Mosúnmọ́la Adéòjó (31)
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Storyteller and Reader ||PhD in English (Global Anglophone Literature, African and Diasporic Literature,Digital Humanities)University of Florida Yorùbá feminist
The Big Machine
Joined March 2025
When it’s time to reach out to empower them, give them platform to grow, they will tell them they don’t have packaging. Lol
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A thread on Bertha Olubi A Yorùbá-Anglican missionary, foster parent, administrator, Daughter of Rev. Olubi Wife of Rev. J.J. Ransome-Kuti and Mother of Rev. Isreal Oludotun Fela Kuti's grandmother https://t.co/asIWb2EZL5
Bertha Olubi, the child whose story is told here in the summer of 1867, is great-grandmother to Wole Soyinka, grandmother to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and great-aunt to the Lijadu Sisters.
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Sorry, because it’s an otherwise minor issue. But can we write diacritics correctly? Or leave them out together if it’s not our forte. There’s nothing like Dẹ́sìrẹ̀ [Deh-see-ray] (mi-mi-do). The name is Désíre [Day-see-ray](mi-mi-re). All love, though. Cheers to you.
Heartwarming Moment: Michelle Alozie @alozieee meets 9-year-old fan “Dẹ́sírẹ̀” and surprises her with a football boot. ❤️⚽
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E dan happen! Vendors that sold at the Lagos trade fair are speaking out cause it flopped and Nelly made them sign NDA!! This is what Lagos state government is doing to lagosians!
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Lol when the gaslighting no longer works🥳🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations on your idiotic tribal chants. Egusi for example originated from regions of Nigeria, Ghana & Benin. I'm interested in how it connects these regions, why & how it travelled and it's preparation in precolonial culinary I do not care about your very stupid shouting
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The Premier of the Western region, Obafemi Awolowo featured in the edition of Time Life Magazine February 16, 1959 Six Leaders of Black Africa.
Guys get what I found while looking through the Time Life Magazine Archive.
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Sorry, Frank Osodi, Aṣọ-Ẹbí fashion is a Pan-Yoruba concept that predates the 1990s and does not belong (solely) to Lagos. Nor is Lagos even a hub of Aṣọ-Òkè weaving, @ndaniTV. The overselling of Lagos can be an overkill.
Threads of the Street: Lagos Fashion Through the Decades! From Aso-Oke & lace to Adire & Ankara, every era has redefined Lagos style; from vintage elegance to bold confidence. Which Lagos fashion era is your fave? ✨ 🗓️ Nov 8–9, 2025 📍Water Corporation Dr, VI, Lagos
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What I find most amusing is that many Yorubas don’t even know our own fashion history. I’ve seen people say “Yoruba women don’t wear double wrappers” when that was literally how we originally tied our wrappers even up to four sometimes. We just evolved past it because fashion
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I like how you worded this like you care about all cultures, but you’re actually reinforcing cultural erasure with this statement. What if we are all from the same region, does that mean we shouldn’t be allowed to claim what’s ours? Asian cultures exist side by side with shared
Tribalism have made you people so daft. You expect the igbos, yorubas and all the ethnicities in-between who have lived side by side for hundred of years not to have similar foods, dressings, medicine, culture, arts etc. You people actually think there won't be similarities?
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Best gele Clip from my G, Zeynab https://t.co/i5OWSr166h
Quote this post with any picture of Gele 🤩
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African Literature in Translation after Ngugi -- a conversation at the @NYBLackAFLitFst
https://t.co/ulMFa7wybC
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He went further to name the various geles at the time - like kojusoko etc. While growing up, I sometimes wonder why someone would sing about gele, but now I know better. Always document your story.
In the 2000s world renowned artist of Yorùbá heritage known as LAGBAJA sang Skentele Skontolo an ode to the dramatic styles of Gèlè (a headgear worn by Yorùbá women.)
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Because why can't you see that borrowing something and making it part of your culture doesn't mean that you created it?
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What is the Nigerian government doing about improving students' critical thinking skills? Because from the kind of questions and engagement people have on here, you will know that they never developed their critical thinking skills.
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Jealousy is not good. God will do your own too. If it's easy to have a Ph.D, you would have it too. Pele
Maybe you should take your time and maybe watch the film before coming online to boast about your Ph.D in ignorance and bigotry
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They're both gele
‘Ichafu’ and ‘Gele’ The Ichafu (first image) has flowing folds that reflect Igbo grace and subtlety. The Gele (second image), on the other hand, is more structured and pleated, standing tall and layered, a true symbol of Yoruba grandeur.
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Something curious is happening on social media! Malian singer Oumou Sangaré’s song Kun fe Ko, is being sung by Yoruba youths. But they’re singing her Bambara lyrics in Yoruba. The melodies and words sound so close that people “hear” Yoruba words that are simply not there.
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Set a reminder for our first upcoming Space this evening. It's nothing serious, just come in and let's get to know each other and exchange what it means to be a Yoruba woman today. https://t.co/W6hMgHeRqq
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