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Kojoda

Happy New Calendar Year !!! It is 10,065 of the Oodua (Yoruba) Calendar – KỌ́JỌ́DÁ (Aseyi samodun o!)

‘Ki Ọ́JỌ́ DÁ: Meaning; May The Day Be Clear or Foreseen; is the name of Yórúbà Calendar. Akù Odùn Tìtún o! Eyìn Omo Yórubà nìlè lókó, léyín ódì! It is 10,065th of the Yoruba Calendar (Kojoda, which means “May The ...

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oduduwa

In Oodualand (Yorubaland), money has never been foremost in the Oduduwa (Yoruba) value system

In our value system money is number six What are the first five you may ask? The first is làákà’yè – The application of knowledge, wisdom & understanding… (Ogbón and ìmò òye) The second is Ìwà Omolúàbí – (integrity) Someone ...

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Opabata

Opabata – A Week-long Agògòrò Èyò Festival

The Eyo festival, also known as Adamu Orisa, is a communal event, a week long Opabata show enacted so that the Orisa Adamu may welcome the recently departed into the spirit world.  The appointed head of the festival is the ...

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Gangs of Lagos

‘Gangs of Lagos’ – Unjust profiling of a people and culture as being barbaric and nefarious – Lagos State Government

The Lagos State Government has released a press statement accusing promoters of the movie ‘Gangs of Lagos’ of marketing a mockery of the heritage of Lagos. The statement posted on their state government’s official website reads: “Lagos State Government has ...

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Notable Cities In Yorubaland & Their Founders.

Notable Cities In Oodualand (Yorubaland) & Their Founders.

(1) Ile-Ife was founded by Obatala(2) Owo was founded by Ojugbelu.(3) Oshogbo was founded by Queen Oso-Igbo(4) Akure was founded by Omoremi Omoluabi(5) Ondo was founded by Queen Pupupu(6) Iwo was founded by prince Ogbaigbai.(7) Oyo was founded by prince ...

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orisa of war

The Russians fight like Esu Ija, the Orisa of war.

So, days ago, Ukrainians who have been completely overpowered in Bakhmut, launched a surprise attack on Russian positions in Zaporizhia. It appeared they even broke the Russian defense and some in the media had boasted that they were about to ...

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The Èkó(s) of the Oòduà (Yorùbá) Homeland.

Èkó-Ènde (Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA, State of Ọ̀ṣun)Èkó-Àkéte (Lagos Island LGA, Lagos State)Èkó-Àjàlá (Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA, State of Ọ̀ṣun)Èkó – Efun ( Amongst The Olukumi of Delta state) 2021 Edition of the Ọ̀tín-Èkó Festival where the Ọ̀tín River is celebrated by the Èkó ...

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Egungun with Olota of Ota Awori Kingdom

Restriction Of Movement In Ota And Its Environs On Wednesday, 22nd March 2022 (11pm Till 2am)

KereoOooooooooooo! This is to inform the general public that there will be restriction of both human and vehicular movements in Ota and its environs on Wednesday, 22nd March, 2023 from 10pm till 2am in completion of the annual rites in ...

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History Oòduà Yorùbá Language

History: Oòduà (Yorùbá) Language

 In fact, by the time the trade with Europe started, the Yoruba language had become the lingua franca for peoples beyond the Oòduà (Yorùbá) ethnic homeland. Writing about the Aja kingdom of Allada in 1668, Dapper said: “Their own mother ...

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Down The History Lagos is No Man's Land

No Man’s Land Complex: Ipinle Eko (Lagos) Down The History

Eko (Lagos) is not a no man’s land. Insert is Ahmodu Tijani above, a direct descendant of the founder of Lagos and Oluwo of Eko (Lagos) in the 1920s. He took the British to court in the early 1900s to ...

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