Pawpaw is Ibepe

Orange is Osan

Coconut is Agbon

Tangerine is Ahoboro

Pineapple is Opeyinbo

Banana is Ogede

Corn is Agbado

Then, what is Palm-Kernel......... ????

The following will be the tentative administrative states of the Yoruba Nation.
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1. Metropolitan Ilorin
2. Igbomina
3. Kabba
4. Ijumu
5. Ibadan
6. Oyo
7. Ogbomoso
8. Ibarapa
9. Oke-Ogun
10. Akoko-Edo
11. Itsekiri
12. Egba
13. Igboho
14. Ijebu
15. Remo
16. Yewa
17. Ife
18. Ilesha
19. Ila
20. Ede
21. Lagos -Mainland
22. Lagoon -Island
23. Epe
24. Ekiti
25. Ado
26. Akoko
27. Owo
28. Ondo
29. Akure
30. Ilaje

Furthermore, below are other important facts and proposals for the much awaited country.

Country: Oduduwa Republic

Capital: Ibadan

Population: Approx. 50million

Currency: Awo

GDP: Approx. US$187Billions (Purchasing power parity)

Languages: Yoruba & English

Government: Unitary System

Demonym: Yorubian

Area: 139,000 square kilometers

Points of Interest:
Olumo Rock, Cocoa House, Third Mainland Bridge, Arinta Waterfalls, River Osun, Ikogosi Warm Spring and so forth

Mineral Resources:
Oil, Gemstone, Kaolin, Limestone, Feldspar, Tantalite, Phosphate, Tatium, Granite, Syenite, Gold, Marble, Iron-Ore, Glass-sand, Clay, Talc, Aqua Marine, Tourmaline, Colimbite, Kaolin, Sillimnote, Dolomite.

By: Adeyinka Grandson & Bola Olalekan

This sort of attitude towards celebrating a festival in Yorubaland is not only limited to Sallah, it is actually same for Christmas and Easter.

However, the ever tolerant Yoruba people should extend their tolerance further to the people who practice the Yoruba religion, they have been maginalised, many of them are not confident to come out and say yes! I am a traditional Yoruba follower as many fear being stigmatised with idolatry. We call our amiable Prophets who lived amongst us, performed all sorts of miracles while alive (Prophet Sango Olukoso was able to spurt fire outta his mouth amongst others), who still listen to us when consulted, who were sent by Olodumare to Yoruba people just as other Prophets were sent to other people from across the world "Idols"

Our religious tolerance should not be for Christianity and Islam alone, we should endeavour to incorporate our traditional religion into that circle.

I mean, what’s the difference between the sacrifice of a Dog offered to Prophet Ogun Lakaye Osimole at Oritameta (T junction) and that of Sallah ram? Nothing! We say incantations in Yoruba language into the dog for Prophet Ogun Lakaye Osinmole and in Arabic into Sallah ram. They are all oblations as far as God/Olodumare is concerned

By: Bola Olalekan

Loro kan, awon omo mejeji dagba, Omolufa di agbe to muna doko, o de ma mu owo ati orisirisi ounje ati ohun meremere wa fun Iyalufa, amo, Omoye ko ni ise pato kan lowo, Omoye tio oju omodun mejidinlogun lo ti ni oyun yeye. Ibanuje ni oje fun Iyalufa wipe Omoye ti ni oyun, ko de ri okunrin kan gba oyun lowo re. Iyalufa wa ro wipe ohun lohun ba Omoye je. nitori idi eyi, o wa so orisirisi asa ti a ma fin ba omode wi, tabi da eru ba omode fun Omoye. Lara awon asa yii ni, ti omo ba jabo lehin iya e, odi dandan ki iya e sare wo oja ni ihoho lesekese, lai sebe, okunrin meje loma ku mo lori. Omoye gbo oro won yi, o de ni ohun mase atunse si aye ohun.

Ni osan ojo kan. Nibi ti Omoye tin fo aso omo e, oja to fi pon omo e ba tu. L'omo ba jabo lehin Omoye. Omo fi ori gbale loba bugbe ta. Iyalufa sare jade, obi Omoye wipe kilosele, Omoye se alaye fun, inu bi Iyalufa gan, o ba si oro so, wipe se oran ti awon oro ti ohun so fun? Iyalufa ba gba omo lowo Omoye o de lo nse itoju e larin ode. Lojiji, okan ri Omoye to sare koja legbe e, Omoye sare bosi ta ni ihoho, eruba Iyalufa, owa ran ti oro ti ohun sofun. Ni Iyalufa ba sare mu Iro lowo kan, Ogbe omo si owo keji, owa nsare losi ona oja. Ibi ti otin lo ni o pade Baba arugbo adugbo won lona, Baba ba ni wipe Omoye ti rin ihoho woja. Iyalufa ni ibe lohun lo lati fi aso bo lara. Baba yen bani.... ""Aso o bo Omoye mo, Omoye ti rin ihoho woja.

Itan yi lo di Owe Yoruba ti eni
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Lati owo Bola Olalekan

What's the nickname of your own state??

2) Kilo nkoja l'ojude oba ti ko k'oba.

3) A duro, o duro; A joko, o joko; a le e, ko lo

4) Ikoko rugudu ki'di bo igbe

5) Mo ya'gbe rabata, mo f'ewe rabata bo.

6) Ko so, ko ro, ojojumo l'an ta laya. Kini o

7) Opa tinrin kanle okan orun.

8) Akuko baba mi lai lai, akuko baba mi lai lai, owo ni'nje, ki j'agbado.

9) Kilo bo s'omi ti ko dun talo.

10) Gbogbo ile sun, kanbo o sun.
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E wo ninu won lemo??

Strange as it might seem, this simple object hides a secret message.

Created by the Yoruba people in the late nineteenth century in what is now Nigeria, this is an Aroko; an old Yoruba way of communication over long distances, often between the most elite people in society. Aroko involved sending an item, or group of items, with symbolic meaning to somebody else through a messenger. Sometimes they were wrapped in leaves or a cloth to hide the message from the messenger, just as a letter is sent in an envelope.

So what is the hidden message in this aroko? It’s not easy to work out. The Yoruba word ‘efa’ means both ‘six’ and ‘attracted’ so the six cowrie shells nearest the knot in the string could signify that the sender and the recipient are attracted to one another. The two cowrie shells facing the other way however could mean that they are no longer friends.

Add to this the feather, which is believed to refer to conversation, and the long string believed to refer to a long distance and we can start to work out what the message is. It would seem then that it’s about friendship over a long distance, the breaking of that friendship, and the need to meet and have a conversation, perhaps to make amends.

There’s another interesting tale to be told about this object. Money cowrie shells like these aren’t found off the coast of West Africa but come from much further afield. During the slave trade, Europeans collected cowrie shells off the coast of the Maldives and imported them to West Africa where they used them to buy slaves. As a result, the shells became very common in Yorubaland and were widely used as currency there, as well as for divination and creating arokos such as this one.

Later, following the Industrial Revolution, Europeans imported the shells again for a while, this time from East Africa in order to buy palm oil to use for making candles and lubricating machines. However, we may never know whether the shells in this aroko came from the Maldives or East Africa.

And so, by zooming in on just one object, we can discover stories from far and wide. This unassuming cluster of shells can take us from the transatlantic slave trade to candle-making, and from collecting shells in the Maldives to a personal message of friendship.

- Culled from University of Aberdeen Museum's Page