. It refers to certain traditions concerning one late 18th century alaafin of oyo the old oyoile, the center of the oyo empire and not todays oyo.
She was a memberbymarriage of the royal family of emperor oduduwa, the tribes fabled founding father. There are many variations and myths to how the yoruba people came to be, and here is a couple of variations. The cast of the movie, written by professor akinwunmi isola, included seasoned professionals like adebayo faleti, bukky ajayi, uche obiosotule, lanre balogun, wale macauley, ngozi nwosu and the. It is believed that their primary ancestor, oduduwa, came from egypt. By comparing the itapa festival of the religious capital of the yoruba with. The play has a yoruba sourceculture but an english sourcelanguage and is translated into a yoruba sourceculture and language. Yoruba archives the guardian nigeria news nigeria and. Landow, professor of english and art history, brown university although writers on art long believed that african languages provided no specific technical vocabulary for aesthetics, robert thompsons research among the yoruba suggests that this culture has a precise vocabulary for describing and evaluating the visual arts. To rekindle interest in learning yoruba language with its rich proverbs and save it. Jul 25, 2018 the yoruba selfdetermination advancement forum has described restructuring as the only lifeline for nigerias survival, threatening that the yoruba will break away from the nation if there is. Feb 25, 2017 oranmiyan omoluabi odede, great prince of ife, king of the yoruba was a yoruba king from the kingdom of ileife. Seeks to propagate yoruba proverbs and increase their usage thereby preserving the yoruba language and the wisdom of the yoruba people for posterity. Aug 01, 2011 the notice of rights and entitlements sets out a persons rights and entitlements while in police detention, and is issued in accordance with pace code c, paragraph 3. Warfare was the most dominant theme of nineteenth century yoruba history.
Yoruba words for decision include ipinnu and ipinnuopin. It is bounded by longitudes 5 30 and 7 east, and latitudes 7 5 and 8 45 north. There it was that the gods oduduwa and obatala descended from the heaven to create earth and its inhabitants. It lies along the railroad from lagos and at the intersection of roads from ilorin town, lafiagi, and ikirun. Alaafin of oyo and the ooni of ife, who is more recognized in. If there is a sound where you do not have a letter and cannot borrow one from yoruba, english or ebira you can put two or three letters together.
Why the yoruba may lose out under buhari, published on may 14, 2015. It lies at the mouth of the cross river and is the terminus of roads from uyo and opobo. Andrew apter, the yoruba ethnographical archive, university of chicago the yoruba and other major nigerian tribes. Yoruba leadership and the aole curse nigerian history. Created for a purpose 32 a lifelong bond with the gods 39 renewing life through ritual 51 beliefs for new societies 5657 the burden of observance 50 you have yet to take care of bleeding your ears and passing a cord through your elbows. Use the bookmarks and pages buttons on the top left corner to navigate chapters or pages in each pdf page. Oyo, ife, owo, osi ekiti, illorin, ijebu ode, ilesha and ogbomosho. Use for blank tiles max 2 advanced search advanced search. His royal highness, igwe henry chibueze onwughalu passed away in the early hours of wednesday, march 8th in guangzhou, china.
The hausa claimed that the yoruba were one of the illegitimate children of bawo from a different mother. The yoruba, northern nigeria and a relationship gone awry. To rekindle interest in learning yoruba language with its rich proverbs and save it from extinction, alhaji nureni asamu raimi has launched atona owe yoruba to provide young people a guide to. Oranmiyan omoluabi odede the first alaafin of oyo yoruba. The kingship of any city state was usually limited to between 1 and 3. Deriving asymmetries by the tension between opposing constraints article pdf available january 1998 with 50 reads how we measure reads. He founded oyo as its first alaafin at around the year 0 after he. I am married to a yoruba man but grew up in the south and i have found some expectation from my husbands family and friends very strange. An interesting and educative nollywood yoruba movie. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Is the yoruba version another source text or a target text. Meaning of moremi ajasoro, princess of the yoruba, was a. Yoruba in america support restructuring punch newspapers. A 40yearold accountant, adeyeye enitan ogunwusi, is crowned the new ooni of ife in nigeria one of the most revered yoruba kings.
The yoruba indigenes, under the aegis of egbe omo yoruba, made the call during a national conference in dallas, united states, on sunday. They founded or ruled additional kingdoms of zamfara, kebbi, nupe, gwari, yauri, yoruba and kororofa after they left egypt. Natural resources found in the area include oil, gas, and iron. Ina ife latest yoruba nollywood movie 2017 drama premium. Yoruba and egungun festival one of the festivals that unite yoruba people from different communities is the egungun festival.
To rekindle interest in learning yoruba language with its rich proverbs and save it from extinction, alhaji nureni asamu raimi. The president general of the ohanaeze ndigbo, john nwodo has explained the reason why the top igbo organisation prefers restructuring of the country to total break up despite the relentless. When his imperial majesty, the current ooni of ife, oba enitan adeyeye ogunwusi was announced as the ooni of ife, what attracted most people to him was his unquestionable eyecatching youthful handsomeness. The yoruba indigenes, under the aegis of egbe omo yoruba, made the call during a national conference in.
Meaning, translation and how to say, moremi ajasoro, princess of the yoruba, was a figure of high significance in the history of the yoruba peoples of west africa. Oron is a coastal trade centre for yams, cassava manioc, fish, and palm oil and kernels. Victor terhemba among yoruba people, one hears a lot these days about what is called the aole curse. For example in yoruba the o in oko farm and the in k husband sound different and are therefore written differently. Pages in category yoruba royalty the following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. As an ardent follower of yoruba history, i have always wondered why in the modern day, the ooni of ife is accorded such respect and sometimes even ranked above the alaafin. For instance my husband tells me to call his relatives aunty or uncle even though most of them are way younger than me and then when i call his friends by their first names, he told me in private that they think i am disrespectful.
Its a collection of essays and ebooks that address yoruba cosmology, the jungian approach to human development and the interesting ways in which i combine them in my own practice. It has an area of about 28,032 square kilometres and a population of about two million. A traditional settlement of the yoruba people in a savanna area, it now serves as a collecting point for the yams, cassava manioc, corn. Ina ife latest yoruba nollywood movie 2017 drama premium a young man battling with his own demons takes out his revenge on his true love but to what end. Ugowe my understanding of, and position on the edoife yoruba relations is concisely stated at pages 3 and 4 of my publication entitled benin in world history first released in 1997. The guardian nigeria newspaper brings you the latest headlines, opinions, political news, business reports and international news. Yoruba history olusanya the origin of the yoruba in nigeria can not be clearly deciphered. Jul 05, 2016 yoruba in america support restructuring. Here is an everchanging assortment of reading material that will introduce you to the psychology of meaningful change. Members of the igbo community pay last respect to eze ndigbo in china, body arrives nigeria today the body of eze ndigbo in china will arrive nigeria today,several months after his death. Apr 06, 2016 ooni of ife and the new history of yoruba it is not the years in a mans life that counts, but the life in his years abraham lincoln. We the yoruba owe everything to them both and it is very unhelpful for our collective cause to attempt to demonise one and idolise the other. The dying and rising god in the new year festival of ife th ere was a time when the yoruba were generally thought to have originated outside of subsaharan africa. A 40yearold accountant, adeyeye enitan ogunwusi, is named the new ooni of ife in nigeria one of the most revered yoruba kings.
Atona owe yoruba to the rescue of yoruba language the. The obas held legislative power in their city states before the colonial period. Dec 07, 2015 a 40yearold accountant, adeyeye enitan ogunwusi, is crowned the new ooni of ife in nigeria one of the most revered yoruba kings. Some authors favoured canaan and arabia as the starting point of a great migration,1 others north africa and egypt. The notice of rights and entitlements sets out a persons rights and entitlements while in police detention, and is issued in accordance with pace code c, paragraph 3. In yoruba mythology the city of ileife situated at southwest of nigeria is the navel of the world, the place where creation took place and the tradition of kingship began. Ife and oyo were considered the leadership of the obas due to religious reasons. Most people regardless of religious affiliations participate in the festival for the exciting atmosphere and the songs, dancing and the colorful costumes of the ara orun ancestors. Efon alaaye and her neighbours 18151893 ezekiel oladele adeoti and andjames olusegun adeyeri department of history and international studies, lagos state university lasu, ojo, nigeria.
They claimed that yoruba was the name they gave the people of the southwest. The yoruba, northern nigeria and a relationship gone awry 1. Oct 26, 2015 a 40yearold accountant, adeyeye enitan ogunwusi, is named the new ooni of ife in nigeria one of the most revered yoruba kings. After asserting that akandes statement was a yoruba plan against the rest of nigeria, the group alleged akande spoke. Yoruba kingship obas most towns and cities of the yoruba kingdom have a structured hiererchy in which the obas were the ruler kings with powers over property, life and death of the subjects. Ooni of ife and the new history of yoruba breaking news. Meaning of ndewo nne yoruba, hausa, igbo, pidgin english. Expectations from a nonyoruba lady married to a yoruba man. The oyo empire of which ife was part of, was under the control of the alaa. The yoruba culture was originally an oral tradition, and the majority of yoruba people are native speakers of the yoruba language. Ugowe my understanding of, and position on the edoifeyoruba relations is concisely stated at pages 3 and 4 of my publication entitled benin in world history first released in 1997. Politics and religious change among the yoruba laitin, david d.
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