MOVIE REVIEW: AGOGO EEWO
AGOGO EEWO Agogo Eewo is the sequel to Saworoide, which we have already reviewed here. If you’ve given that a watch, you will find characters and locations in this movie familiar. To watch it all at once, I would recommend you do so on Olayemi Olatunji’s youtube channel. There it is titled ‘AGOGO EEWO – […]
Àsà ìranra-ẹni lọ́wọ́
BUILDING COMMUNITY Àsà ìranra-ẹni lọ́wọ́ refers to the ways in which Yoruba people help each other out with work, whether it is at the farm, in the home, money affairs or in other matters. It is advantageous because it enables work to commence and finish quickly, it develops community, reduces the difficulties that come from […]
IWURE/ISURE
IWURE/ISURE Iwure, breaking down the words would give us iwu and ire which mean to bring forth/unearth and goodness/blessings . Isure on the other hand is from isu and ire which means to come/break forth from underneath a surface and goodness/blessings respectively. The unearthing and breaking forth come from the ground (ile), holds important significance […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Saworoide
Saworoide Saworoide is a Yoruba movie written by Akinwunmi Isola and produced by Tunde Kelani. It is available on Youtube in two parts on Tunde Kelani’s channel. It was released in 1999 but its message still rings true to date. Saworoide, referring to the brass bell talking drum, is both the name of the movie […]
6 Stereotypes About Yoruba People
Yoruba People Are… Yoruba people are an ethnic group from the Southwestern and North Central Nigeria. They are a collection of diverse people bound together by a common language, history, and culture. Reports have it that they make up 21% of Nigeria’s population, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Yoruba people, […]
Burial and Funerals in the Yoruba Culture – ÌSÌNKÚ
Ìsìnkú – Burial Introduction Ìsìnkú refers to the burial rites which are the final steps carried out for or regarding a person or people who have passed on. For someone who has lived a good and long life, their passing is celebrated with dancing, merriness and joy. However, there are other types of death […]
Yoruba Dialects
In African linguistics, Yoruba is categorized as a member of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family related to Igala, Edo, Ishan, and Igbo etc. Yorùbá language spans across a spectrum of dialects ranging in pronunciations and understandability. Ethnologue lists 20 distinct varieties of Yoruba dialects which are assembled into five regional geographic groupings: […]
How to Use Accent Marks in Yoruba – A Melodious Language
Today, we’ll be looking at a really important part of the Yoruba language which is the accent marks on the words. As a Yoruba language learner, you may have noticed the various pronunciations and tonations within the language. Yoruba has eighteen consonants, seven oral vowels, and five nasal vowels, plus a syllabic nasal. Understanding the […]
How The Yoruba Language Came to Be – Bí ède Yorùbá ṣe ṣeẹ̀dá
This is the story according to a Yoruba tale of how language came to be in short picture form. Do let me know how your language believes language came to be in the comment section! Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
Iṣẹ l’ogun iṣẹ (A yoruba poem)
A beautiful yoruba poem by J.F Odunjo Ise l’ogun ise (Work is the antidote for poverty) Mura s’ise ore mi (Work hard, my friend) […]