𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐑Ù𝐁Á 𝐔𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐌, 𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
Having Residents of Non Yorùbá Origins e.g Mende, Nupe, Ìbàrìbá, Adja, Fon, Edo in any Typical Yorùbá towns, Cities/City States or Kingdoms or Empires have been in practice for nearly 1,000…
JAGUN-JAGUN: An allusion to Ajíbógundé lineage ( Làgbàyí ará Ọ̀jọwọ̀n)
This lineage in Yorùbá land is known for a professional wood carving. They (Làgbàyís) are well oriented in making beautiful things out of different kind of trees. Wood carving is to Làgbàyís as making of…
Video of King Sunny Ade performing live in 1986 Hollywood Movie.
Yoruba Music isn't Today..
It's leading and will ever lead,. We shall be known as centre of every good thing/achievement worldwide..
VIDEO 🎥: Beautiful Beninese Yorùbá Woman code mixing Yorùbá and French Languages like Nigerian Yorùbá do code mix Yorùbá and English Languages.
Beyond the 1884/5 Berlin Conference.
A Yorùbá British rapper, Skepta the man turned down MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) honour, but accepted chieftaincy (Amuludun of Odo-Aje) in Odo Aje, Ondo State.
Skeppy has always been proud of his roots, even back when it wasn't cool to be African, he made it…
Esther Osoba, the current world WBC silver champion boxing belt holder.
The first female boxer from Nigeria to win a world boxing belt title.
Yoruba beauty with power✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 Undefeated 💥💥💥💥💥💥
VIDEO: Yorùbá Daughter in Diaspora Advocates for Use and Learning of Yorùbá Language.
Being in Canada, Australia, US etc shouldn't hinder your use of the language.
Credit: TikTok| rolakzee
In Yoruba culture, AROKO is a non-verbal semiotic system of communication.
For Example, Sending a broom to someone means - you no longer want to see them in your house.
PÁKÒ (chewing stick)
When you receive a chewing stick from an opposite sex, hmmm... It means "I LOVE YOU"…
VIDEO 🎥: Who says that capacities are not in Yorùbáland.
This is a robot designed and constructed by the Department of Mechatronics, Federal University, Oye- Èkìtì, serving food in a restaurant.
Credit: TikTok | house_of_lovedoctor
VIDEO 🎥: Afro Brazilian & He is Yorùbá From Bahia, Brazil 🇧🇷
Both Parents from Bahia.
Yorùbá are called Nago in Bahia.
Acaraje is derived from Akara + Je ( Prominent Yorùbá food derived from Beans and Je - Eat)
Credit: X |
@wode_maya
VIDEO 🎥: Young Yorùbá Girl, Sofiat Olaide ( known as Ayanwura) Beats Ilu ( Yorùbá Talking Drum) to mimic Yorùbá Adages/Proverbs.
She started at the age of four.
May Olodumare Bless her and the family.
Credit: Facebook | BBC Yorùbá
VIDEO 🎥: Hon Shina Peller In Cotonou, Benin Republic giving rendition and praises of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Benin Republic is also Home to Indigenous Yorùbá Population.
First Recorded Album in any Nigerian language.... from the Archives!!!
Meet Fela's GrandFather, Also Great Grandfather to Prof Wole Soyinka.
This is epic 🔥.
VIDEO 🎥: Ọba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi of Oyotunji African Village, Southern Carolina, United States of America message to ThinkYorùbáFirst and Yorùbá Foundation on Yorùbá day Festival to commensurate Kiriji Peace Treaty, 1886 that held Yesterday
Anticipate 🔥💯💥
It'll be the greatest of all time..
Anikulapo The Series !!!!!
Yorùbá Movies are already global and will keep soaring just as Yorùbá Music 🎵🎶 does too..
@kunleafolayan
doesn't disappoint us..
NOTABLE CITIES IN YORUBALAND &THEIR FOUNDERS.
(1) Ile-Ife was founded by Obatala
(2) Owo was founded by Ojugbelu.
(3) Oshogbo was founded by Ijesha
(4) Akure was founded by Omoremi Omoluabi
(5) Ondo was founded by Queen Pupupu
(6) Iwo was founded by prince Ogbaigbai.
(7) Oyo…
✨JUST TO SET THE RECORDS STRAIGHT.
The founding owners of the Access Bank were Ijesas.
They were led by one Chief Farodoye. Another major shareholder at inception was the famous Chief Lawrence Omole.The bank was a small bank that was then regarded as not being well-run. In the…
This Letter From Ministry of Finance Confirms Omole was the Initial Owner of Access Bank.
He was granted the licence in 1988.
Pa Lawrence Omole, is the Ijesha cocoa Merchant founder who also owns Trophy Beer located at Ilesha.
Perhaps, Do you know the evolution of Access Bank?…
Meet the CEO of the Green Africa airline, Babawande Afolabi, United States Returnee who founded the company in Ibadan and received the new aircraft in Lagos.
In his 30s, Babawande worked as an investment banker in the US.
The Lagos-based airline will launch reasonably priced…
Nigerian-Yorùbá Woman, Aderibigbe emerges first African recipient of Martin Luther King Jr. Award
Undisputed: Yorùbá Women are the most successful in Africa.
#Yoruba
#Food
#Cuisine
#Soup
We have noticed that Yorùbá Food/Cuisine/Soups are often bashed on the internet and real world.
Many claim Yorùbá don't have soups/cuisine/food and instead compare with others.
A THREAD 🔥
Categories:
A. Autochthonous ( Native)
B. Experience of Trans Atlantic Slavery
C. Migrants
A. Autochthonous
1. Yorùbá - Ifè ( NIGERIA) 🇳🇬
2. Yorùbá- Òyó ( NIGERIA) 🇳🇬
3. Yorùbá -Ohori (Benin Republic)🇧🇯
4. Yorùbá -Ketu (Benin Republic) 🇧🇯
5. Yorùbá -Idasha(Benin Republic) 🇧🇯…
36 years after, Chief Ọbáfẹ́mi Oyèéníyì Awólọ́wọ̀ lives on.
March 6 1909 - May 9 1987.
All Yoruba Sons and Daughters all over the world still miss you Baba ❤️
#Awo
PHOTO: This is OGUN JOKORO, a mysterious iron believed to be one of the Aláàfin Sàngó's sources of spiritual power during his reign.
It cannot be carried by a man, not even by many men working together. Visitors have tried to pull it off the ground several times, but they have…
YORUBA AGAIN! TRULY WE NO GO GREE FOR ANYBODY THIS 2024.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEET TEMITOPE ADESHINA
1.96m!!😳🔥
National Record ☑️
NCAA Lead ☑️
World Lead ☑️
School Record ☑️
Temitope Adeshina 🇳🇬 takes the NCAA by a storm, shattering the Nigerian High Jump National Record…
List of all 51 Ooni's of Ife up till the present Monarch.
I understand their might be dispute in some of the names listed (hierarchy. Kindly give your reason if you want to dispute any of this names.
1st- Olofin Oduduwa
2nd- Osangangan Obamakin
3rd- Ogun
4th- Obalufon…
Her excellency DR Olayemi Oyebanji The First Lady of Ekiti State.
@YemibOyebanji
🫂
1) Dr Mrs Olayemi Jumoke Abiodun - Oyebanji holds a Doctorate Degree of Philosophy in Educational Management.
2) She is a seasoned Scholar in the field of Institutional Administration, Higher…
LET YOUR CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WESTERN REGION OF NIGERIA
Akintola Taaku
(Akintola Remain Adamant)
It was three o’clock in the morning.
The telephone rang in the Governor’s official residence in Ibadan.
Who could be calling the Governor at this time of the day?…
Ojude Ọba 2023 was a success. The picture here speaks a million words. Thank you to the silent Billionaire and we hope more yoruba sons and daughters would continue to support Globacom
Yorùbá -Nigerian Elizabeth Oshoba Knocks out Italy's Michela Braga in round ten after scoring a Knockdown in round eight, to become the New World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Female featherweight Champion.
YORÙBÁ to the World 🌍.
Everything YORÙBÁ..
Hear the names, the etymology and meanings.. Deep names!
Question ⁉️ is why would you leave Oyinkansola, Adunni, Wuraola, Adesola for Robert, Bush?
Asake's "Work of Art" album has already hit no 1 spot in 9 countries on Apple Music, and it's not even 12 pm Yoruba land Time yet! 🙌🏼🌍
Asake as once again proven that you can rule the world in Yorùbá Language.
Thank you to Ololade Asake aka our Yorùbá Teacher.
VIDEO 🎥: MEET YORÙBÁ WOMAN, One amongst many of them who are shiny light in the World, Ifedolapo Runsewe
Ifedolapo Runsewe is the pioneer managing director of Freetown Waste Management Recycle Limited, an indigenous waste recycling and rubber manufacturing company in Ibadan,…
History was made in Abuja on Saturday as the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, inaugurated its first-ever female president, Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala.
Yoruba women are a gem.
The original Master Plan of University of Ifè, Ilé-Ifè ( Obafemi Awolowo University) was supposed to have, among other things, AN AIRSTRIP.
The plan was however modified when the Price of Cocoa, the major cash earner of the Western Region of Nigeria, dropped in the world market…
#Yoruba
Brazil 🇧🇷 has officially inaugurated ORISHA DAY as a National Holiday in the country.
Brazil celebrates for the 1st time the National Day of the Traditions of the Roots of African Matrices and Nations of Candomblé
In Salvador, dancing, singing and …
Did You Know Before Ewekoro Cement was taken over and privatized, Western Region was the one producing cement there called West African Portland Company with 39% Stake, UAC 10% Stake, APCM 51% stake.
There were about 30 ventures formed by the WNDC in partnerships with…
28 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦 & 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘. 🇳🇬 🇳🇬
Credit: Yoruba Intelligence Network
1)The first Nigerian Medical Doctor was Nathaniel Thomas King. His father was Rev Thomas King who assisted Bishop Ajayi Crowder in translating…
Kid presenters at Lagelu FM yesterday
Their command of Yorùbá Language and Proverbs is commendable.
The news is even more expressive when conveyed in Yorùbá language than English language
Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Owolabi Adesanya!!!
OMO OBA is what we would start to call you🤴
Congratulations Champ
@stylebender
Yoruba to the World
We dedicate this win to Every Yoruba person around the world.
Never forget your roots!!!
#thinkyorubafirst
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Meet Olugbade Adekemi, Gifted Yorùbá woman Potter, Making Waves In Ceramic industry.
Olugbade Adekemi is the founder of Cherry Clay Art, a start up that design and produces ceramics of different forms. She is a fine artist with specialization in ceramic and pottery.
Olugbade…
Someone needs to create a Yorùbá version of Big Brother Naija or even " Love Island" . Where YORÙBÁ men and women can come together speaking their language and getting to know each other.
#Nollywood
We need to modernise the Yorùbá Culture. The mainstream media in Nigeria has…
Before the likes of Asake, Wizkid, Davido, Kizz Daniel and Fireboy, Yorùbáland has always been the music powerhouse of Africa. King Sunny Ade was nominated for Grammy awards and he pulled MEGA crowds across European, African and Asian cities.
Please enjoy our weekend with this…
President of Brazil, Lula Da Silva
@LulaOficial
thanks the Ọọni Ifè
@OoniAdimulaIfe
for his presence at the event. He said "Sovereign of Yorùbáland"...
Note: The President and His Wife are Adherents of Yorùbá Spirituality and have been the champion against racism and Orisa…